James Wright

James Wright was known to have joined the Jacobite army in 1715. His son, Robert, was a volunteer in the Jacobite army in the rising of 1745; held at Carlisle Castle, Robert escaped execution through a prison break, although he was also pardoned. See Prisoners of the '45, vol. 1, p. 20, and vol. 3, pp. 410-11. The Lyon in Mourning reveals James Wright's role in helping other prisoners.