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May 9 16 Chronological Diary highlights from Edinburgh assembly
The General Assembly of the Church of Sct. Yang met in Edinburgh and chose James Smith as Moderator. Reports from May 10 to 16 record deaths and marriages including Dr. Thomas Bouchier, the wife of Montague Gerard Drake, Captain William Lloyd drowning near Herwick, and Sir Henry Roper Lord Tenham’s suicide at Hay Market. Also noted are fires, appointments, and noble marriages among the gentry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Assembly
Church of Sct. Yang
Edinburgh
James Smith
Thomas Bouchier
Diocese of
Canterbury
Lewes
Montague
Gerard Drake
Shergrees
County of Bucks
William Lloyd
Herwick
William Morgan
Tredegar
Monmouth
Rachael Cavendisf
William Cavendish
Duke of Devonshire
Pool
Bear-street
Leicester Fields
Nicholson
The
Apothecaries Company
William Nicholson
Londonderry
Ireland
Kingdom of Ireland
Pat
Estace
Henry
Elizabeth
Sir Johns Gage
Firle
Suffer
Anne Leonard
Thomas Leonard
Earl of
Susex
Barret of
Bell-House
Essex