Fall of M Chauvelin Sparks Old French Court Drama
Letter from Paris dated April 13 details the fall of M Chauvelin and ongoing missives against the minister. It notes Cardinal Richelieu’s long watch, schemes for posthumous rule, and a tale of the Breast-Plate of Henry IV sold for millions. It mentions a banker and the value of antiquities, plus Chauvelin’s grandfather's legal ties in France.
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M. Chauvelin
House of C
France
Henry IV
Gover
Chauvelin
Chanvelia
Chamber de Comptes
Court of Exchequer
England
Marriages and Politics and Court News from London
London reports George Harrison of Hertford plans marriage to Molly Feild of Stanstead Bury amid local seat contest rumors. Royal plans include horse plates and market changes, with various parliamentary and civic appointments and a shipwreck drowning incident near Woolwich.
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George Harrison
Balls
Newmarket
Dorchester
William Chapple
Lord Elchies joins High Court of Justiciary in Scotland
Edinburgh reports that on Tuesday Lord Elchies, a Lord of Session, received the King's nomination to the High Court of Justiciary in place of the late Lord Newhall. He took the oaths and was formally received yesterday, now serving as a full member in the circuit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Brown
Frampton
Duke
Wirtemberg
Augsbourg
Lord Monson
Earl of Ashburnham
Deceas
John Crew
Chester
Crewhall
Staffordshire
Prince of Wales
Robert Walpole
Earl of Grantham
Albemarle-street
Nafau
Lord Grantham
Wells
Norfolk
Joseph Southgate
Fordyke-Wath
John Ransford
Wisbech
Southgate
Ransford
Norwich
Bride- Well
Bethlem
Joseph Jekyll
Tuodiag“Bramston
Essex
William Fazakerley
Alderman Alsop
England
Nathaniel Warner
Esgg
James Dargent
Barrett
Lee Caswall
John Coltman
Collyer
Dargent
Robert ‘Fotherby
Holland
Robinson
Trother
Wrexham
Court of Assistants
Westminster
Arthur Rawlinson
Liberty
Jackson
Patridge
Cyder-Merchant
Noel
Paftry-Cook
Goodchild
Linnon-Draper
Cutlers Company
John Gotten
Aileworth
Woodcraft
Roebottom
Raven
Jenkins
Earl of Roseberry
Westbury
Kent
Canterbury
Brookland
Stephen Walsh
Oving
Woolwich Beach
Webb
General Webb
Hertford
George Stanley, Esq
Colebs
Thomias
Bacon
E Q
York
Leicester
Grooby
Eicesterfoire
George Baggesley
Dorothy Baggerley
Dorothy
Edinburgh
Lord Elchies
High Court of Justiciary
Scotland
Lord Newhall
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