Robbery of Mail Abroad Prompted 1748 Reward Notice
A highwayman attacked the Tot-Day mail near Clarken-Green on the Way to Basingstoke, seizing bags from Exeter and other towns. Rewards total 200 pounds for the robber and 200 pounds for informants leading to conviction, plus a pardon by his Majesty. Also a separate notice offers a 100-pound reward for those involved in filing silver coin, with pardons to accomplices who assist. Public notices dated September 15 1748 signed by George Shelvocke and J. Potter.
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Andover
Bassingtoke
Clarken-Green
Basingtoke
Southampton
Exeter
Shaftbury
Abburton
Truro
Barnstaple
Lau
Pst
George Shelvocke
Whitehall
Hugh Coffy
Newgate
Portugal
Coffy
J. Potter
Reward Offered for Apprehension of Guineas Filers in London
A public notice from Sept 30, 1748, offers a hundred pound reward to anyone who helps capture Samuel Davies, Bryan Duff, Mary Dean, and Margaret Rutherford for filing and diminishing guineas and Portugal gold coins. Davies absconded from The Bull and Butcher, West Smithfield. detailed descriptions follow, with agencies and lodgings across London. The Mint solicitor at Clement’s Inn is named for those seeking rewards.
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Moint
Tower of London
Lords Justices
Samuel Davies
West Smithfield
Wrexham
Leverpool
Thame
Oxfordshire
German Street
St. James’s
Portugal
Bryan Duff
Mary Dean
Harrison
Afargaret Rutherford
Ireland
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Piccadilly
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Red Lion
King-Street
Golden Square
Dean
Cheshire
Dublin
Laverool
Green-Arbour-Court
Moorfields
Bow- Lane
Cheapside
Margaret Rutherford
Mary Fofter
Robert Rutherford
John Ligonier
Temple-Bar
London
Bow-Lane
Fountaine Cook
His Majesty’s Mint
Clement’s Inn
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Edward Fry
Chichester
Mary Page
Whirfeld
Whitfield-Tall
Owften
Whitfield
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Allan
Allandale
Northumberland
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Wolfingham
County of
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Bellafide
Wrenn
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Robert Wharton
Elgis
James Clote
Lincoln’s Inn
Jonathan Wharton
Symond’s Inn
Robert Ridley
Matthew Dawson
Geoffrey Chaucer
John Urry
Christ-Church, Oxon
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Chavar
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C. Davis
Holborn
L. Davis
Lord Bacon
Golden-Ball
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Japan
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Quare
Sir Robert Walpole
R. Franklin
Butter-street
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Humphry Oldcastle
Colle&ion
R. Dodsley
Pall Mail
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Rome
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Papal
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M. Cooper
Meff. Rivington
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Trench
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Strand
Esther
Tiree de l’Ecriture Sainte
Racine
Nouvelie
Revue Avec
Soin
Jeunesse
D.D. Dela S. A
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Matthew Pilkeington
R. Griffiths
Dunciad
Ludgate- Street
J. Rofinson
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