Court session on Duchess of Kingston marriage inquiry continues
In a high court proceeding the Duchess of Kingston faces questions about a possible marriage to Mr Hervey later dubbed an engagement. The witness discusses memory doubts and oath constraints while the court hears testimony on the marriage register and related communications. A clergyman confirms the March 1769 Kingston marriage entry and the judge adjourns to the Chamber of Parliament.
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Wallace
Lord Redfear
Earl of Bristol
Lord Radnor
Lord Barrington
Lord Radier
Garda
Kingston
Mr. Hervey
Phar
Mit
Uchels of
Kington
Duchess of
Judith Phillips
Hervey
Worcester
Bristol
Duke of Kingston
Harper
Bunning
Collier
Alarm of famine and naval moves in 1776 Barbados letter
Extract from a Barbadoes letter dated February 15 1776 describes Captain Payne’s mission from General Howe to exhaust provisions, alarm in the colony, clashes over licences, and fears of supplying America with food. It notes arrivals, shortages, and reflections on governance, plus local crimes and notices of births marriages and deaths in London.
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Barbadoes
Liverpoole
Payne
General Howe
Antigua
America
New York
Boston
Cork
Quebec
Biffell
Georgia
Callow
Milford
Streights
West Indies
Paris
Alencon
Baux de Bretheuil
Conches
Norfolk-street
Westminster Abbey
John Sayer
Elgin
Lincoln’s Inn
Whiteland’s Lane
Chelsea
Gravel Lane
Houndsditch
Poultry Compter
Old Bailey
Vic
Robert Street
Thomas Dempsey
Dennis Sherry
Thomas Welch
Thomas Grimsley
St. Martin In
Spur-street
Leicester-fields
Grimsley
Newgate
Mary Owen
County of
Middlesex
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Amelia
St. James’s
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Rot
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Wardell
Nancy
King
Savannah
Lord Faucomberg
Great George-street
Hanover-square
William Georges
Wellbeck-street
St. George’s
John Wilmot
John Eardley Wilmot
Miss Sainthill
Samuel Sainthill
Hugh Dalrymple
Hanover Square
Paul Cobb Methuen
Paul Methuen
Corsham-house
Wilthhire
Miss Gooch
Thomas Gooch
Benacre-hall
Suffolk
Cavendish Street
Matter Pauncefort
George Pauncefort
Ampthill
Bedfordshire
James Carlton
Hoxton
John Renolds
Shames-ftreet
London
Oirman
Guildhall
Dowding
Brickcourt
Semple
Peter Reilly
Sherrard
Street
Golden Square
Tiddlesex
Guildhal
Attere
Dennison
Featherstone
J. Idings
John Mackintosh
The
Suy
Souder
Ayres Panely
Guilehall
Allornies
Dtv and Son
Queen-street
John Skudder Holroyd
Edward Stets
Crutchede
Friars
Turner
Tanfield Court
Temple
Thomas Johnston
Greenwich
Kent
Chessfall
Clements-inn
David James
Drury-lane
Grover
Attornes
Meff, Jackson and Sims
Mark-lane
William Hart
Basing-lane
St. Andrew
Holborn
J. Shaw
Furnival’s Inn
Robert Smith
St. Alban’s
Hertfordshire
Hertford
Margaret Turnbridge
Petticoat-lang
Christi Church
Torton
Spitalsquare
Eleazer Levy Cohen
Billiter Lane
Leadenhall
Attornies
Mesi
Abrahamis
Yorkshire
Dealer and
Chapman
Nicholas Standen
Gargrave
Samuel Haine
Lothbury
City of London
Horatio Stevens
Benjamin Pelle
Southwark
Surry
James Adney
Cullum-street
James Rhodes
Liverpool
Lancashire
Thomas Watkins
Merthir Tedvil
Glasmorganshire
Lincoln
Falls Hopital
Carr
Mr. Foster
J. Foster
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William Radley
Denggift
Gray’s-Inn-Gite