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Chronological Diary Entries for Royal Appointments and Deaths
The diary lists numerous appointments and deaths within a royal or noble context. Highlights include colonelcies and ecclesiastical livings such as the Regiment of Foot appointment for Leskard in Cornwall, Deans and Rectories in multiple counties, and the death of notable figures like the Right Hon. Henry Earl of Dee Torane and Lucius Henry Carey, Lord Viscount Falkland. It records receivers, governors, and clerks in ordinary, with kinship ties and titles spanning Suffolk, York, Bedfordshire, Northampton, and beyond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leskard
Cornwall
Regiment of Foot
Newton
Charles Young
Suffolk
Nairne
Battle
Knet
Wesdrake
County of
York
John Phillips
Carmarthen
Cardigan
Glamorgan
Pembroke
Col. Cosby
Leeward Islands
Baxton
Bedford
Purcel
Hill
Hodnet
Salop
Northey
Edward Northey
Penny
Prince
Litchfield
Coventry
Knight
Moulton
Northampton
Sandford
Martin Ridgware
Stafford
Tudor Spicemaker
Green-cloth
Henry Earl of Dee Torane
Scotland
James Duke of Monmouth
K. James II
Martin Johnson
Gillingham
Sufolk
William Sharpe
Humphreys
Ware
Hertfordshire
Mrs. Smith
Paris
Lucius Henry Carey
Viscount Falkland