Annuities Scheme Criticized in Royal Memorial 1736
A memorial dated February 22 1736 7 denounces a Daily Journal scheme to seduce subscribers into South Sea Annuities terms from 47 to 55 years and up to 69 years arguing that annihilating principal yields low value and pleading royal justice and succession rights against an arbitrary arrest. The text asserts the birthright and titles of a royal branch and urges the king to void the decree.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daily Journal
South-Sea House
Rights of Courtenay Claim to Blood Royal in France
Historical memorial argues Princes of Courtenay retain indicative qualities of their origin as blood royal. It contends Parliament records show no erasure of their status and that nature preserves their rights, despite 1610 opposition and Edict 1576 debates. Parallel ship news from Falmouth, Pool, Deal, Gravesend, and arrivals from Lisbon to Jamaica noted in port news.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Princes de Courtenay
Louis le Grofs
House of Courtenay
Courtenay
Burt
Henry III
Port
Falmouth
Lisbon
Eagle
Groyne
Elliott
Payne
London
Streights
Pool
William
Stainsmore
Endeavour
Grainger
William and Love
White
Polly
Pike
Agnes
Mary
Pottle
Lettice
Freud
Thomas and Richard
Expression from Du Bouchet Inspires Lyrical Study
A brief note credits the expression to Du Bouchet as part of a scholarly look at its usage. The mention positions Du Bouchet within a broader inquiry into stylistic origins and linguistic influence.
London Letter From Paris on Gaming and Politics
A London letter reports that public gaming may end at the Hotel de Soisfons and Hotel de Gervre where five roulettes draw sixpence per throw, running from morning to midnight and yielding large sums. It covers sermons about bishops infallibility, MPs including TréFusis and Affleck, university elections, hospital appointments, and naval losses as ships Benjamin and Biddiford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Hotel de Soisfons
Hotel de Gervre
St. Germain
St. Lawrence
Langres
Sennes
Troye
Montpellier
Auxerre
Oxford
Frampton
Butler
Magdalen College
William Bromley
Deceas
Robinson
Vienna
St. Bartholomew’s Hospital
Great New Hall
Biggs
William Green
Scrafton
Bucklersbury
Townsend
Cullum-street
Vine Tavern
Gray- Friars
Bluecoat School
Christ’s Hospital
Bridewell
Bethlem
Leifiare
Goreee
Benjamin
Evans
Cadeau
Guiney
Biddiford
Consett
Flamborough Head
Admiralty Office
Board of Admiralty
Admiralty
Whitehall
Lords
Greenwich Hospital
Duke of Newcastle
Southwark
Knightly Wood
Kington
James Henckell
Hambourg
Baron Thomson
John Holmes
Hopkins
St. George’s Fields
Col. de Veil
Nathaniel Wakewood
Whitechapel
William Maddison
William Bird
Justice Farmer
Alhallows
Fathe
Also Mentioned on This Page
the Daily Post
Marchioness de Bauffremont
du Bouchet
Robert Tréfusis
Truro
Cornwall
Dalham Hall
Suffolk
Miss Affleck
Gilbert Affleck
Ely
Cambridge
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