Imperial Court Orders Work for Fortresses after New Year
Buda reports the Imperial Court ordered men to be set to work immediately after New Year’s Day to strengthen fortresses and towns with artillery and provisions. Commissions will inspect and direct, amid Ottoman concerns over defensive plans. Prague notes Hungary’s assembly debating subsidies and obedience to the Emperor. Venice reports church devotion of the Chevalier de St George and dispatch of Monteleon to Parma, with Ottoman tensions and trade news. Hague and Plymouth items cover delays and shipping movements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bingo
Rkst
Ottdman Porte
Europe
Walachia
Moldavia
Prague
Hungary
Venice
Bologna
de'St. George
Marquess de Monteleon
Spain
Republic
Ottoman Empire
Porte
Sultan Efreff
Romanzoff
Persia
America
Monttpelier
Red
Cevennes
Trevone
Hague
Imperial Commission
Ln East Frifeland
Viennas
Phi
George Buckeridge
Adam
Graves
London
Vireginia
Kinsale
Havre de Grdcé
Lisbon
Deal
Deal Dee
E. N
SibyEs
Royal dining and notices in 1728 era London society
A ledger of high society events and official changes from Windsor to London includes a royal dining scene at St James's with Prince and princesses, appointments such as Edward Weston as Comptroller of the Salt Office, and death notices for dignitaries like Dr George Verney Lord Willoughby and Sir Thomas Johnson. A long list of nobles and notable deaths follows, naming many lords, ladies, and officers with brief identifiers and locations.
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Prince
St. James's
Dorset
Earl of
Edward Weston
Deceas
Daft
Windsor
George Verney
Lord Willoughby of Broke
Order of the Garter
Compton Murdock
Warwickshire
Jait
Charing Cross
Sir Thomas Johnson
Liverpool
Virginia
Crown
Earl
St. James’s Coffee-house
Drummond
Strand
Relf
Thomas Pitt
Fort St.George
Craven
Sydney
Cambridge
William Steward
Viscount Mountjoy
Kingdom of Ireland
Edward Green
James Crisp
Princess-Elizabeth-Anne of
Neubourg
Charles-Emanuel
John Hammond
Sherburne
Nicholas Sherbiie
Stonyhurst
County of Lancaster
Robéré Broadnax
Charles I
Oliver Cromwel
William II
Jodrel
Paul Jodrel
Sion Hill
Middlesex
Thomas Johnson
L.L.D
Diocese of Ely
Leicester
Trinity Hall
Cartwright
Thomas Cartwright
Agnoe On the Hill
Northampton
Nathaniel’ Lord Crew
Durham
Lady Wynne
Arabella Pulteney
William Pulteney
Wowderwell
Wit. Dowderwell
Pool Court
Worcester
John King
Kingston
Maria-Sophia
Duke of
Mecklembourg-Strelitz
Hans Hamilton
Jennings
John
Hayes
County of Middlesex
William James
Isleworth
Stawell
Lord Stawell
Somerton
Daniel
Ste -Samuél
Francis Porteen
London
Henry Kelsey
East-India Company
Robert Eaton
John Mountague
Edward Mountague
Sandwich
England
Charles II
Henry Pormman Seymour
Elizabeth-Ariana Bentinck
Evelyn Pierpoint
Duke of Kingston
William Bentinck
Earl of Portland
Anne Villiers
Edward Villiers
Nathaniel Napier
Moor-Crischell
Legh
Peter Legh
Lyme
Lanicaster
Younger
Salisbury
Shire of
Carmarthen
Bart
Prince Joseph Augustus
Saxony
Dresden
Nicholson
South Carolina
John Dormer
Arfcot
Oxford
William Phipps
L. L
William Passenger
Victualling Office
Tregonel Frampton
Newmarket
Ren
Benj. Wrench
Norwich
Nicholas Garrard
Eartham
Essex
Cotton Mathers
Botton
New England
Mrs. Powell
Barnham Powell
Christopher Powell
Wyerton
Canter
Pady
Elizabeth
Harcourt Master
John Sydney
Earl of Leicester
Deg
Duncan Dee
Serjeant of
John Nisbett
Dean
Scotland
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Flanders
Buda
Dés
Great Britain
Ireland
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