Papal Suppression Plan Reorders Monastic Roles in Kingdom
From Paris April 1 a report outlines a sweeping suppression and reorganization of monastic orders. Benedictines Bernardins and others will teach divinity and philosophy, while Augustines Capuchins and related orders will preach and conduct country missions. Carthusians to be dissolved with revenues diverted to hospitals, each monk retaining 800 livres yearly. The piece also notes Marianne Olivonne's recurring yearly lethargic illness, described in prior years.
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Flanders
Paris
Marianne Olivonne
Arrivals and sailings of ships to and from Bristol and Jamaica
A detailed list of ships arriving at and sailing from Bristol and other ports on April 17, with many vessels bound for India Jamaica Newfoundland Spain Cadiz and Antigua and other destinations. Names include Calcultta Stafford East-Indiamen Elizabeth Ruffell Towell Cerberus Sukey Johnson Hope Archdeacon Smeadmore Mercury Packet Nelly Atken and many more.
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S. Dear
Wind
Calcultta
Stafford
George
Ching
South Carolina
Sukey
Johnson
Newcastle
Gravesennd
Smeadmore
Brown
South-Carolina
Hope
Archdeacon
Musquito - Shore
London
Butcher
Ofend
Mercury Packet
Sharp
India
Nelly
Atken
Lisbon
Bristol
Liberty
Leslie
Marlborough
Marshall
Nancy
Lezard
Gallipoly
Liverpool
Speedwell
Elliot
New-England
Dover
Lemon
Whichelo
Naples
Sisters
John
Hurdle
Brittol
Jamaica
St. Peter
Blake
Rio Bona
Herbert
Teneriffe
Success
Ball
Antigua
Petersfield
Lawrence
Union
Clutiin
Admiral Kepple
Copplestone
Cyrus
Gardner
Ford
Thorp
Eagle
Salma
Anna - Maria
Turner
Spencer
Groves
Beck
Translation of Bishop Moss and Early 18th Century Seafaring News
Reports include Dr. Moss being translated from St. David’s to Bath and Wells, along with European court intrigues involving the Fripoline minister and Barons Sldin and Sch-n. Dispatches from Copenhagen and Portsmouth note political moves, dismissals, and private correspondence. Maritime items list ships sailing from Spithead for Bengal and Greenland fishery bounty effects, with losses at Plumb-point.
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London
Moss
St. David’s
Bath and Wells
Hague
States-General
Foch
Copenhagen
Baron S Ldin
Petersburgh
Switzerland
Fr—ce
Baron Sch
Portmouth
Spithead
Dixon
Stott
Maidstone
Gardner
St. Helen’s
Earl of Ashburnham
Jameson
Monro
Bengal
Greenland
M‘fadizen
Boston
Todd
New England
Paris society scandal and London ballot results
The report notes a Count de Guines innocence amid a Paris intrigue. In London, the East India House ballot for Directors ended at six with eight hundred ninety votes, favoring the House. Observers detail lease-price pressure on New River head and a series of criminal and civil proceedings including robberies, trials, and sentences at Old Bailey and Bow Street.
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Metter
Paris
Count de‘Gennes
Count de Guines
Strut Mneers
New-river-head
Ann
Thomas
City of London
Bow-street
Jeremiah Thompson
Hoffer
Strand
Latham
Thompson
Thomas White
Seven Dials
George Reculeft
Alderman Kennett
James Brown
Charles Remmells
White
John Shelfored
Surry
Anne Miller
Shelbred
Jos. Everitt
Muller
George Wood
Hampstead
Jes
Everitt
Charlotte Hayes
Courtezan
King-street
Westminster
House of Correction
Passiby
Old Bailey
Charles ‘Green
John Sherwood
Frances Hall
Richard Garrett
Valentine
Guerin
Mr. Morgan
John
Pitherd
William Westwood
Tabernacle-walk
Dennis Doyle
John Swan
Saffron-hill
Thomas Ives
William Hurley
Mr. Geering
Capel-court
Bartholomew-lane
James Willis Thane
Francis Bowkitt
Shepherd’s Bush
Benjamin Godfrey
Thomas Leman
Thomas Walsom
Mary Hawkins
Richard Pitt
William Ashford
William Blewett
Rob
Rumball
Robert Mitchell
Ambrose Cantwell
John Vernon
St. Martin’s Church
Mr. Shores
Ludenburgh
Germany
Kitty Howell
Parson's Green
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Goldwell-hall
Speenhamland
John Stone
Devizes
Barnstaple
Berry Osgood
Hoxton
Taylor
Waterside
Sancuary
East India Company
Windsor
Fetterlane
Lower Thames Street
John Wellin
The
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William .Cooke
Ripon
Sontag
John Thorney
Philip Thompson
Wallis
S.C L.D
Crown Inn
Barton-upon-Trent
Barton -Blount
County of Derby
Barton Park
John Holland
Thomas Webb
Thomas Statham
Ertile
Ashborne
Uttoxeter
Burton Uear Trent
Na‘Piniel Lister
Armitage Park
Litchfield
John Fletcher
Mr. Harrison
Stoney-Steaiford
Prqgt
Badgworth
Somersetthire
J. Wilkin
St. Paul’s Churche Yard
Coventry
G. Downing
J. W. Piercy
G. Robinson
Paternoster-row
Price
Newmarket
Turf
Theatre-Royal
Drury Lane
W. Strahan
T. Cadell
W. Creech
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Fleet-street
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Ogavo
Richard Burn
Carliffe
SECON
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la Hogue
Frech
England
Charles I
James II
William
Queen Mary
Deput Des Affaires Etrangeres
Charles V
Europe
William Robertson
University of Edinburgh
Scotland
J. Balfour
Snagg
Paternofter
Y. French
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