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Notable 18th Century Trials and Deaths Chronicle
The Sept. diary records Sir William Peuligrave’s appointment as Adjutant to the firf Troop of aa Grenadiers, deaths of Thomas Palmer and Lady d’Oiley, a duel between Capt Marriot and Capt Scroggs with both wounded and one dying. It notes the Countess Dowager of Sunderland’s posthumous birth, Essex’s wife taking a new court role, and Old Bailey sessions sentencing fifteen men and three women for highway robberies and related crimes, with multiple executions and punishments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Peuligrave
Werminster
Aa Grenadiers
Deceas
Thomas Palmer
Thomas Balmer
Wingham
Kent
Bar
d’Oiley
John d Oil
Sunderland
Countess of Essex
Willian Capel Earl of Essex
Princess of Wales
Barbara Countess
Byrd
Uifer
Vis
Thomas Jennings
Arther Hughes
Gafey
Thomas Wilson
Thomas Etheridge
Edward Raymond
William Slayden
Robert Ir Yin
Fane Une
Chelsea College
Aretthias Brinsden
June Morris
Waltera Green
Margaret Fifer
Edward Myers
Jane Holman
Charles Palmer
Richard Oxley
Hudson
Bajemin Shambler
South-Sea Company
Tran Tion
Sir Charles Barter
Linegluspire
Bart
Joseph Af
Rand