Approbation sought to curb corrupt juries and local abuses
A London audience hears Lat Lefsons defend a plan to curb jury corruption and bailiff extortion. Reports note Oxford Circuit bailiffs fined for freeing freeholders from attendance. Royal engagements fill the week with theater visits, nobility travel, a duchy departure, and the funeral of Lord William Manners. Market quotes for South Sea stock and various bonds follow, with prices listed for multiple securities.
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Lefsons
Oxford
Sc. James’s
Earl of Chesterfield
Duke
Kensington and Chelsea
Amelia
Carolina
Isabella Finch
St. James's
Theatre Royal
Drury Lane
Porter
the Prince of Wales
Lincoln’s Inn Fields
Quin
Duke of Somerset
Petworth
Sussex
William Manners
Duke of Rutland
Belvoir Castle
Lincolnshire
Deard
Fleet-street
St. James's Park
Duke of Grafton
Ferrey
Westminster
Lambeth
Nine Elms
Pall-Mall
St. James's Palace
Anonymous Letter Notified to Attend Customs Commissioners
London March 18 1730 the Commissioners of his Majesty s Customs warn the author of an anonymous letter alleging fraud to appear before them and disclose its contents. The land surveyor Mr Champante is named as recipient of the notice with assurance of due encouragement.
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Claftorn-Housse
London
His Majesty's Customs
Champante
Trustees announce sale of Cranborn Chafe and Lodge estate
Trustees under Parliament act announce auction of Cranborn Chafe and Lodge estate with pictures and furniture. Sale at the Lottery Office Whitehall on Wednesday April 7 at 10 AM. Details available daily at Busgty’s in Norfolk Street Strand, at the lodge, and Lottery Office.
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RicHarp
Earl of Ranelagh
Cranborn
Lottery Office
Whitehall
Busgty
State Trials and Crown Law Books Catalog Listing
A historical catalog entry detailing Suft's State Trials collection and multiple legal treatises on crown law, indictments, and justices of the peace. It lists six volumes with titles on pleas of the crown, trials by jury, and fees of Westminster courts, plus DuNcombe and Brackenzie companions, with editions and descriptors.
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Serjeant Hawkins
England
G- Duncombe
Inner-Temple
Tryals
Trenton
Westminster
Vie
The History of England Volume XV Translation Notes
An early English edition announces the fifteenth and final volume of The History of England by Rapin Thoyras with notes by N Tinpar. It covers Reign of James II and a brief history from Julius Caesar to 1688, translated from French with intention to continue to George I. Printed by James and John Knapton in St Pauls Churchyard.
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England
de Rapin Thayras
Concarning
Jams II
Julius Oxfar
N. Tinpar
A. M. Vicar
Great Waltham
Essex
James
John Knapton
St Paul’s
Geores I
Rapin
Sermons on several subjects Vol VIII by Samuel Clarke
Publication details list the seventh and eighth volumes of Sermons by Samuel Clarke with topics on sin temptation and providence. It notes from manuscript by Clarke and edition by Joan Clarke, DK, published by J and J Knapton in St. James's Churchyard with references to related works by Dr Clarke.
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Samuel Clarke
St. James's Westminster
Joan Clarke
Sarum
Books Printed for C King in Westminster Hall
Egypt published the folowing books printed for C. King in Westminster Hall. Memoria Technica a New Method of Artificial Memory applied to Chronology History Geography Astronomy and coins weights and measures with tables for the sciences and memorial lines. A System of English Ecclesiastical Law extracted from Codex Furis Ecclesiastica Anglicanae for young students in universities desiged for Holy Orders by Richard Grey M A Rector of Hinton Northamptonshire.
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C. King
Westminster Hall
Rieht
London
Richard Grey
Hinton
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