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Newspaper
English Chronicle Or Universal Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jun 19, 1787
Page
3
Auction of a purse of fifty pounds for a four mile heats horse race open to all ages with restrictions on entrants and entry conditions. details include steward permissions and penalties, with notes on timing, certificates, and money paid at the gate. mentions authorities Walter Sney d and Davis Davenport and imperial matters.
The Salisbury Journal reports residents led by T. Hewlett and Tho. Frost deny an unsolicited act by Reverend J. A. Woolt offering migration at Seeward during the entury Races. Fareham dated June 14, 1787.
The notice details Nottingham races for 1787 with fifty pound purses across multiple heats and age groups. It specifies entry fees, race formats, steward decisions, color naming by riders, course regulations, and penalties for late or improper entries. Officials Daniel Parker Core and Samuel Smith oversee the meeting with Wade Shore as judge.
The Bodmin races run August 21 22 and 23 1787 offer plates of fifty pounds for free for all horses weight for age with heats over a four mile course. Subscriptions required, entries close August 17 at the Winte Hart Inn Bodmin. Prizes fund repairs to the course and booths are erected. disputes settled by subscribers.
The king grants John Markhead Entwisle the younger and his wife royal license to assume the surname Entwisle and bear its arms under the will of Robert Entwisle of Foxholes Lancaster. The record notes registration in the College of Arms and reflects heraldic exemplification under arms law. The entry also briefly mentions the Empresa voyage and a royal reception for an emperor and entourage.
Correspondence reports Nimeghen and His Serene Hichness journeying to Amersfoort for troop encampments and assembly of Utrecht States. The Princess accompanied the Prince-Stadtholder, then rejoined him. plans to view Prussian troops and return by Wednesday. Utrecht news covers civilian distress and military quartering.
Irish dispatches report a French Indiaman commanded by the Chevalier de Rochs appeared off Cape Clear near Kerry and fired a signal for boats to come out. Passengers aboard were mostly British. The vessel then sailed toward Port Vosient as the breeze shifted.
A ragged ship log notes multiple vessels arriving and sailing near a harbor under wind and fog. The Hebe frigate and the Mercury transport enter the harbor while several named ships such as the Pitt and Dodge are listed from various ports. A stormy Atlantic passage affects movements and cargo activity.
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