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Court notices and market page items from a 18th century issue
Commissioners resolved on the Craigis estate dispute in Northumberland involving the late George Collingwood's widow Catherine and three daughters seeking the jointure and portuss. Other items report Dr. Humphry Brookes death, a preacher jailed for seditious sermons, naval shipping to Lisbon, scaffold removals, cremations and burials, and various advertisements including anodyne remedies, books, tutor guides, and a horse for sale with a reward offered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Borden
Craigis
George Collingwood
Northumberland
Catherine Collingwood
Lord Viscount Montague
France
Biffe
King’s Beach
Westminster
Lisbon
St. James’s Park
Crawford
Port Mahon
Westminster-Elall
Thomas Cope
Strand
Temple-Bar
John Bromley Esq
Cambridge
Wistouotess Townshend
Hampton Court
St. James's
Earland Countess of Rochford
Holland
Harwich
Fubbs
Winchester
Gosport
Hampshire
Leslees
Mecal
Nott
Hyde Park Corner
South Sea
India