Private letter on Tristan da Cunha and Lambert colony fate
An 1811 account discusses Jonathan Lambert forming a self styled kingdom in the Atlantic, naming Lovell's Island and Nightingale Islands as Refreshment Isles. It notes British approval for settlement aid, Lambert’s ambitions, and hydrographic notes, with a personal closing letter about a father’s longing for his children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leland
Tristan de Astabe
United States of North America
Tescal
Iniamino
Tle
Cape of Good Hope
Brisa
Mast India Company
Lambert
Rio de Janeiro
Eair
Almemeda
Captain Lovell
Lovell
Lovell's
Pitucd's Land
Bealdes
Tristan de Acunha
Ruvides
Gambert
East India Company
Satgally
Gimbert
Iatea
Robinson Cruson
Priston de
Alfred
Caball
Dernion
Children and the burden of parental life from Baldwin era
The excerpt contemplates children as both pleasure and business, celebrating paternal duty and memory after death. It contrasts a father’s care for offspring with the humor and woes of domestic life, including a vivid scene of a daughter named Ronalind under parental scrutiny and school discipline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baldwin
London
Chimnery
Fanchurch Street
Vauxhall
Frampton
Tam
Grimaldi
Gill
Glia
Ronalind
Lian Mnen
Ashe
Tao Faribur
Origin of the Kenilworth tale and royal murder plot
The account details a Berkshire manor linked to Abingdon monks and a chamber named for Dudley. It recounts Robert Dudley’s alleged attempt to poison Elizabeth I’s wife, the plot’s public exposure at Oxford, Bodily cremation of the conspirators, and the bombastic whispers that followed the murder of the Lady. The story is framed as a long Irish legend with names such as Bayly, Varney, and Vane, and references to later deaths and moral justice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenilworth
Cumnar
Ashmole
Berkshire
Abingdon
Dudley
Earl of Leicester
Robert Dudley
Elizabeth
Anthony Forster
Richard Vamegd
Walter Bayly
New College
Oxford
Bayly
Richard Varnay
Nan
Feter
Abington Market
Wales
R.varney
London
Wall
Forter
Ian
Fonsuke
Kinaroka
Juan Robertsett
University of Oxford
St. Mary's Church
Clare and Waterford Assizes Report From Ennis to Limerick
A detailed Irish court report covers Ennis and Limerick assizes with convict sentences for murder, theft, and larceny. Notable items include Patrick Stevens sentenced for murder to be hanged March 16, trials of Gilligan and Plunket for murder, and multiple highway robbery executions set for April. Also recorded are grand jury lists, a dog bite civil case in Waterford, and a dramatic fratricide verdict with the judge moved to tears.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stigo
I Jabh
Justice Burton
Crown Courts
Wynne
Alexander Perceval
W Charis K. O'Hare
Owna
Arcti Ee
X. Parke
R. Gethin
A. K. Dukeridge
Win
O'Bel
Clare
Ennis
County Court
J. P. Vereker
John Vereker
George Gough
Burgess
Rich. Harte
Ralph Westropp
Andrew Watson
Tosept Gabbers
Abbres
Phillip Russe
John Westropp
Burges
Henry
George Sexton
H. O'Donnell
C. B. Vere
D.C. Huot
Hugh Dillon Massy
John Crips
Jun
George Peacocke
Jobn Maliacc
Vurgess
John Lee
Francis Henry Bindon
Hugh Ryves
Bart
Joseph Sargent
Nicholaa Mahon
Bagre
County of Clare
Patrick Stevens
Michael Coogan
Michael Gerezhty
James Killeen
Jas, Sheehy
Mary Reddon
Catherine Fitzpatrick
John Cushions
Patrick Neylan
John M‘grath
Michael Clancy
Patrick Kelly
Daniel Boland
John Keeffe
Thomas Kean
John Seaters
Patrick Coghlan
Trim
Margaret Plunket
Francis Gilligan
M'Mahon
Patrick Plunket
Judith Smith
Judith M‘mahon
Keating
Soverign
Kells
Castle of
Thoroughgood
M.dermott
Mary Garry
Gilligan
Abe
Eter
Patrick Corbally
Judith Plunket
Cookstown
Mary Flood
Baillieborough
Gill
Ign
Lyonh
Omas Lynch
Mathes Cpeh
Cea
Peter Seow
Hegee
Bery
Ee Rae
Ae Bartholomew
Urglary
Eequire
Patrick Monks
Oheath
Apc
Smyth
Ras
Thomas
James Ford
Ty i
George M ‘Quien
James Reilly
Waterford Assizes
Josiah East
Wiliam Bell
Walid
Alexander
Willi
Weacon
Bell
Edmond Cormick
Philip Maher
Willis Deeger
V. Thomas
James Quan
Trover
William Maher
Thurlon Add Ib
Qurchan
Waterford
James Darcy
Richard Darcy
Moore
County OF Leitrim
Hugh Crotta
M.B. C Hias
Thomas Monvell
Tarbert
Court
Glin
Parner
Limerick Chronicle
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Baker
Killingworth
Andrew Duncan
Sen. M. D
P. EB. Bo
Dtuplein
Amon Thege
Thadhrew
Croup
Janes Anderson
Edinburgh
Sydenham
Epie
J. Kerner
Wirtemberg
Tubingen
Kemner
Korner
M. Kerper
Circuit Intelligence
Edward Villiers
William Massy
Aubrey de Vere Hunt
Edward Croker
William Mauneell
J.t.waller
Knight of Glin
T.lloyd,inc
J.h.mussy
Chidiay Coote
George Tuthill
Henry O'Grady
William Gabbett
George Meayn Maunsell
John Thomas Weatropp
Eyre Evang
Richard Taylor
Joseph Gibbion
Gerald Bleeserlessett
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