From the Count de Borlainvilliers on the States General 1355
The text reviews the 1355 Paris assembly of the States General called by the king to restore government and curb royal excesses. It notes the loss of the assembly journal, the custody of the original in Cotton Library, and promises extracts while tracing the states’ sittings and jurisdiction. It precedes further discussion of their remonstrances and the king’s response.
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Edward the Third
France
Philip of Valois
Foln
Paris
Assembly
England
Death of Lady Katharine Weir of Craigichall Ely
Edinburgh December 6 reports the death yesterday morning of Katharine Weir of Blackwood wife of the Right Hon Charles Hope Weir of Craigichall Ely. The obituary notes she was a greatly amiable lady and deeply regretted by the community and her husband.
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Edinburgh
Katharine Weir
Blackwood
Charles Hope Weir
Craigichall
Ely
Paclamerk
West Latvian
Cannon Landing For Gibraltar And Port Mahon Garrisons
London dispatch reports upwards of two hundred pieces of brass and iron cannon lately cast at Woolwich landed at the Tower for the service of His Majesty's Garrisons at Gibraltar and Port Mahon with carriages prepared and likely to be shipped soon. Also noted is the translation of Dr Willes to Bath and Wells, a Bath marriage, the death of Dr Romney, several arrests for unlicensed liquor sales, a 5000 guineas prize draw, a violent street robbery in Tooley Street, and multiple capital convictions from Old Bailey sessions.
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Gibraltar
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St. David's
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T Row
Pan
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Waller
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Anne Henshall
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Cripplegate
Hefe
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Glean-Alley
Tooley-Street
Southwark
Howe
Church-Street
Hollydown
Jacob Cordofa
Newgate
Samuel Moses
Aaron Selest
Michael Jude
Mr. Young
Bloomstury
Mary
Bird
Jamaica
Cooper
Newfoundland
Portugal
St. Gabriel
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