Freehold and Copyhold Estates at Ledbury and Colwall Auction
A sale by auction by Mr. Winstanley at Garraway's Coffee-house offers freehold and copyhold lands in Colwall and Ledbury, Heyford. The parcels cover near six hundred acres of meadow, pastures, arable and wood, with houses and out-buildings. Rents total five hundred twenty pounds yearly, with common rights on Malvern Hills. Printed particulars available at principal inns and Wadefon/Winstanley's office for viewing plans.
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Wenstanley
Garraway
Cornhill
Colwall
Ledbury
Heyford
Worcester
Upton Tash Severn
Hereford
Gloucester
London
Malvern Hills
Upton Upon Severn
Wellet
Wadefon
Austin Friars
Dr Hodsons Nature's Assistant Pamphlet in Press
A 1792 notice announces the Eleventh Edition of Dr Hodsons Nature's Assistant now in the press. It warns young readers about private practices and fashionable habits, touts remedies for dreadful disorders, and urges circulation by booksellers to save youth from vice and misery. Windsor date March 28 1792.
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Natune
Tam
Socety
Windsor
Deighton
Holborn
Matthews
Stand Randal
Royal Exchange
Booxfellers
Paternaite
Law Report On Bill Of Exchange And Indorser Liability
A dispute tracks a holder suing the acceptor, then the indorser who pays, and the right of subrogation. Lord Kenyon notes the acceptor must be pursued, or unjustly discharged if paid by the indorser. The piece also covers a betting dispute involving Robson and wagers on horse races with extensive riding distances and witnesses.
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Lord Kenyon
Legal dispute over horse riding contract and stamp action
Plaintiff faced two distinct agreements on one stamp with distances and cattle laws contested by defendant counsel Mingay. Lord Kenyon ruled only one agreement could be pursued and plaintiff was non suited, with objections overruled on ground measurements and ownership.
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Amingay
Kenyon
Mingay
Planck v Sheriff Of Middlesex Case On Prisoner Detention
Plaintiff sues for permitting Lord William Murray to escape after capias and alias capias. Sheriff Wright kept him in lock up post return, question of legality and duty. Jury awards one shilling subject to King's Bench opinion. Lady Murray stayed with him in Wrights house with necessities.
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Bearcroft
William Murray
Lord William Murray
William
Wright
Capias
Evans, Preston vs Davies Assault Case Heads to Damages
The plaintiff seeks damages for a violent assault after Davies, a bill-sticker, was struck by the defendant in Tottenham Court Road. Lord Kenyon backed the plaintiff as justified and laudable, awarding moderate damages of seventy? to restrain further outrage.
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Evans
Preston
Davies
Tottenham Court Road
Lord Kenyon
Biographic Ode Fragments on Life and Death
A fragmentary biographical sketch reflects on human frailty and society’s indifference to mortality. It praises a remarkable female relative as a guiding figure while contemplating life’s swift passage and the futility of attempted mastery over fate.
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Leit
An Elegiac Portrait of Mrs Sheridan and Mrs SymeRipan
An elegy laments premature losses and praises Mrs Sheridan and Mrs SymeRipan. The speaker recalls genius, beauty, and public prejudice, noting the tension between private talent and social acceptability. A final scene recalls Sir Watkin Wynn's dying wish for Mrs SaeriDAN to sing, tears staining her cheek.
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Hymen
SymeR1pan
Watkin Wittrams Wynn
Patent Violet Soap Advertises Exclusive London Dublin Office
The advert claims exceptional skin benefits from the Patent Violet Soap and warns against imitations from Windsor Soap makers. It states the inventor holds a fourteen year patent and the product is sold only from Office 102 Bank Buildings Cornhill London and Great Britain Street Dublin. Each square costs 2s 6d including stamp duty, with one square lasting about three months for daily washing.
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London
Cornhill
Dublin
Great Britain
Memorable Proof of Sprissury AntiScorBatDrops in Lincolnshire
The Lincoln Mercury notes a case in Folkingham where Tomas Horr, servant to Mr Josten Carrion, used Sprissury's ANTIscorBatIC Drops and recovered from a severe festering illness after five bottles. Witnesses Nett Ward and Son attest to the treatment and ongoing use. Drops sold at Soho Square and Hall & Co Dublin, in bottles priced 5s and 2s 6d, with Royal Patent authority.
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Lincoln Mercury
Willoughby
Folkingham
Lincolnshire
Sprxspury
Soho Square
London
Tomas Horr
Josten.Carrion
Silk Willoughby
Nett Ward and Son
Soho-square
Great Britain and Ireland
Hall and Co
Great Britain-street
Dublin
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Herefordshire
LAW Report
Court OF King’s Bench
Fune Vt
Lorp Kenyon
Robson
Cambridge
Huntingdon
Planck
the Sheriffs OF Middlesex
Mrs. Sheridan
Britain
Severn
Thames
Stroudwater
Birmingham
Farely
Wolverhampton
Stourbridge
Dudley
Tunnel
Duke of Bridgewater
Trent
Mersey
Coventry
Oxford
Dreitwwich
Chesterfield
Chester
Langley Bridge
Leeds- Caldon
Railway
Lime ‘Works
Oz Lankes
Huddersfield
Cooper
Liverpool
Kendal
Westmoreland
Basingtoke
Weybridge
Andover
Redbridge
Winston
Durham
Stockton On Tees
Cardiff
Merthyr Tidwell
Swansea
Furno Vaughan
Kidwelly
Mr. Keymer
Coal Mines
Forth Ard
Leicester
Melton
Gorn
Firont
Winchester
Surry
Hertford
Bedford
Northampton
Rutland
Nottingham
Derby
Statone Salop
Warwick
Wilts
Berks
Bucks
Brecon
Montgomery
Radnor
Maritime Counties
Essex
Kent
Suffolk
Norfolk
Lincoln
York
Northumberland
Cumberland
West Paoreland
Lancashire
Cheshire
Flint
Denbigh
Anglesea
Carnarvon
Merioneth
Cardigan
Pembroke
Carmarthen
Glamorgan
Somerset
Monmouth
Devon
Cornwall
Dorset
Hants
Eyouaip
Wal
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