Appointment of Sheriffs and Name Change Registration At Court
In February at St James's the King in Council names sheriffs for Bedfordshire Forkshire and Whitehall for the current year. Nicholas Owen Smythe gains royal licence to assume the surname Owen and bear its arms per an inherited will. The record also notes Imperial illness, army notices, and maritime movements with ships arriving and departing from Deal and nearby ports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bedfordshire
James Metcalfe
Roxton
House
Forkshire
Charles Duncombe
Dancombe Park
Whitehall
Nicholas Owen Smythe
Candover
Salop
Owen
Letitia Barxterm
Richard Mirton
Halston
County of Salop
Trafford Barnston
Churton
County Palatine of Chester
Roger
Thomas Owen
Cundover
Elgrs
College of Arms
Vitara
Ireland
James Blackwell
Ansiruther
Five Strangers Arrive in Warren with French and Spanish Ties
The Mail from Holland reports five strangers arriving in Warren on February 3. Two are French, three Spanish, with introductions by M Muizees and M Potocki. They meet King and Marshals, receiving gracious reception. France abolishes religious orders while Flanders moves to suppress a college in Ghent and shift education to the Recollets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren
M. Muizees
M. Potocki
Marthal
Lithuania
France
Planders
Ghent
Flanders
Maria Theresa
Oxford Council Opposes Test and Corporation Acts
In Oxford on Feb 27 the Council unanimously voted to urge their Lord High Steward and Members to oppose the Test and Corporation Acts. The Rectory of Children in Berks, presented to Rev. John Flash, B D, a senior fellow of Corpus Christi College, is noted. Cambridge reports Rev. Christopher Cunningham Vickry of St Johns admitted to Master of Arts and Rev. Richard Fisher elected Fellow of the Royal Society. Canterbury notes Rev. John Chaloner presented to the Vicarage of Wirksworth, Derbyshire. A fire at Town Sutton Workhouse last Saturday destroyed the building. a poor man died when a chimney stack collapsed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oxford
New Woodrock
Ats
Berks
Corpus Chin College
John Flash
Cambridge
Christopher Cunningham Vickry
St. John’s College
Royal News and Shipping Notices From Feb 25
News items report ships Succ fs Harper and Amve Ra Caldcleugh sailing for Charente and Charles Town while London ships remain in the Downs. Their Majesties and the Princesses Royal Augusta and Elizabeth attend Divine Service at the Chapel Royal and a Drawing Room at St James's Palace. many dignitaries and foreign ministers are listed. Also covered are the Prince of Wales horse riding mishap, the Duke of York’s illness improving, a fatal accident to the Duchess of Rutland, Lord Auckland’s embassy to the Hague, and bankers forming a Freehold tontine proposal. Additional notes include a London court ruling on bankruptcy, Newgate indictments, sermons, prizes, and social notices.
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Deal
Succ Fs
Harper
Charente
Downs
Amve Ra
Caldcleugh
Charles Town
Minerva
London
Maltham
Duchess of Bolton
Marchioness of
Bath
Earl of Delawar
Dublin
Winchester
Gloucester
How
Clarendon
Sefton
Fauconberg
Tankerville
Buckingham House
Prince of Wales
Jampshire
Hyde Park
Duke of Queensbury
Duke of York
Duchess of Rutland
Countess of Chatham’s
Lord Auckland
Lambeth Palace
the Hague
Cabinet Council
Duke of Leeds
England
General Pett
King George
Yescombe
Falmouth
M. A. Taylor
Robert Taylor
Lincoln’s Inn Hall
Grouther
Crouther
Isle of Ely
Charles Yorke
Ely
Dart
Smith
Dover
Smyrna
Britannia
Mary
Francis
Levant
Jupiter
Aurora
Euphrates
Industry
Brine
Princess Royal
St. Barbe
Alcyone
Smyrna Bay
Gabriel
Stewart
Diana
Flyn
Cork
Antigua
Alexandria
Leghorn
Lincolnshire 4 Grazlers Wool Trade Hints
This Day were published price 15 letters to the Lincolnshire four grazlers on the wool trade. Hints offered for correcting abuses. Cambridge printed by Newomd and Peat printers of the Lincoln, Roland, and Stamford Mercury, by Mr Baldwin, Paternotter row, London, Mr Newcou by Stamford 3 and most other box sellers.
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Lincolnshire 4
Cambridge
Newomd and Peat
Lincoln, Roland
Stamford Mercury
Baldwin
Paternotter Row
London
Newcou
Stamford 3
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London Gazette
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Corn Exchange
Wilson
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Butler
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William
Elizabeth
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Wardel
Gibraltar
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Garner
Cadiz
Harris
Thomas
Sally
Bridger
Joseph
Brown
Lisbon
Hope
Hopkins
Corunna
Otter
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Davis
S. W
Tom
Hunter
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Thames
Hutchins
Oporto
Juno
Kennedy
Pegasus
Ballard
Sports
Lyon
Isabella
Taylor
Rachael
Blakeney
Charlotte
Fisher
Betsey
Gouwing
Seville
Holland
Country News
Ship-News
Glasgow
Palmer
John Palmer
Great Britain
Chamber of Commerce and Manufactures
Bridgetower
Drury-Lane Theatre
Norwich
Adam Smith
Montesquieu
Madam Crumpholtz
Paris
Husbard
Seine
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John Frith
Orchard-street
Oxford Road
Black Friars Bridge
Crosskeys
Surrey
Clerkenwell Green
Bridewell
Tralee
Joan Conway
Old Bailey
Joseph Phillips
Joseph Nicholson
St. James
John Vere
Norfolk
Halstead
Thomas Stuck
Swansea
Morris
Robert Morris
Hankrupts
John Carrett
Tower-freet
Alu
Guildhall
Attornes
Meff
T. Pearson
Pumpcourt
Temple
James Smith
Searle
Lincoln's-inn-fields
Dena
Theobald’s Road
William Robins the Younger
Lavcridgeworthy
Hertfordshire
Collins
Spitalquare
Margaret Baynt
Newcatle Veon Tyne
the Crown and
Thute
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Atkinson
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Lincoln's-inn
Valentine Wilkinson
Chesterfield
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the Angel
Bower
Meil
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Lane
Samuel Bill
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Thomas Borer
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Everett
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Diwidten
John Stevenson
Gid Bthlem
Hofier
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Holt
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Peter Robert Luard
Barnet Guest
Limehouse
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Iaac Muda
Crotto Square
Portugal
de Drufina
Thomas Dickison
Minship
Dealer
Chapman
Joan Vesty
Richard Stephenson
Newcastle Upon Tyne
John Teckoe
Daniel Smith
St. Pancras
Builders and Partners
James Bird
John Verty
Hugh Love
Watling-street
James Razer
Wajifall
Staffordshire
Bull's Head
Rufbil-street
Walsall
Stephen Gray
Beverley
Yorkshire
Tailow-Chandler
Canterbury
John Bampton
Universty
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Joseph White
Wadham College
Archbishop Laud
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G. Gis
J. Robinsony
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