Sunday and Tuesday posts on royal visit and affairs
A report from Westminster describes yesterday's visit by the Archbishop to the Queen at Kew and introduces his Majesty. It notes pantomime plans, a petition to Lord Kenyon on Livesey and Co. and dispatches from India via Italy. It details a Rennes skirmish in Brittany and a large Friday goods entry for the East Indies and Americas. A French gentleman, in Greenwich Park, killed himself with pistols bearing French marks, distributing money beforehand and exchanging politeness with Dr Bean's Academy youths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canterbury
Lambeth Palace
Kew
Pantheon
Lord Kenyon
Livesey and Co
King’s Bench
India
Italy
Cornwallis
Spithead
Admiralty
Flanders
Rennes
Brittany
First Orders
Marechauflée
East- Indies
Leeward Islands
Africa
America
Greenwich Park
Ship Tavern
Greenwich
Hugh Palliser
Greenwich Hospital
Dr. Bean
Academy
Doftor
France
Regency address and petition rejected by Winchester council
A large meeting of nobles, gentry, clergy, and freeholders voted thanks to the Prince of Wales for Regency, but their petition against the Regency Bill was not signed in the Council Chamber after mayoral review. Portsmouth reports Commodore Cornwallis sailing for the East Indies with five ships under his command.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southampton
Winchester
Prince of Wales
Poulter
Pitt
Portsmouthn
Commodore Cornwallis
East Indies
Crown
J. Cornwallis
Phelix
Byron
Perseverance
Smith
Atalanta
Delgarno
Ariel
Moorfom
Parliament Hears Royal Care Bill Amid Illness
On Monday February 16 the House of Lords opened with prayers and the Lord Chancellor seated when Lord Sydney moved to read the bill a second time. The bill titled An Act to provide for the care of His Majesty's Royal Person and for the Administration of the Royal Authority during the continuance of His Majesty's illness was read.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woollock
Lord Sydney
Duke of Grafton defends bill amid constitutional clash
In a long address the Duke of Grafton affirms support for the bill as essential to the constitution while warning against misrepresentation of motives and urging continued discussion of the Act of Uniformity. Lord Southampton sharply counters, calling the measures the most unconstitutional and dangerous yet. The bill is ordered for committee tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duke of Grafton
England
Fatisfed
Anne
Scotland
Lord Southampton
Oriental Vegetable Cordial Advertisement and Bristol Estate Sale
A long eighteenth century advertisement touts the Oriental Vegetable Cordial as a premier bilious stomach remedy. It lists streets and suppliers, and promotes its use across Britain. Followed by a detailed Bristol Somerset-Square estate sale with lots of tenements, rents, and parcel descriptions concluding with a large ground and brick-yard lot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atentee
B. Connett
Norg
Conduit-tireet
anover-Square
London
Great Britain
Axbridge
Smith
Brisol, Rudhall & Co
W. Browne
Tolzey
Thompson
Bridgewater
Mc. Symes
Bath
Cruttwell
Hazard
Broughton
Frome
Daniel
Glocester
Raikes
Bev
Haverfordatt
Potte
Yeovil
King
Ireland
Petitioned Colchester election and Congleton church bill
On Monday February 16 in the House of Commons a petition signed Geo Jackson regarding an undue Colchester election was read and ordered to be taken into consideration on February 24. A petition from three Congleton ladies praying leave to bring in a bill to enable church construction and a charity school was read and ordered to be brought in.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House of Commons
Geo. Jackson, Esq
Colchester
Congleton
Sale by Auction of Birmingham Brass Works and Buildings
Brass Works and buildings near Smethwick in Harborne parish, Staffordshire, with apparatus and utensils for ingot brass, plus a warehouse in Birmingham and a small land section in Matlock Derby, to be sold at Shakespeare Tavern Birmingham at four in the afternoon by John Goodhall. Lease terms and ground rent specified, viewing tickets via treasurer Richard Conquest or Samuel Ford. sale date January 19, 1789.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Avgus Tuwiex
Bremmincham
O’ Faipay
Shakespeare Tavern
Birmingham
John Goodhall
Birmingham Old Brass Company
Thomas Salt and
Birmingham Brass Company
Smethwick
Harbourn
Stafford
Edmund-itre
Matlock
County of
Derby
Richard Conquest
Samuel Ford
St. Paul's Square
All
Property Lots in Redcliff area Offered for Sale
Lot XXII a messuage or tenement in Redcliff-fre et in occupation of William Brookman baker at annual rent 2 2 Lot XXIII a messuage or tenement with stable behind the former in occupation of Moses Dallaway tyler and plaisterer rent not stated All occupiers except lots 1 and 18 are tenants at will Purchaser of the Brick-Yard may build dwelling houses uniform in height and set back 6 feet from boundary wall Details and conditions at Nath an Indey and Son Corn Street Bristol THOMAS HEMBURY Broker 9
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Somerset-Square
S. d
Joshua Powell
John Camplin
Henry de la Touche
Thomas Cole
Miss Sheppard
James Podmore
Nash
James Brown
Elizabeth Taylor
Elizabeth Cooke
Daniel Jappie
Daniel Lane
Sarah Attwood
William Pook
John Room
John Rich
Bristol
Bedminster
St. Mary Redclife
St. Mary Redcliff
John Rawlins
Robert Houlton
Mellrs
Kinton and Hembrough
William Gouldstone
Redcliff-freet
William Brookman
Baker
Redcliff-Backs
Moses Dallaway
Tyler
Plaisterer
Nathan Indey and Son
Attornees
Cornstreet
Thomas Hembury
Also Mentioned on This Page
Country News
HOUSE
East India Company
Landilo
Ya. Griffiths Vawr
Narberth
Eaton
Neath
Robson & Rees
Pembroke
Wilmot
Pontypool
Beadlea
Swansea
Padley
Taunton
Toulmin
Tetbury
Bence
Waramfier
Butt
Wells
Evil
Wellington
Morse
Wincanton
Barrett & Go
Wootten-Underodge
Somerset
Ser i
Cathay
Matton-Hill
Redcliff-Mead
William Bulhopy
Cleay
Somell
England& Wales
Noble
Wales
Bell
Henry Buswell
Ely
Robert Hamilton
Lonxnon
Alex. Hogg
King's Arms
Boswell
England and Wales
City of
Freehold
Bristol Key
Leake
Wenlach
Bhiaguaeth
Siaphire
Earth
Henry Bateman
T.taylor
Corporation of ‘Surgeons
New Braipee Straast
J. Rudhall & Co
Smallstreet
H. ‘Brown
Quay-tirect
Crottowell
Evili
Wella
Padiey
Norbert
Griffiths
Llandilo-Vawr
Beadles
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!