Plague, Ports Open, and Armies Move in Europe
Reports from July to August describe Sicily plagued by disease and Naples closing trade with the kingdom. Frontiers fortify as guards watch travelers. Spain and Bavarian contingents gather for campaigns. Schemes involve Toland’s crown army, Saxony forces, and French troops marching across Alsace and Lorraine toward the Rhine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sicily
Naples
Gexoa
Chamberry
Catalonia
Florence
Kingdom of
Ecclesiattick
Raffia
M. Justiniani
Aleria
Segono
Nebbio
Presden
Toland
Saxony
Hungary
Berlin
Podewils
Sentzen
Great Britain
Wezel
Hanover
Haran
Charles of
Bourhood
Canstat
Erlingen
Neckar
Charles
Rhine
Brisgau
Bavaria
Baden
Hussars
Charles of Lorrain
Fribourg
Paris
Strasbourg
Bastile
Marshal Broglio
Marshal Coigny
Count de Saxe
Spire
Alsace
M. de Clermont-Gallerande
Lower
Landau
Fort Louis
Haguenau
Sarre
Moselle
Meuse
Nancy
Mentz
Pont-a-Mouffon
Louvigny
Thionville, Sarre-Louis, Sedan, Bitche
Verdun
Death Sentences and Transportation at Affizes
Gloucester reports the July Affizes ending with Thomas Symons sentenced to death but reprieved, the Under-Sheriff paying a customary fee. a woman sentenced to transportation and another whipped. Salisbury also records one man sentenced to death, Charles Taylor, for highway robbery and for robbing a butcher, with two more transported. Shrewsbury notes Woollaton’s son’s suicide attempt after a murder and robbery. Castle-Cary describes a violent storm that struck a cow dead and a large oak split by lightning splendor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Country News
Gloucester
Thomas Symons
Salisbury
Charles Taylor
William Lidiard
Ogbourn St. Andrew
Ely
Sol
William Edoe
Farrington
Shrewsbury
Woollaton
Bishops Castle
Salop
Castle-Cary
Somersetshire
Almsford Park
Port News Update From Dover and Britain July 26
Portnews reports the Deptford s Prize Britannia and Scrope Conway from St Kitts, with two Carolina ships tailing. The Bomb and Prize plus two ships remain for Gibraltar. Mary Rice sailed to South Carolina. Endeavour arrived from London to Dartmouth. Middlebourg Packet and Anne to Middlebourg and Liverpool. Goodwill bound for Southampton.
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Deal
Deptford
Britannia
Andrews
London
Dartmouth
Middlebourg
Newton
Anne
Robertson
Liverpool
Draper
Southampton
Arrivals and arrivals at several ports from July records
Nonstandard ship and crew listings note vessels and captains arriving at multiple ports. Neptune and companions from Antigua to Gravesend join additional ships including the Cafar from Guernsey and the Anne and Alice from Copenhagen. Other arrivals include the Francis from Dantzick, the Nancy from Stockholm, and the Sutherland Man of War at Plymouth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neptune
Boyer
John Galley
Watts
Antigua
Gravesend
Delight
FaHa
Guernsey
Cafar
Keith
Carolina
Anne
Alice
Franze
Copenhagen
Willet
Griffiths
St. Kitt’s
Lucy
Fergus
Barnett
Montferrat
Liberty
Dunkirk
Lancaster
Fuly
Tilbury
Richard
Liverpool
Francis
Arneau
Dantzick
Shaw
Bird
Nancy
Stockholm
Botton
Owen Galley
Foster
London
Londonderry
Mary and Jane
Crawford
Leghorn
Plymouth
Sutherland Man
Fom A
Cruize
Multitude of Naval and Legal Notices Fray at Woolwich
The Matroffes Gunners and Bombardiers draft to Flanders on Monday. Cleeve appointed deputy in Cornhill Ward. Died: Vernon, Staffordshire excise supervisor. Mrs Twining of Devereux Court. Mr Leigh of Surrey. A storm at Tilehurst shattered a farm stack. boat accident at Blackwall drowned Mr Simms. Cambricks seized at Gravesend. Winchester assizes: Edward Seagrave convicted of murder in Gosport. transportation and whipping ordered. Cadiz news reports French frigate Le St Jean captured by an English ship, with treasure. London markets and bonds listed. new Latin grammar book published.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woolwich
Flanders
Boucher Cleeve
Cleeve
John Salter
Cornhill
Rugely
Staffordshire
Vernon
Litchfield
Twickenham
Twining
Devereux-Court
Temple-Bar
Newington
Leigh
Surrey
Tilehurst
Berkshire
Blackwall
Simms
Gravesend
Mefflieurs
Gosport
Lecits
Cadiz
N. S
Polacre
le St. Jean
Crawlie
la Vera Cruz
Marth
Azores
Hastings
Lord Bamff
Virginia
Also Mentioned on This Page
France
Rome
Portnews
London Pridge
Affereda
South Sea
South Sk
New South Sea
Forgr. Bank
India
Royal Exchange
Amdenus Illustratus
Greca Grammatica Luculenta
Greco Lingue Scientiam
Posiir
Fiudiore Palentates
Editio Tertia
Impensis
J. Brocherton
Dycuar
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