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Chronological Diary of Commons and St Pauls Obits
February entries note the deaths of notable figures including Mr Thomas Mitchell East India Company secretary and Captain Richard Holden of the Mary. Also listed are various appointments such as Capt Vanbrugh to York Man of War and Capt Clifton to the Salisbury, along with MP changes for Bridgewater and new offices in Ireland England and Wales. The chronicle marks significant reforms and endowments like Sir John Cotton’s Cottonian Library provenance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Mitchell
East India Company
Christopher Mole
Henry Lyell
East-India Company
Richard Holden
Mary
East-India Colny
Robert Aldersey
Aldersey
Cheshire
Thomas Owen
Condover Castle
Shropshire
John Rous
Henham Hall
Suffolk
Vanbrugh
York
Lee
Earl of Litchfield
Clifton
Salisbury
Thomas Palmer of
Tatfield
Bridgewater
Somerseshire
Halfwell Tynte
Robert Fox
Ireland
George Rochfort
Deceas
Alexander Gould
England
Wales
Berwick Upon Tweed
John Facob
John Cotton
Stratton
Bedfordshire
Robert Cotton
Cottonian