Jesuit mission to court amid plague reports in Europe
A Jesuit missionary, Manuel de Figuerado, meets the King with envoys from Savoy Jaffeng of Amber and Mogul lords to compare astronomical tables and inspect instruments. Concurrently, news from Albania warns of a plague outbreak prompting a health council ordinance. Versailles notes Maundy Thursday ceremonies and royal acts of feet washing, while various court appointments, feudal shifts, and financial moves are listed.
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Agra
Rhad
Savoy
Jaffeng
Amber
East Indies
Mahtamed Xee
Indeftan
Mogul
Peter Gy
Xeque Gy
Savay Jefleng
Venice
Albania
Council of Health
Versailles
Yhursday
Toulouze
Angers
Duke of Bourbon
Houshold
Duke of Orleans
Count de Charolois
Prince of
Dombes
Count d’Eu
Count de Toulouze
Ciceri
Cardinal de Fleury
Marquess of Villacerf
Mademoiselle de Charolois
Mademoiselle de Clermont
Mademoiselle de la Rochefur-Yon
Fontainebleau
Paris
M. de L’isle
Count de Bellifleshe
Metz
Thionville
Duke of Boufflers
Flanders
Duke of Lorrain
Marquess de Gerbevilliers
Nancy
Count de Borte
Cadiz
M. Partier
France
the India Company
Port Louis
Spain
Seville
St. Mary
St. Lucar
Boulogne
Plan for a New Opera at Lincoln's Inn Fields
At the desire of Signor Fiddelerini, the Dutches of Minchner presents a Harpsichord Master plan at the Oratory in Lincoln's Inn Fields near Clare Market. The program offers a new opera and singing binds with an additional chapter on catching them without chaff, promising greater variety than ever heard at the Haymarket.
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Signor Fiddlerini
Minchner
Oratory
Lincoln’s-Inn-Fields
Clare-market
Haymarksr
Tistzs
London April racing and society notes from Newmarket
Letters from Newmarket report Lord William Mannerss horse Roger easily beating Puke of Bridgwaters Chesnut Colt for 300. Other races include Black Ovington over Bay Horse for 501. Notables in town include Dukes Devon, Grafton, Rutland, Society figures attend. Fox Hounds arrive. Lord Walpole shows measles symptoms. several legal cases and arrests noted. Duke of Grafton not at meeting. Warmer updates on adrmiral matters and local misdeeds reported.
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Newmarket
William Manners
Roger
Puke
Bridgwater
Chesnut
Mr. Coke
Black Ovington
Mr. Tuting
Earl of Godolphin
Annat
Earl of Hallifax
Conqueror
Devon
Grafton
Rutland
Somerset
Bolton
Bridgewater
Dutchess
Bedford
Cardigan
Hallifax
Bristol
Essex
Countess of Essex
Lonsdale
Craven
Onslow
Lifford
Lismerick
Count Rothmer
Cecil Bishop
Henry Liddell
William Wyndham
Peter Soames
Mr. Vane
William Poultney
Duke of Grafton
Lord Walpole
Robert Walpole
Pall Mall
Mead
Newgate
Anne Hargrave
Bradford
Badger
Luke Horsfall
Hertford
Mary Barber
Ruffit
William Thomson
Midford
Jonas Grey
Drury Lane
Rolls Chapel
Philip York
Jone Trevor
Board of Admiralty
Solbay
Deptford
Israel Sparks
Westminster Sessions and Fire at St Clement's
The Westminster General Quarter Sessions opened at Westminster Hall with Sir John Gonfon presiding and a large turnout of magistrates. Fire in St Clement's Church vaults is extinguished. Edinburgh reports the Dowager Lady Mingston’s death and Leith excise officers punished for riotous searches. Market quotes show South Sea stock and various bonds. A string of theatre performances at Drury Lane and Haymarket advertise benefits and amusements for April and May 1729.
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Peter Cock
Amsterdam
Danizick
Ancut
Cockburn
Mary Fielding
Earl of Denbeigh
City and Liberty of
Westminster
Westminster Hall
John Gonfon
St. Clement’s Dane
Edinburgh
Edmingston
Wanchop
College of Justice
Leith
Excise
South Sea
Bank
India
Thalft
Royal Exchange Assurance
Londo Asflurance
York Buildings
Thalf African
Welch Ditto
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