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Chronological Diary Highlights From February and March Events
Entries note the death of Robert Heysham Alderman of London and Christ’s Hospital president, a Cock Hill fire destroying three houses, motion of new Billinggate Alderman candidates Crowley and Bellamy, a poll majority for Bellamy with a scrutinized result, and various deaths and marriages. March sessions at the Old Bailey convict 35 felons, sentence three hangings, two hand burnings, and transportation orders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Heysham
Lon
Billinggate
Christ’s Ofpital
Cock Hill
Ratcliffe Cross
Robert Heyham
Roper
Eltham
Kent
Alice Knipe
Knipe
Westminster School
Thomas Wyndham
Hawkchurch
Dorset
Helyar
Yately
Southampton
Francis Maffam
Oates
Essex
Lord Maffam
Craven
Sidney College
Cambridge
Bartley Fisher
Anne-Christina-Louia
Theodore
Palatine
William Somerfield
William Bourk
Thomas Frost
Convitt