Mutinous Fleet Crews at Plymouth and Nore in 18th Century Turmoil
Reports describe mutinies aboard multiple ships near Plymouth and the Nore. Details include blue and pink ribbons signaling defiance, delegates assigned to fleets, and demands for honors. An officer faced discipline for piracy and misconduct. promotion follows brave resistance to mutiny.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barning
New York
Halifax
Falmouth
Burgeron
Lord Barproxt
Plymouth Sound
Sheerne
Albion
Nore
Ier
Fiorenzo
Feagiin
Buckner
Supdavich
St. Helen’s
Earl’ Howe
Spitheads
St.-Piorexe
Princess of
Vukrinusvac
A. Daeite
Plymouth
Portsmouth
Heather
Portismouth
Duncan
Yarntouts
Grand Windsor Gala for Prince and Princess of Wirtemberg
A royal gala at Windsor marked the nuptials of the Prince and Princess of Wirtemberg with a gay ball and lavish supper in St George’s Hall. Attendees included Duke and Duchess Beaufort Leeds Rutland Portland Dorset Buccleugh Montrose Roxborough Townhend Sdiuy and many nobles. The Prince and Princess arrived from London, dined, and the ball ran late with dancing until dawn. A later fête at Frogmore featured performances, horsemanship, and pantomime, though an injury to Delpini dimmed the day's events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Windsor
Beaufort
Leeds
Rutland
Portland
Dorset
Buccleugh
Puke
Montrose
Roxborough
Townhend
Sdiuy
Pownshire
Westshgreland
Stamford
Lacy Chesterfield
Cardigan
Paulest
Cholmondeley
Warwick Ford
Harcourt
Spencer
Darnley
Hertford
Carlisle
Mount Edgecumbe
Mary Stopford
Albiria
Cumberland
Finch
Eliz. Spencer
Lincoln
R. Greville
Greville
Price
Ryder Ynrd
Beverley
Chatham
Ailesbury
Howe
Carnarvon
Jerfry
Merton
Galloway
Grandison
Loughborough
J. Dundas
Piet
Cathcare
Macclesfield
Gower Ford
Sidney
Gesbury
St.Helen's
Bulkeley
Grenville
Princess of Orange
Prince and Princess of Wales
London
Duke of Guroucester
Srapt Herper
Duke of York
St. George’s ‘Hall
England
Duchess of York
Roral
Frogmore
Rees
Jones
Mitfes Lind
Luffnel
Cloud, Douglas, &c
Depent
Folfer
Foller
Delpini
Staltholder
Prince of Wales
Delphnis
Westmeath Yeomenry battle and mutiny items in Cork and London
A Dublin dispatch recounts a Yeomenry clash near Thomastown with Defenders, five attackers captured, plus seminar notes on Wexford Militia mutiny trials with sentences and officers’ movements. Reports also describe patrols, barrack incidents, pay rises for troops, and a Bow Street clampdown on an Irish betting club where officers were wounded and Burke and his wife were jailed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westmeath
Delvin
Thomastown
Wexford
Cork
Mid- Lothian Fencibles
Lord Ancram
Brake
Northumberland Fencibles
Jersey
Lasi
Guernsey
Durham
Dumbartonshire
Prince of
26Th Regiment of Light Dragoons
Chelmsford Barracks
Essex
the_ Nore
War Office
Kent
Richardson
Ormius
Park Avenue
Warwickshire Militia
Chelmsford New Barracks
Norwich
Lisbon
Muir
Botany Bay
Havannah
Burke
Bow-Street
Andrews
Ship News of Privateers and Fleet Movements
British and American ships face privateering in North Seas and Atlantic routes. Vessels such as La infatua dé la Patrie and Minerva report taken. Boston frigate assumes prize. Plymouth and Falmouth ports note fleet movements, crew discipline, and convoys with multiple ships cited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bourdeaux
Boston
Isbon
Pailas
Wemyss
Kirkafedy
North Seas
Minerva
Miller
Liverpool
Rigas
Apollo
Keates
St. Abe’s
Ireland
France
Elizabeth
Martin
London
Lisbon
Hope
Seward
Surinam
Hambro
St. Domingo
Rosina
Shields
Copenhagen
Bergen
Mary
LeCronier
Guernsey
Bristol
Lizard
Sarah
Bowden
Jamaica
Portland
William
Mackay
Scilly
Plymouth
Portsmouth
Cambridge
Rule Britannia
Ils“Condué
Downs
Maria
Georgiana
East-Indies
Liberty
Lively
South Seas
Ward
Cawland
Pelham proposes army and militia pay parity in England and Ireland
Mr Pelham spoke on May 18 in Parliament about plans to align pay and allowances for the army and militia across England and Ireland. He urged timely notice so that visiting gentlemen could be informed, emphasizing equity and the troops' good conduct in Ireland deserving favorable consideration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ireland
Yesterday’s Yon Boulton Taken For Trial At Old Bailey
The fragment reports Yon Boulton being committed to Newgate by Stapies on the oath of Symes and Stevens for stealing three guineas a gold mourning ring and silver buckles with other items. It notes a second group tied to felony and piracy on the High Seas and slated Admiralty Sessions at Old Bailey beginning on the sixth, with fourteen prisoners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yon Boulton
Neiregate
Joan.Stapies
Sarah Symes
Mary Stevens
Sarah ‘Symes
Mary Steven
James Maraiorr
We.Scorr
Knights
F. Lawrence
M. Swasey
Elgis
W. Mildrum
Thos. Powell
John Flekin
High Seas
Admiralty
England
Old Bailey
Marriages and deaths from Westminster to Sussex church notices
Married notices from St Margaret's Westminster and Stapleton Gloucestershire report weddings of Kemp and Smyth families with parish details. Died: Joseph Calverly of Broadheath near Lewes aged many years. one marriage end notes a fifth wife. Also includes grain prices and market commentary with currency, crop values, and shipping/stock listings from the same issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Margaret’s Church
Westminster
Bythefea
Reétos
Stheam
Kents
Mits Kemp
Thomas Kemp
Caneyburrows
Lewes
Sussx
Stapleton
Hugh Smyth
Thomas Smyth
Stapleton Hoult
Gloucestershire
Mass Margaret Wilton
Christopher Wiltoh
Lord Pishop
Bristol
Clielea Church
Dean Coddington
Bilet Hingham
Joseph Calverly
Broad Hele Lngly
Sussex
Killintown
Multifamam
William Gilman
Fare ‘Mer
Essex
Hamburg
Venice
Altona
Lisbon
Naples
Genoa
Dublin
India Roads
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Wednefay
Paris
Roth
Zerre Firma
Mere
Furne
Tris
Gaba
Elem
Arnd
Hawkesbury
Duke of Somerset
Worcester
C. Somerset
Carmarthen
C. Bentinck Loch Dalkeith
Euston
Granville Leveson
Petersham
Brome
F. Montague
Lord Stopford
Erskine
Morpeth
Bath
J. Thynire
Cot
Clinton Duke of Rutland
Mar
Huntley
Dynever
Wates
Wie
Ship News
Lord Bripfort
Oporto
Wales
Land’s End
Childers
Grand Fleet
Sir E, Pertew
Phoebe
Bartow
Clearpatra
Penrose
Deal
Unicorn
Overyffel
Beaulieu
Pilote
Armivell
Conquest
Amphitrite
Penelope
Berwick
P.S
Trish
House OF Commons
Eger C. Ann
J. Water
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