Lords Wentworth to Travel Three Years and Hyde Park Reviews
London reports Lord Wentworth heir to the Earl of Scrafford will set out for three years. Navy commanders will stop carrying merchandize to Gurney and Jamaica. Hyde Park reviews for Horse Guards on May 28 and June 2. A Dean Swift pasture sale and a Deanery portrait gift attract high praise from Oxford. Chester notes a money counterfeiting ring led by Downes, tied to Lord Vaughan. Duke of Devonshire horses compete at Newmarket with major noble attendance. The Silver Christening Four to be moved from the Tower for the new prince. Plymouth candidacy for Joan Byng to succeed Robert Byng. Drake engaged off Cuba. Dutch ships wind-bound at Portsmouth.
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Mr. Grewood
Mr. Riley
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Guarda Costa
Drake
Havannah
East India
Portsmouth
Ancient dispatches recount European and Asian political moves
Venice reports indicate the Grand Signor plans to travel to Adrianople to monitor Hungarian troop movements while awaiting French ambassador instructions. Paris notes Madrid accord and Vienna treaty progress, with Spain and France tightening ties. Edinburgh reports storm wrecks at Leith and trials over grave desecration, others seized for public scandal.
Death Sentences Pronounced by Warwick Assizes
Worcester and surrounding towns report multiple executions as Warwick Assizes impose death sentences on six criminals for burglary horse stealing murder and related crimes though three later reprieved. Gloucester sees riots indictments and a devastating fire at the Golden Heart while Canterbury records a coach robbery by a single highwayman who relieves a wedding ring and offers a meager restitution.
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William Butler
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All Saints
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Lawrence Price
George Ruddle
Golden Heart
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Canterbury
Laft
Rufborn
Westbeer
Peter Twyman
Francis Sail
Shooter’s Hill
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