Antiquated Royal Coin Edict and Charity Appeal
A 1773 English notice discusses a royal act allowing cutting and defacing underweight gold coins tendered in payments, with directions to accept cut money at a fixed rate until September. It includes editorials on note safety, bank delays, and a Len��� prayer for relief from poverty by Lambeth, with petitions from Lambeth and individual clergy and patrons attesting to Samuel Bickley’s piety and conduct.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yazb Ereas
England
Lambeth
Sam, Bickley
Distressed Clergyman Appeals to Archbishop for Relief
A petition from Reverend Qamasy Srexrey, aged about sixty, seeks aid from the Archbishop of Canterbury. He describes ten years of penance for an alleged crime he denies, claims sincere repentance, and asks for mercy as he faces destitution, threat of imprisonment, and loss of lodging.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Qamasy Srexrey
King's Head Inn
Endfield
Archbishop of
Almot
Christ
God
A Strange Elixir From Calthorp Church Receipts
A medieval remedy collected at Calthorp church Lincolnshire prescribes boiling rue leaves garlic Venice treacle mithridate and pewter scraps in strong ale until reduced. A bottle keeps. nine spoonfuls given to a person warm fasting for seven days and six to a dog. The note adds that those bitten by mad dogs who took it fared well while others died mad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Venice
Calthorp
Lincolnshire
Merciful Nell and the Murderer Onstage
A dramatic venting of Nell confronting a brutal butcher figure as a harsh truth about the stage and press unfolds. The speaker condemns cruelty while noting the actor’s deft deceit, blending moral outrage with theatrical critique.
Turbulent affairs and coinage news from London and beyond
Reports from London and Ireland detail legal delays in a Lord Chancellor case with Mrs Hadley, and a long review pending after Michaelmas. Also included are notices on Russian forces, mint coinage, clipping issues, and local tragedies in Coventry and Birmingham with prices, arrests, and executions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Viscount Boyne
Ireland
Hadley
Lower
Elbe
Cronstadt
Revel
Baltic
Dantzick
Bank of England
Mint
Treasury
Yorkshire
London
Coventry
Birmingham
Warwick
Colchester
Herculaneum
Brighthelmstone
Dupre
Shergold
Mark Flicgmore
Horsleydown
Philip Trewsby
Bishopsgate-street
Colnbrook
Windsor
High Water at London Bridge Plots Tomorrow Timing
Reported tidal levels for London Bridge show high water at 17 minutes after 4 in the morning and 33 minutes after 4 in the afternoon, with additional notes for Thursday morning and afternoon highs around 3 and 4 respectively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Bridge
Price and stock market notes from historical data
Price listings for corn and grains with multiple quality grades and regional equivalents appear alongside bank stocks bonds and annuities. Includes figures for wheat barley rye oats flour malt and peas with various forts and currencies and several South Sea and India related securities and bonds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India
Voyages to the South Seas and World Displayed volumes offered
An advertisement for Hawkesworth's Account of Voyages ordered by the Crown, with Wiley’s and Strahan Cadell editions. It promotes three volumes, maps, and copper plates, detailing Byron Wallis Carteret Cook voyages, Patagonian glimpses, and a world voyage aboard the Dolphin. Includes pricing and publication cadence with engravings by Cipriani Bartolozzi Booker Wooller and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Banks
Esg
Solander
Hawkesworth
Cipriani
Bartolozzi
Booker
Wooller
Commodore Byron
Wallis
Carteret
Captain Cook
Dolphin
Swallow
Endeavour
Admiralty
John Hawkesworth
W. Strahan
T. Cadell
Strand
Columbus
America
Cortez
Mexico
Golden
Pizarro
Peru
Brazil
Drake
Ghouten
le Maire
Dampier
Rogers
Anson
de Gama
East Indies
de Cabral
Lancaster
Beaulieur
Middleton
Grofe
Roggewen
de Laval
Maldivia
Kolben
Cape of Good. Hope
Roberts
Cape de Verd
James and Ellis
Maundrell
Aleppo
Jerusalem
Balbec
Shaw
Holy Land
Thevenot
Levant
Pocock
Egypt
Palmyra
Ruffel
Holstein
Mr. Hanway
Muscovy
Persia
Sir J. Chardin
Mingrelia
Europe
Maupertuis
T. Carnanard F
Newbery
St. Paul’s Churchyard
Hom
Magellan
Everts
Also Mentioned on This Page
Lowns
Edinburgh
Mason Barrowmen Company
Court of Directors
Accomstant
G. D. Teller
Church of England
Fubee
Samuel Bickley
Firsby
Lincoln
Raoe
Thomas Beaumont
Ratthby
Richard Vesey
Belizun
Edward Codd
Richard Right
Willoughby
Thomas Booth
Liac. Coll
Co. IL
Nell
Mr. Fate
Nell Mo
Pottcript
Grec
Chiswick
Edward Loveden
Bulicott
Berks
Pryfe
Lewis Pryfe
Pantwick
Gloucestershire
William Teather
Knightsbridge
Darlington
Hurworth
Thomas Garbut
Fennight
Glasgow
Hugh Sprowle Crawfurd
Condonhill
James Hepburn
Dane
Ann
South-Sea
Ditto
India Ann
As. Pr. Navy, &c
Bank
Long Ann
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