Papal Authority Seen Over Canonries in Benevento
From Rome and Paris reports claim the Pope issued a brief granting Cardinal Corcia absolute power to appoint canons and all vacant benefices in the Benevento city and diocese without papal or college consent. Rumor the Holy See may name four cardinals to assist governance. Royal and imperial Cardinals prepare to convene in a council.
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Dominicans
Monte-Mfario
Corcia
Benevento
Dehiae
Schonborn
Czacchi
Signor Peruchi
Poland
Clementine Sobieski
Madrid
Seville
Spain
Berlin
Wusterhausen
London
Hanover
Paris
Rambouiller
Versailles
Sorbonne
Notre Dame
Mathes
London News: Judges and Speaker Settle Gaol Fees and More
London dispatch notes the Chief Judges and Speaker meeting at Serjeants Inn to settle gaol fees under a late Act, with adjournment to evening. Reports also cover a Colby estate commission, cousin claims, caveats withdrawn, Wagstaff burial, Baron Hale's condition, a warship at Spithead, and a sailor’s suicide at Wapping. Also details a Derry merchant ship loss near Rings End and Rings End guards sent, plus Dublin election results in the city.
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House of Commons
Serjeants Inn
Fleetstreet
Thomas Colby
Barr
Dougtors Commons
Kensington
Wagstaff
Ashington
Berks
Banbury
Oxfordshire
Baron Hale
Leostoff
Lisbon
Spithead
Joshua Head
Dublin
Londonderry
Liverpool
James Moreland Matster
Derry
Rings End
James Somervil
Alderman Somervil
Theatre notices and bridge funding in early 18th century UK
An old newspaper fragment lists stock prices for various papers and bonds, then details a theatre bill at Drury Lane with performances of The Parc of Bajizet and The Conscious Lovers. It also reports a November 1729 meeting of bridge commissioners and a reward notice for a lost brown gelding.
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Lottery Office
Fulham
Putney
White-Hall
Royal Fx
Leacher
David le Cour
Gabriel Vanham
Abraham Teiler
Abraham Reynardson
Derick Creemer
Chadwell
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India
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Morocco
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London Assurance
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Prema
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Tamerlane
Parc
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Lace
Sir Rica
Richard Benton
Chequer Yard
Charing Cross
Edgworthy
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Lowfeld
Marine Coffee
Birching Lane
Royal Fxenance
Henry Gambier
Ancholin
Warlingtreet
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N. Tindal
Great Waltham
Essex
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John Knapton
Crown In & Paul’s Church-yard
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