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Coronation notes and court news from London and ports
The issue blends royal ceremony details with court reports and arrivals. It notes Crown placement for gems, the king’s Versailles stay, and a flood of dignitaries en route to the coronation. It records arrests, trials, executions, ship movements, stock quotes, and a Bristol race day crowd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Versailles
Blin
Rheims
Iscarce
Leagurs
Ambassadors of
Venice
Maffei
Prince Karakin
Rochester
Rocheser
Portsmouth
Jamaica
Portugal
Boyle
Gulph
London
Waller
Maccartrey
Scroggs
Marriot
Col. Byng
3D Regiment of Guards
Crawford
Manchester Court
Gordon
Stretton
Mills Betty
Wareham
Dorsetshire
Bingley
Deal
France
Thomas
Norman
Newgate
William Thompson
Matthias Brinsder
Richard Oxley
Thomas Hudson
William Slayton
Edward Myers
Thomas Jennings
Arthur Hughes
John Casey
Thoms Wilfin
Charles Palmer
Edward Raymond
Robert Wilkisson
James Lincoln
Isaac Hulman
Thomas Etheridge
Benjamin Shambler
Margaret Fisher
Martha Green
Anne Morris
Sharpe
Turner
South-Sea
India
York Buildings
Royal Exchange Assurances
Bank
Royal Exchange