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Proclamations lift prohibitions as court actors dine in Greenwich
In a London news brief spanning proclamations and appointments, the Lords Justices lift prohibitions with royal council approval. Dinners at Greenwich feature the Duke of Bedford, Secretary Henry Fox, and others. Henry Pelham hosts. Flood of naval, military, and legal notices follow, including appointments, prizes, ship payoffs, and a broad crackdown on smuggling with a £500 reward for apprehending listed offenders.
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Vince
Omer Dunes
Privy Council
Duke of Bedford
Henry Fox
Henry Pelham
Thomas Hinton
Samuel Ely
Samuel Devis
Ely
James Webb
Baroness Dowater of
Monton
Trollefcliff
Kent
Rochester
West- Malling
Robert Michell
Serjeants Inn
Fleettreet
Oxford
Robert Jenkinson
Siee Moore
Mr. Dawkins
Mr. Clerk
Mr. Cornwall
Betty Bell
Betts
Great Eafe
Bowles
Windsor
Mr. Bitton
Eafe
Lords of the Admiralty
Capt. Lloyd
Admiralty
Edinburgh
Eagle
Fox
Solebay
Plymouth
Gloucester
Portsmouth
Hampshire
Sheerness
Diamond
Nonsuch
Alderney
Lisbon
Peter Sympson
Cant
Carfteen Hilckes
Hamburgh
É&C
Rhode Island
Freeman
Bethel
Sterl
Thames
Limehouse
Gray’s-Inn-Lane
Holborn
Thomas Gore
Bedford
Charles Gore
Tring
Hertford
Honeywood
Orlando Humfress
Earl of Orford
Houghton Hall
Norfolk
Helvoetfluys
George Henderson