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Address of Chester High Sheriff and Sessions at Chester Affizes
The Chester High Sheriff and Grand Jury presented an address to King George II at the Chester Affizes on April 22. The text praises the King, condemns a home party’s intrusion, and calls for Protestant succession under the Prince of Wales. London reporting notes late May court sentences and trials, including highway robbery, grave-robbing, libel convictions, and a manslaughter verdict.
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Rothes
St. James’s
County Palatine of
Chester
Langham Booth
Earl of Seeesmahe
Witay
Pepene
Prince of Wales
Tie OF
Church of England
Church of Rome
London
Baily
Sarah Pankes
Martha Pillah
Wiliam Collins
Thomas Love
John Fox
James Hornsby
William Hodges
John Carole
Will Wells
Thomas Price
Josias Coneyhatch
Christopher Ward
John Lemon
Francis Williams
Matthew Cheshire
Bristol Mail
Gray’s-Inn-Lane
Bristol Fair
Bristol
Holliday
Billy
Neves
Joseph Bowen
Childers
Lethlem
Smithfield
Oxford
Kerfey
Bowen
Newgate
Smithheld
Isaac Dalton
England
Thomas Weston
Charles Hornby
John Sunderland
William Redmayne
Thomas Walker
Thomas Ash