Pope defers promotion of Cardinals amid court differences
From Rome and Madrid reports detail ongoing disputes between the Holy See and various powers. Naples seeks bishop nominations for Naples Archbishopric, Cardinal Spinelli questions ecclesiastical immunities, Cardinal Zondedari dies at 72 and is reassigned posts. Abbe Aioviti heads to Florence then Madrid with Cardinal Infante’s cap. Light bay horses bound for Naples cost 260 pistoles each. Madrid reports Princess Asturias ill, but improving after bloodletting. M Valenti-Gonzaga arrives, paid respects and greeted warmly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Naples
Holy See
Two Sicilies
Spinelli
Indianta
Sienna
Zondedari
Clement XI
Alioviti
Florence
Madrid
Infante
Spain
Asturias
M. Valenti-Gonzague
Nuticio
Navigation Update From Falmouth Ships To Cadiz Jamaica
At Falmouth on December 12 vessels of the Expédition Packet and King George Packet remained, outward bound for Cadiz, Jamaica, and Lisbon as listed. Several ships arrived, including the Richard and Thomas Angwin, the Anne Marshal, and the Rotterdam Merchant from Bristol, with winds blowing westward.
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Falmouth
Expédition
Clus
Lisbons
King George
Mary
Kerfoor
Oporto
London Post
Wolf
Cadiz
Rotterdam
Holsidge
Bristol
Wind W
Marriage at St George Hanover Square and ships news
London reports the marriage of William Needham of Rutland shire to Mrs Leicester, a widow of Redhoi street with fortune. It notes Sir John St Aubin's health improving and East India Company actions, including appointment changes, ship cargoes, and crew issues amid a chaotic Downs-bound sailing schedule.
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London
William Needham
Rutlandshire
St. George's
Hanover
Square
Leicester
George Leicester
Redhoi
Street
Emg
Sir John St. Aubin
County of Cornwall
The
East India Company
Thomas Stephens
Richmond
Gough
China
Beaufort
Madeira
Madrals
Cape
Obits and Notices From Thames Street 1737 Published Notices
The column records deaths and ecclesiastical appointments near St Marys and St Magnus plus charity sermon plans at Mitcham Surrey. It notes Lord High Chancellor presenting incumbents at St Bartholomew and Alderminster as well as a charity sermon for the elderly. Also listed are trade items, imports and exports, court positions, and December election notices for the Royal African Company.
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Thames-street
St. Magnus ‘Church
Mear
Daniel Mayers
St. Bartholomew Jgoke
Southampton
Diocete
Winchester
Edward Rice
Alderminster
Couinty
Mitcham
Surrey
Whitegeld
Pemibroke College
Oxford
Tyler
Hainbaigh
Laney
Scrivener
Hounson
Holland
Dunkirk
Newfound-Land
England
Jamaica
Cadiz
Portugal
West Indies
Virginia
Antigua
Hambourg
High Water at London Bridge Early Morning
London Bridge saw high water at 6 58 in the morning with reports noting rising tides and flooding concerns for nearby quays. Local authorities warned residents to move valuables and monitor river levels as crews prepared flood barriers and patrols along the Thames.
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London’ Bridge
Stock and Bank Notes Amid Market Notes
A fragmentary financial listing references stock prices and bank circulation figures with percentages such as seven percent and nine percent. There are scattered mentions of Exchequer Orders, Lottery tickets, and various shares labeled Adventure, Emperor, and Salt Tallies, all presented in a terse, catalog-like style.
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Sauch
Exchequer
Admiralty Office Notice of Pension Frauds 1737
Admiralty Office announces a court will convene on Thursday the 2nd Fiflint at ten in the morning to investigate frauds by a clerk paying pensions and bounties to sea officers widows. Widows who received four payments or sold the same before payment are urged to attend or send written accounts for consideration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Admiralty Office
Athereas
Admiralty Ofice
Bank Notice Promises Nine Shillings per Lottery Ticket
Public announcement from December 5 1939 offering ticket owners six pounds ahead by the Bank with a return of nine shillings per ticket. Tickets may be exchanged on any day next week between nine in the morning and three in the afternoon.
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Deceas
Henry Page
Anonymous threat letter leads to reward offer at East India House
A damaged note from 1739 describes an anonymous threatening letter to Harry Gough of Elgs left at the Bibuftant in Winchester Street. The East India Company promises a reward of one hundred pounds to discover the sender, with ten guineas to a prior recipient. The message mentions a directorate court and a messenger delivery.
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East-India House
T.T
Harry Gough
Thie Exp-India Company
Bit House
Winchester
Mr. du Bois
Dresqurer
Pessons
Dat Bell
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Rom
Westminster
George-sireet
Court of Apifants, Rkiharp Spence
Thomas Hincharey Mercer
Marine Coffee
Birchin-Lane
Royal Exchange
Congo
South
TLE
Middlesex
T. Canper
Rent Patton
Pranwingieffice
Drincets-street
Spitafields
Gonstaneinoplé
Achumet
Maliomec
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