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Daventry Petition Urges Opposition to Excise Extension
A 1733 Daventry letter from Fair Fustinian Sam and Thomas Lartowright appeals to Northampton County MPs to oppose new excise laws that threaten jury trials, private homes, and trade liberty. Towcester traders echo fears, urging defend against broader excise expansion. Other items note Westminster building works, coroner election, Bath rumors, Bank of England governor choices, East India Company ballot, and Park Memorial referral.
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House of Commons
Alu Wryner
Bank of England
Horatio Townshend
Edward Bellamy
Bryan Beaton
Mt. Townshend
Che
Robert Alsop
Ald
Robert Atwood
John Bance
Saray Brooksbank
Clément Boehm
Gerard Conyers
Anc Delillers Carbonnel
William Fawkener
James Gaultier
Samuel Holden
Lethieullier
Ely
Henry Neale
da Rudge
Barry
Raroneere
Gilbert Heathcote
Bart
John Hanger
Bryan Benson
Joseph Eyles
Nathaniel Gould
William Hunt
Joseph Paice
Matthew Rapes
Sizimiabe
East-India Company
House of Proprietors
Lords of the Treasury
Bowen
St. James’s Park
Board of Works
Buckingham
Constitution- Hill
Fitiriun