Royal Household Appointments and Bankruptcy Notices
The London Gazette reports appointments in the Duke and Duchess of York household with Thomas Stepney to Groom of the Bed-Chamber and Charles Monson as Equerry, with Lady Anne Fitzroy and Elizabeth Spencer named Ladies of the Bed-Chamber. Bankruptcies listed include Abraham Curry, William Berry, George Barns, Sean John, and others with dates in December 14 and January 16 at Guildhall and other London venues, plus various creditors’ details and notices across England.
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Duke and Duchess of York
Thomas Stepney
Charles Monson
Duke of York
Anne, Fitzroy
Elizabeth Spencer
Duchess of York
Abraham Curry
Theohild’s-road
Middlesex
Upholder
Der
Guildhall
London
Raine
Thavies Inn
Holborn
Walliam Berry
Haymarket
Guildhell
Williams
Jeant
Selm
Chancery-lane
George Barns
Stoke St. Michael
Stoke-lane
Seimeret
Mealman
Shepton
Mallet
Meard-street
Soho
Sean John
Ashworth
Bury
Lancaster
Currier
Three Crowns
Bolton
Je. Maors
Attornies
Mr. Hebrow
New Acres
Windle
Bartlett
Windsor Royal Household and Atlantic Shipping News
Wednesday morning reports the Queen and princesses at Windsor with no Drawing Room this week at St James's. The King hunted, the Duke of York plans spring embellishments at Oatlands, and dispatches from Halifax note ships safely arrived from New York amid flourishing trade and fine weather. Post at Falmouth and communications with the Chesterfield and Earl of Chesterfield reveal prolonged sea passages and several vessels at sea. Westminster School restores order, Paris booksellers suffer post revolutionary strains, and Mr Lawrence dies amid electoral anxieties leaving a large orphans’ family seeking relief. Deputy Dixon and other late-election candidates declare themselves.
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Windsor
St. James’s
Duke of York
Oatlands
Secretary of State
Halifax
Ocober
Adamant
Penelope
Sphynx
New York
London
Ireland
Newfoundland
General Post Office
His Majesty
Chesterfeld
Jones
Falmouth
Chesterfield
Byard and Son
B. A. Brydges
Law
Taylor
Earl of Chesterfield
Hudson
Hull
Curran
Workington
Sheep Gut
Nancy
New-York
Bristol
Hkewife
Boston
Scilly
Newfougdland
Westminster School
Paris
Marmantel
the Mercury of
France
Lawrence
Fr. Lawrence
Dixon
Sca*e
Emigration of French Nobility Quietly Alarmed Diplomats
Foreign intelligence notes discuss the exodus of French princes and adherents to foreign soils, highlighting provoked tensions, food shortages, and a warning that military formations on imperial territory violate imperial laws. Berlin dispatches report royal youths returning from Hanover, roadwork progressing to Potsdam, and peace hopes for the nation. A butcher named Jourdan is captured after a river chase with Bigonnet. several assassins including Peytavia and Mainville are seized, with money and bills recovered. A Dunkirk post-boy killer suspect is arrested amid a pursuit and flight, while another accomplice evades capture.
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Ratifouxine
Eire
Jeffon
Berlin
Prince Royal
Prince Louis
Frankfort
Oder
Irregular Seasons Preview Severe Winter Fears
An Effineur letter notes two years of erratic seasons with a warm prior summer and a near record harvest. It mentions a looming early hard winter, freezing temperatures, Baltic frost, and heavy British shipping activity with 200 vessels in the Baltic and many in Russian ports. The Leith ship Livingstone survived a rough voyage but sprang a leak and must refit in Copenhagen, delaying Memel voyage.
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Effineur
Almos
Riga
Petersburgh
Baltick
Scotland
Livingstone
R. Robertson
Leith
Norway
Copenhagen
Memel
South Sea Company director chosen chief of annuity office
At a Court of Directors meeting Thomas Underwood was unanimously elected chief of the Old South-Sea Annuity Office, replacing the late Tobias Maynard. elsewhere Lord Eardley hosted a grand dinner for York's marriage. Pitt attended divine service at St Mary’s Church Cambridge on his way to Cheveley. The Leopard frigate’s arrival at Portsmouth from Fort St George was announced, and reports note Cornwallis retiring to Bangalore with Abercromby retreating. A Greenwich stagecoach accident near Six Bells left six passengers bruised and one lady seriously hurt, with bystanders failing to assist.
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South-Sea Company
Thomas Underwood
Old South-Sea
Tobias ‘Maynard
Eardley
York
Pitt
Cambridge
Chevely
Newmarket
St. Mary’s Church
Lincoln
Gloucester
Jackson
Berlin
Chris Church
Oxford
Stamford
Lloyd’s
Blanket
Fort St. George
Portsmouth
Delgarne
Lindegreen
Lord Cornwallis
Confort
Bangalore
Tippon
Abercromby
Stock
Greenwich
Six Bells
Deptford
Trade and emigration boost Glasgow’s textile and export pace
In Glasgow on November 23, traders note brisk business over three years with expanding manufactories and a monied cotton sector. Many weavers and families have emigrated from Edinburgh and East Coast towns. Clyde ships Bible exports to North America surge, while trade to America and the West Indies outpaces prewar levels. Tobacco remains cheap but regarded as a mere drug.
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Slasgow
England
Scotland
Edinburgh
Kirkaldie
Clyde
North America
America
West Indies
Vessel wrecked off Africa details rescue and chase news
A Bristol report describes the Princess wreck off Delos with eleven aboard, seven saved by clinging to the mast as it broke, four drowned. The survivors endured four days on a raft and then landfall with aid from locals. Also noted are Hartley’s fox chase and expected hounds, plus the brig Elizabeth bringing wine and canning plans for canal shipments to Hereford.
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Bristol
Bolton
Baker
Delos
Africa
Elizabeth
Portugal
Hereford
Hart Sentenced to Pillory for Honey Extortion At Brentford
Yesterday morning John Barnes Hart was conveyed from Newgate to Brentford where he stood in the pillory from noon to two as punishment for extorting honey from tradesmen under pretence of penalties under stamp duty. Civil power protected him from mob violence. the public protests were restrained.
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John Barnes Hart
Blades
Newgate
Brentford
King’s Bench
Census of North Carolina heads by age and race
Census data shows counts of free white males 16 and over and under 16, free white females including heads of families, and all other free persons. Totals include 69088 for certain male categories and 142710 for under 16, with overall totals around 446,744.
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North Carolina
TNS
Maritime notices of Ramsgate ships refit in Deal harbor
A Ramsgate letter dated Nev 28 describes ships brought by Deal men for refitting. The St Marys Planter Jonathan Morey from London to Jamaica struck the bank off Deal and is leaky. The Jenny Lyon from Fowey to London lost an anchor and cable in the Downs. The Swift from London to Dublin left an anchor and cable in the Downs. Cadiz bound vessel Power sailed 26 but returned. Star from Barmouth to Plymouth, Hope from Arundel to Plymouth, Charming Sally from Shoreham to London with barley, all note ballast or ditto.
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Deal
St. Mary’s Planter
Jonathan Morey
London
Jamaica
Jenny
Nicholas Lyon
Fowey
Swift
William Rogers
Dublin
Lana
Anthony
Power
Cadiz
Star
Humphrey Jones
Barmouth
Plymouth
Hope
Jane Galles
Arundel
Ballast
Sally
Henry Winder
Arvne Des
Shoreham
Bairléy
Portsmouth letter details wreck and naval movements
A Portsmouth letter reports arrival of 44 gundje arme en fate from Halifax with Foot on board, the party leaving last night amid a violent gale. The Falcon brig sails for the West Indies, while Hebe and Ban Netia seek shelter at St Helen. The Newport bank failure harms many Wigti families. Brading bank plan is dropped.
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St. Helen’d
Newport
Wigti
Brading
Court of Aldermen considers nightly fire patrol plan
Reports from Guildhall describe a Court of Aldermen meeting with the Lord Mayor in attendance. It records no changes to bread office, but recommends sharing the patrol plan with Deputies and Common Council for approval. Anecdotes recount a 1714 peerage offer to Miles Wharton declined. A brutal murder in Mark Somerset is detailed, where Bawden killed his mother and a servant girl. The Coronet’s Inquest returns a verdict of wilful murder and he is jailed. Name of places such as Ivelchester Gaol appear with a separate note on a Calder river flood damaging T. Graham Esq.’s house near Minford-Holm. A child dies after setting fire to itself in Half-moon-a Hey. Lord Loughborough loses a gold repeating watch to pickpockets at the King's Theatre.
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Guildhall
Géorgé’ I
London Gazette
Miles Wharton
Lord Wharton
Wharton
Mark
Somerset
Ivelchester
T. Graham
Minford-Holm
Calder
Lord Loughborough
King’s Theatre
Haymarket
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Fountain
Samuel Martins
Whitehaven
Thomas Dawa
Snow's Fields
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Surry
Robert Craxford
Huntingdon
Foreign Intelligence
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Jourdan
Bigonnet the Younger
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Eniraignet
Bigonnet
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Peytavia
Mainville
Tournai
Lecuyer
Rachel
Brussels
Dunkirk
Mney
Reading
Hartley
Mariston
Hangerford
Winterbourne
Lord Craven
Ashbridge
Colonel Hart- Ley
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