Royal progress and court life in London report
London dispatch notes the Portuguese Ambassador pressing for a speedy fleet, royal visits by the Prince of Wales and royal family to Hampton Court and Richmond, races at Newmarket, robberies near Chelsea and a tavern assault on Mr. Ryley, officials' deaths and burials, and various society events including a murder, a drowning, and a marriage near Henley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prince of Wales
Amelia
Caroline
Duke of Richmond
Earl of Pomfret
Chelsea
John Ryley
Temple
Windsor
London
Ryley
Henslow Heath
His Majesty
Dublin
Chapelrod
Kensington Church
Knightsbridge
John Felton
Lincoln’s Inn
Trinity College
Cambridge
Somerset
Devonshire
Bolton
Bridgewater
Newmarket
Lord Weymouth
Vane
St. James’s
Morton
Earl of Morton
Drury-lane
New River
Bankruptcy for John Box of Alborne Sussex Farmer Maltster
John Box a farmer and maltster of the parish of Alborne in Sussex is declared bankrupt under the local insolvency provisions. Creditors are notified to present their claims within the specified period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Box
Alborne
County of
Sussex
Prices of Stocks and Bonds from Old Market Ledger
Prices of South Sea Stock and bonds list various quotes including South Sea 83 1 8ths, Old Ann 108 New d 106 3 4ths to 7 8ths, South Sea Bonds 3 1 7s 3 per Cent 94, Bank 138, Circulation 71 5s, York Buildings 4, African 16, India 148 1 2ths to 3 4ths Bonds 41 19s 3 per Cent d 21 2 15s, Royal Aff 98 1 8th, London Aff 12 3 8ths, English Copper 21, Welsh d, Books shut, Salt Tallies 3 2 t half, Ex cheq Orders 11, ros per Cent, Difc.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Sea
S. Sea
Bank
York Buildings
India
Royal
London
For Sale Estate in Wilts near Highworth and Swindon
Inheritance in fee simple of a well built messuage with outbuildings barn stables and farm lands around the house. About 160 acres arable pasture and meadow in good repair healthy for sheep and cattle. Enquiries in London to Oxenbridge Harwood Moorfields John Harford North’s Coffee House and in Marlborough Bastford Swindon and nearby, the Rid Mefluage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Oxenbridge Harwood
John Harford
North’s
Guildhall
William Hawkes
Marlborough
Guilbert
Swindon
Ready
Bastford
The London Punch House Opens at Ludgate Hill
Advertisement for The London Punch House third door from Fleet Bridge Ludgate Hill claiming to be the first dedicated punch house selling only punch with Batavia Arrack Jamaica rum and French brandy. It details pricing per quart and sherry rules, with James Ashley marketing wholesale spirits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Fleet Bridge
Ludgate Hill
Batavia
Jamaica
Second Edition of Stevenson's Works Adverts to Jesuit Secret Instructions
An 18th century advertisement lists multiple works by William Stevenson and others, including Sacred History and Sermons, with notes on editions and additions. The fragment mentions Dr. Sherlock, Dr. Newport, Rymers, and other religious writings, plus the Secret Instructions of the Jesuits and a Dutch edition. It recounts a tale of a Amsterdam bookseller and a Catholic reaction, ending with references to a Dutch-printed piece and a prefixed account sourced from Roman Catholics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Stevenson
Sarum
Cornwal
Herefordshire
J. Walthoe
Royal Exchange
Cornhill
Whrtzliam Sherlock
St. Paul’s
Temple
Woop
Wailtocks Burst Rop
Church of England
ButsrRepe
Nrcuoxs
Rymzer
Laver
Fobz Schipper
Amsterdam
Antwerp
Fefwits
Holland
van Eyke
Schipper
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Henley Upon Thames
South Marston
Highworth
Wilts
Faringdon
Lechlade
Cricklade
Wooton-Baffet
Fairford
James Ashley
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