Pilory Sentence for forger Counsellor Martin's False Barrister Claim
Edmond Martin stood on the pillory after a King’s Bench sentence for forgery and suborning perjury. Known as Counsellor Martin, he pretended to be a barrister and Papist. the court and prosecutors denounced him as dangerously wicked and unfit to remain in the kingdom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Bolton
Edmond Martin
King’s Bench
Martin
Law
London
Richard Martin
Gibraltar to London Amid Privateer Actions and Fleet Moves
Reports from Gibraltar and Weymouth detail ships failing or blown off course, with privateers seizing vessels near Scilly and off Flamborough Head. Berths at Plymouth and Cork report convoys, prize recoveries, and arrivals, while Parliament and court notices list appointments, marriages, and prosecutions.
St David Day Observances and Highland Lands Plan
The Society of Antient Britons met at the Globe Tavern and heard a sermon at St Bride's Church before an entertainment at Draper's Hall in honour of St David's Day. Then discussion notes a Crown Lands purchase plan to settle Highlands Scotland by colonists to promote tranquility, trade, and land cultivation. The Commons met with Arthur Onslow returning to duties in a chair from Leicester Fields as a writ was issued for a new election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wales
Society of
Globe Tavern
Fleet-street
St. Bride’s Church
Mr. Doughty
St. James, Clerkenwell
Draper’s Hall
Throgmorton-street
Highlands
Scotland
United Kingdoms
House of Commons
Arthur Onslow
Leicester Fields
Westminster
Dantzick Plank an Pruffin Deals Norway Goods
Dantzick and Pruffin engage in a trade deal involving hemp goods from Norway, affecting East Country markets and Tar Riga Mafts. The obscure transaction highlights regional commerce and cross border sourcing amid shifting supply chains.
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Dantzick Plank
Norway
Riga
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Gibraltar
Ft Inf
John
Clifton
Leghorn
Ceuta
Madonia del Rosario
Sancho
Cephalonia
Leopard
Dunkirk
Mitchief
Weymouth
Portland Road
Guernsey
Virginia
Scilly
Concord
Granville
Monmouth
Harrison
Chace
Jamaica
Archangel
Husband
Barbadoes
Prince George
Couglas
Ottley
Wratton
Antigua
Fanny
Maxferd
St. Kitt’s
Winchelsea
Mercury
Plymouth
Baltimore
Frederick
Chilton
Maryand
Sligo
Recovery
Fell
Downs
Middleburgh
Wilson
Lisbon
Liverpool
Chapflanck
Derby
John Stanhope
Admiralty
Flanders
Duke of Cumberland
Harwich
Keyferting
Berlin
Petersburg
Elector of
William Friend
Whitney
Oxford
Islip
Kent
Wellington
Salop
Martin Sandys
Lord Sandys
Foot-Guards
Zealand
John and
Elizabeth
Thomas Morrison
Matter
Lambert Smith
Robert Gildersleeve
Ghent
Edgecombe
Hampshire
Advice
Bellona
Colchester
Rock
Joseph Barker
Young
Philadelphia
Algazira
Caroline
Gordon
Aberdeen
Flamborough Head
John Jones
New Prison
Thomas Burdus
Feathers Tavern
Strand
Anne Putland
Jeremiah Levy
Newgate
Duke’s Place
Catherine Geary
Long- Ditch
Tothill-Fields Bridewell
Thomas Ellys
New-Palace- Yard
Marquis of Tweedale
Kingdom of Scotland
Frances Carteret
Poe ‘ Earl of Granville
Robert Worsley
Rochfort
North Britain
The
Alienation Office
Bankkrupts
Nathan Dell
Snow-Hill
Robert Downes
Whitechapel
Lee Diggs
St. George’s
Southwark
Navy-Office
Navy
Faringdon
Berks
Adv
Brooker
John Beckley
N. B
Abingdon
Fountain Tavern
Porysmouuth
John Rukman
James Bucknall
Portmouth
He & OD LD
Methuen
Streights
Iargaret
Wickham
Suffolk
Philosophical Transactions
Royal Society
St. James’s Street
Cavent Garden
Ipswich
Joseph Xeys
Barba
Stephen Pittet
Pittet
John Sparowe
Pitter
Vraden Joiner
Northampton
Smith Fleetwood
N.B
Joseph Churchill
Signor Gaudentio di alLucca
Inquisition
Bologna
Italy
Africa
St. Mark’s Library
Venice
Signor Rhedi
Signor Gaudentio
W. Innys
Paternofter-row
R. Manby
H. S. Cox
Ludgate Hill
M. Cowper
Pternofter-row
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