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London Evening Post

Location

London, Middlesex, United Kingdom

Date

Apr 11, 1741

Page

3

Humble sign-off from H Sydenham to gentlemen

A brief historic note records a closing courtesy from H. Sydenham addressing gentlemen with formal politeness and loyal regard, reflecting period epistolary etiquette. The fragment preserves a single name and a respectful closing without additional context or events.

Cocks and Elections at White Talbot Chester and Haverfordwest

Several Cumberland style lines describe cockfights at John Sidebocham’s White Talbore Chester with bets for main and odd battles. A political candidate in Haverfordwest, Lawrency Bartow, asks residents to vote in the upcoming Parliament election, pledging to defend town rights and oppose exactions.

Cheshire Flintshire Hheir John Sidebocham Chester Haverfordwett Lawrency H. Bartow

Curious Allegorical Print Sells Amid Insulting Acquittal Print

An allegorical print title The Acquittal is offered for sale by John Tinney at the Golden Lion in Fleet Street and at London shops Wettminster and the Parachiet-Prints, following an insulting portrayal.

Price John Tinney Golden Lion Fleet-street London Wettminster

Charity Account of 1740 Stewardship at St Pauls and Hall

The Stewards of the Feast of the Sons of the Clergy for 1740 publish the charity account from April 15 and 17 at St Paul’s and Merchant Taylors Hall. The total raised was 784 pounds 14 shillings 6 pence, distributed to many tradespeople including mantua-makers, tailors, milliners, surgeons, apothecaries, peruke-makers, and others across London and surrounding counties. Names include Mary Phipps, Elizabeth Bruce, Mary Luxford, George Hicks, Samuel Mintern, Anne Luxford, John Wells, and Daniel Wint, among numerous recipients. The list documents payments allocated to individual beneficiaries for charitable support.

Duncombe Bristowe John Hughes Edmund Bateman Tafford Crane Edward Donne John Oglevie William Thompson Thomas Galaker William Fordham Eduard Brydges Charles Luckyn Theophilus Grove St. Pawil’s Merchant-Taylors-Hall Mary Phipps Elizabeth Bruce Hackney Elizabeth Gage Mary Lucy Sleech St. James’s Square Samuel Toulmin Daniel Wint London Joyner Brances Unirt Mrs. Dalaha Germain-Street Mary Mintern Sarah Cross Wincaunton Somerset Anne Luxford Robert Gilbert Lewes Sussex George Hicks John Wells Shefford Bedford Apothecary St John Worcester Clothier and Stockingohn Pesne Henry Mulliner Cambridge Taylor Illiam Thoms Mary Belcher Sarah Leay Anne Farley Balhamptom James Bowden Daniel Marriot Barnestaple Devon Andrew Brownsmith Thomas Gardener St. Clement’s Danes Robert Kippax Thomas Warren Leendon Sadler Robert Brownssmith John Snee Youn Clifton James Crosbie Liverpool Edmund Pratt Edward Ancell Towcester Northampton Martha Walker Mary French Layham Suffolk Thomas Salmon Joseph Cooper Whitchurch Salop Frances Allen Susannah Marshall Shoreditch Mantua Stephen Woodsfield Thomas Curtiss Strand Goldsmith Susannah Morey John Chettle Taylor Philip Robinson William Grave Graystock Cumberland Dorothy Lamb Thomas Roper Penrith Elizabeth Williams Katherine Crane Atheace Richard Morton James Standen Beddenden Kane Anne Turner Mary Poli St. James’s Middlesex Tantua Anne Cotton Eleanor Rolfe Horsham William Fielding Richard Reiley Little Britain George Brockden William Aylett Much-Baddow Essex George Leake Deze Lime-street Anne Staife Susannah Smith St. Bartholomew the Less

Coventry Election Call 1741 Oppose Compromise

A Coventry notice urges freemen to reserve votes for candidates opposing the late compromise. It advocates rights and liberties for freemen, the country, and the city, dated April 3, 1741.

Coventry

Epsom Races at Epsom Downs May Five Plates

In Surrey on May six to seventh and six days, five plates offered. The Prince of Wales sponsors First Place of sixty guineas for any horse mare or gelding carrying twelve stone. Other prizes include fifty pounds for various classes, with certificates required. Entries due May ninth at Eytonstables before noon. Cock fighting noted to begin May first week.

Epsom Epsom Downs Surrey Prince of Wales Tom Dead Mercing John Ireland Tore Royal Highness Essex

Manchester Races At Kerfal Course Purse Details

The notice advertises two racing days at Kerfal Course near Manchester in Lancaster. May 13 and the following Friday offer purses of fifty pounds each for horses under six years, with weights per statute and entry fees. Cock-fighting mornings and nightly assemblies accompany the event.

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