Notable Trials and Obituaries Narrowly Reported
A batch of court proceedings includes William Whearer and John Parkes charged with murder and fraud respectively, with three transported and six acquitted. Other trials include Henry Cooley and Elizabeth Dickins, both acquitted. Smuggling trial moves to Bristol Affizes under Lord Charles Hay. Social notices report marriages of Dr Gooch and Miss Compton, and Mr Bird to Miss Sheife, plus multiple local deaths including Jonathan Lawton and Rev. William Batcheller. The Duke of Bridgwater dies of fever at 21.
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William Whearer
Henry Rogers
Finchley Common
John Parkes
Paul de Lamerie
Foxall
Outlane
Newgate
Bristol
Gooch
Ely
Compton
Joseph .Bird
Marklane
Polly Sheife
Alexander Shiefe
Hackney
Navy Office Proposes March Sales for Stores for His Majesty
In London notices dated February 11 1747 the Navy Office invites bidders to treat for stores for His Majesty with proposals due at nine to ten each morning on specified days in March. The event lists shipments including Newfoundland cod oil cod and fishery goods, with auction and wine sales advertised and frequent trader meetings at the Queen's Arms St Pauls Church-Yard.
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Navy Office
Queen’s Arms
St. Paul’s Church-Yard
London
Sir Wiliam Keith
Bert
Aais
Fountain-Tavern
Portsmouth
John Rukman
James Bucknall
Proclamation of Rewards for Apprehension of Prohibited Offenders
Custom House London issues notice under historic acts listing dozens of named laborers, farmers, and tradesmen in Kent Sussex and nearby counties sought for running and carrying uncustomed goods after July 1746. It promises a five hundred pound reward to anyone who captures and brings them before royal justices, with transport the penalty for harboring them.
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Franderstone
Thomas Brooks
Tom
Cirton
Finingham
Edward Brook
Yackey
James” Cunningham
Wingfeld
Gounty
Robert Cunningham
Charles Blumfield
Norfolk
Suffolk
Cordwainer
Os Ne Fither
Difs
Thomas Drury
Hacckhurst
Kent
Aed Peels Tucker
Deal
John Tucker
Stephen
Edward Savage
Savidge
Bexhill
Sussex
Thomas Winter
Pofling
Hythe
Footsey and Frost
James Brooksey
Brooksby
Ashford
Francis Rushing
Canterbury
Wilsbarow
Asfleford
Robert Mapeiden
Mapletlés P
Mapestone
Maplestone
Daniel Bunce
Robin
Sittingbourne
John Marion
Hawkhurst
Uriah Creed
Morgan
Hawkbur
Thomas Kingswood
Fimnel
Richard
Oacherlaff
London
Fune
London Gazette
King’s Bench
King's Bench
Middlesex
Customs
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