Divineés Probe of Savoy Affair and Excommunication
The Holy See seeks to examine and end the Savoy affair and the excommunication against the Duke de Gravina. An imperial letter from the Cardinal Secretary of State aims to avert fatal consequences and preserve sovereign authority in Naples. Berlin reports a lieutenant shot for enlisting soldiers in a foreign town against the king’s order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Savoy
Duke de Gravina
Kingdom of
Naples
Holy Father
Berlin
N.S
Kleiss
London Election Debates and City Notices in Morning Papers
A London letter criticizes defamation claims in print and clarifies election candidacy figures. It details the director disqualifications, the committee makeup, and Burrell’s recommendation by proprietors. The text notes King Charles I martyrdom observances and lists various royal and civic events, paydays for ships, deaths in Islington and at Guildhall, highway robbery, stock prices, and bonds with brief market moves.
South Sea Company Directors Nominations and Lost Gelding Reward
Proclamations list names proposed for directorships in the South Sea Company at an election setting. A stolen bay gelding from Audley End near Saffron Walden is valued, with two guineas offered for return to Thomas Pennyston or Matthew Topham.
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Audley-end
Saffron Waliden
Essex
Thomas Pennyston
Saffron Walden
Matthew Topham
New Bond Street
London
Thall
South Sea Proprietors Advertise New Lift Members
On January 29 1732 at Swan Tavernn a meeting of South Sea Company proprietors reported that a list of nominees including Christopher Bait Eg Henry March Egg Mr John Blake John Salter Theo Dillingham Egg Bennet Swayne were agreed to at the last meeting. They rejected removing those names and instead placed six new names in the lift: Joshua Baker Edward Haiftwell John Edwards John Hamilton John Fullerton Lewis Way.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Swan-Tavernn
South-Sea Company
Christopher Bait
Henry March Egg
John Blake
John Salter
Theo
Dillingham Egg
Bennet Swayne
Joshua Baker
Edward Haiftwell
John Edwards
John Hamilton
John Fullerton
Lewis Way
Election and Shakeup at the House Lift Proprietors Meeting
The Jan 29 1732 Swan Tavern report states six named gentlemen were struck from the lift list and new names nominated. A general meeting resolved to replace Bristow and others with Joseph Beachcroft Samuel Bosanquet Joshua Baker and more. Governors election set for Jan 31 and directors on Feb 2 with named nominees listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Swan-Tavern
Exchange-Alley
John Bristow
James Martin
Samuel Holden
Jerem. Dummer
John Bance
William Sloane
Richari
John. Bristow
Joseph Beachcroft
Samuel Bosanquet
Joshua Baker
Thomas Cowflade
Jonathan Collyer
Richard Coop
Notice of Sale of Earl of Ranelagh Estate in Chelsea
Trustees appointed by the Attorney General invite bids for the sale of the late Earl of Ranelagh's freehold mansion and lands at Chelsea Middlesex. The property may be sold in whole or in parcels on February 8, 1732 at ten in the forenoon at the Great Theatre in New Palace Yard Westminster Hall and the Exchequer. Plans and sale terms available daily at the mansion house and at Mr Befley's attorney in Norfolk Street Strand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl of Ranelagh
Chelsea
Middlesex
New Palace Yard
Westminster-Hall
Exchequer
Notice of Neac Brandy Sale by Thoms Ellys at London Keys
Thoms Ellys a French wine merchant in Seething Late Tower Street London reports recently importing a parcel of old Neac brandy and will sell it neat as landed at 6s 6d per gallon with no adulteration. He offers wholesale lower prices for five gallons or more at the Keys and will announce arrivals of larger consignments for tasting on the Keys. Attendance daily at Seething Lane noon to two at Tom's Coffee-house Cornhill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thoms Ellys
Tower Street
London
Keys
N. B
Ellys
Tom
Cornhill
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McEaanwell
Meanwett
House
Charles I
Westminster
Peploe
Chester
House of Peers
Westminster Abbey
Mawson
House of Commons
St. Margaret’s
Berriman
St. Paul’s Cathedral
Broadstreet
Seaford
Sea-Horse
Islington
Thomas Payne
East-India Company
Guildhall
Tferd Raymond
Bishopsgate
Richard Ryder
William Ryder
St. Bartholomew’s Hospital
Sir John Blunt
Bath
Founders Hall
Moorfields
Grubstreet
Reading
Hounslow-Heath
Courant
No. I
South Sea
South Sea Ann
Prem
Bank
India
Royal Afsurance
London Assurance
York
South- Sea Company
Swan Tavern
Richard Hopkins
Ant
Alderman
J Richard Hopkins
Myelf
Peter Burrell
Thomas Ayles
William Brooke
Henry Cartwright
Michael Impey
Roger Mainwaring
Samuel Pitt
John Peachey
Richard Pinnell
Gabriel Roberts
Thomas Savill
Christopher Batt
Charles Colborne
Richard Coope
William Corbett
Theoph, Dillingham
William Hamond
Robert Henley George Jennings
Henry March
Thomas Pannwell
Alder
John. South
Thomas
Thomas Thomas Whately
William. Wilkins
James Winter
Sopkins
Kit
Efa
Richard Jackson
George Jennings
John Lade
James J Lambe
Robert
James Lowilies
Henry Muilman
John Philipson
Matthew
Raper
Thomas Thomas Lewis Way
Ine
Acs
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