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Death of John de Bletford and peerage questions in Scotland
The article notes the death of John, Lord S. John of Bletford at Woodford Northamptonshire, unmarried, with succession to his brother. It also mentions the search for a Peer of Scotland seat in Parliament among the Earls of Rothes and Eglinton and Lord Forbes, plus updates on the South Sea Company dividend, a robbery conviction at the Old Bailey, and various other notices and advertisements.
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Rothes and
South Sea Company
John Malhoni
James
Valentine Kerrick
Baily
Yonge
Great Queen-street
Kerrick
Smith
Butler
Campbell
Nicholls
Hancock
Francis Nicholan
Richard Abington
New-Inn
Bridges Street
Covert Garden
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