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Ships and Prizes Sailors News and Local Deaths in London
Reports from the Severn to London note prize captures by French privateers and subsequent retakings, with ships named like The Sarah and Richard and The Ottley. Also listed are clerical and civic deaths, guild members, bankrupts, and notable bequests, including Earl of Egmont and Mr. Barker, plus marriages and local incidents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madris
Severn
Town
Sarah
Richard
Edwards
New-England
Ottley
Marsh
St. Kitt’s
London
Lizard
Robertson
Spithead
Dublin
Rankin
Barbadoes
St. George
St. Sebastian’s
Meff
Hampton Court
Stradleigh
Berkshire
Barker
England
Proctor
Elizabeth Jackson
Millbank
Lust
Brooktreet
Holborn
Tilly
Robert Tilly
Groves
Bow-street
Covent- Garden
Thomas Burdus
City and
Liberty of
Westminster
Pall-mall
Earl of Egmont
Kingdom of Ireland
Lord Percival
Earl of
St. James Clerkenwell
County of
Middlesex
Carpenter
Thomas Towle
Rope-Makers- Alley
Zephaniah Marryat
Thomas Hall
Towle
John Guise
J. Oswald
Rose and Crown
J. Buckland
Buck
Paternoster-Row
A. Maton
Fore-street
Daniel Wilcox
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