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Barbarous barber attack and intertwined laurel weddings
A Gravel Lane barber wounded his lodger during an operation, with custody likely. Messy note of weddings to Owen’s daughters and Williams brothers, then a long obituary stretch. Also mentions John Hanway’s death and service, royal travel, and legal verdicts pending before the King’s Bench.
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Gravel Lane
Houndsditch
Fletcher
Bishop State Street
Pembrokehire
Hugh Barlow
Lawrencey
Owen
Sir Arthur Owen
Kyffyn Williams
John Williams
Chester
Hugh Williams
Barlow
Sir Hugh Owen
Orielton, Batt
John Hanway
Gloucester
Westminster School
Trinity College
Cambridge
William
Anne
West Indies
Mediterranean
Spain
Flanders
John Duke of Marlborough
Charles Forr of Peterborough
Harwich
Margate
Reeve
Fortescue
Lord Hardwick
John Dormer
Judge Dormers
Justice Fortescue
King’s Bench