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Shipping notices and court actions from a 1728 London period piece
Various items from Ramsgate and ports report ships Dover the Expedition and Griffin with captains Leaper and Joad, plus royal court news. Proceedings at King’s Bench reference John Gumley and George Cotton. payments for the Phenix and Rose and warships. sightings of nobility travels, proclamations, and public notices amid a rainy Hampton Court audience.
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Raymond
King’s Bench Court
Westminster
John Gumley
Jun
Henry Warfon
John Beezley
William Wilkins
Crown Tavern
Smithfield
George Cotton
Charing Cross
Stradwick
Newgate
Marsden
St. James's Evening Post
William Wolseley
Wolseley Hall
Staffordshire
River
Trent
Broad-street
Nore
Phenix
Weezell
Otter
Cruizer
Hampton Court
Hyde Park
Harris
St. Burie
Cornwall
Canterbury
Hatch
Richmond
Holland
Signiora Cuzzoni
Lygugein
Italy
Green
Leghorn
Gibraltar
Tomlins
Gort
Chandler
Smithfielders
South ‘Sea
South Sea
Pyeam
India
Royal: Exchange
London
York
Welch
South Sta
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