Fresh-water pirates plunder ships and Kingston court sentences
A Kingston session results in multiple trials and harsh sentences. A gang dubbed fresh-water pirates robbed ten merchant ships moored in the river, while trials at Kingston yielded capital convictions and executions for several offenders. Others faced transportation, fines, or bailed proceedings in bankruptcy cases and creditors' dividends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kingston
Surry
William Swaine
Gerrard Dutton Fleetwood
Morton
Edward Fullagate
Hop
John Morgan
Elizabeth Dimock
Diana Ward
William
James Bry
John Steel
John Powel
John Ruffel
Philip Woodham
George Benjamin Payne
Hugh Macawley
Bridzor
Wiltshire
Guildhall
James Pereira
Moses Pereira
Laleham
Middlesex
John Ridge
Chichester
Sussex
Humphry Matthews
Exeter
Henry Appleton
Cheapside
Samuel Tucker
Exchange Alley
Preston Guild Merchant Notice Opens August Market
Notice in the Borough of Preston that the Guild Merchant will be opened at the Town Hall on Monday August 30, after the Feast of St. John the Baptist. Freemen or their proxies must appear to claim rights and otherwise face forfeiture. New entrants born since the last Guild must present certified proofs of name age and residence to establish their freedom status.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
I’reston
County Palatine of Lancaster
Preston
Qultoh
Demands on the Estate of James Barry of Hull
Persons who have any demands on the estate of James Barry Jace of Hull in the County of York deceased are desired to send their reflective accounts to Mrs Barry his widow Mr Caley at Hull or to Meff Woodcock and Barnard at their chambers in Lincoln's Inn New Square
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Barry
Jace
Hull
County of York
Deceas
Irish Rebellion Flares in Limerick and Nearby Counties
Contained report details an uprising in Limerick spreading to Tipperary and Waterford, with rebels called Levellers or Whiteboys, led by suspected French and Spanish officers. Proclamations and military detachments were deployed as locals formed vigilante groups for safety, while inquiries target captured rebels and possible plans to transport a suspected adjutant to Dublin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irelawn D. Corke
Limerick
Tipperary
Waterford
Youghall
Dublin
Levellers
Lord Anson and party arrive in Bath and Birmingham officials
In Bath on April 12 Lord Anson Sir John Barker and Lady, Sir Walter Baggot and Governor Mac Morris with Admn Pritchard noted. Birmingham on April 12 reports William Buckle a butcher seized on suspicion of murdering a found child near Bewdley. Buckle committed to Worcester gaol on Thursday. Buckle says he gave the child to poor travelers for three guineas after meeting them on the road between Cleobury and Bewdley. The nurse swears the child died and a bloodied frock tied to it was found at Edrington near the town on January 7.
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Country News
Bath
Lord Anson
John Barker
Walter Baggot
Mac Morris
Pritchard
Birmingham
Fafely
William Buckle
Whier-Forgit
Bewdley
Worcester
Nurse
Cleobury
Edrington
Penzance April ships arrive with cargoes from Fowey and Guernsey
Since my last, arrived His Majesty's sloop Peggy commanded by Charles Hudson with sundries for this place. The Francis Mills from Fowey with supplies, Shaftsbury cutter Drew, Elizabeth Picion from Guernsey with currants and oil for Bristol, John and Hannah Vitt ery with corn and flour for this place from Southampton. Sailed His Majesty's flagship Peggy and Savage with the Dathwood.
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Penzance
Peggy
Charles Hudson
Francis
Mills
Fowey
Shaftsbury
Elizabeth
Picion
Guernsey
Bristol
John
Hannah
Southampton
Pegey
Savage
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Whitehall
Dare
Ralph Ward
Thomas Ward
Mith
Newgatretreet
Fawley
Y Wantage
Berkshire
N.B
Epsom
Thomas’ Hutchinson
Smeaton
Northallerton
Yorkshire
Cadormus
Old Cade
Dormouse
Heber
Cygnet
James Lambert
Earl of Godolphin
IIL
Hogmagog
Cambridge
Samus
TaTe
Mickleham
Xear Leatherhead
Aline Strong
Suction
Snip
Bloody Buttocks
Greyhound
Makeless
Brimmer
Place
White Turk
Dedsworth
Heber. W. Parker
Ham Court
Chertsey
Weybridge
Kim
Oroonoko
Romulus
Ferdinando
Don John
Manchester
N. B
York
Spain
Cooke
Shakespeare’s Head
United Company of Merchants of
England
East- Indies
Bengal
Dutch East-India Company
Brotherton
Cornhill
R. and
J. Dodsley
Pall-mall
T. Waller
Fleetstreet
London
Westminster
William Watson
Tho. Smith
Lawrence Teaman
Tho. Baldwin
Robert Main
Snow
Matthew Johnson
John Smith
John Hughes
John Read
Cape Ortegal
Mand
Cyfago
John Rivington
Bible and Crown
St. Paul’s
High’ Court of Admiralty
Portugal
Sive Oultoh
Turnpenny
Bley Dennis
Thomas
Plymouth
Lyon
Ireland
Ford
Ting
Cowes
Four Friends
Meriton
Campvere
Spithead
Robertson
Borrowdtounness
G. Kitt’s
Deal
His Majesty
Lynx
Wind N. E
Gravesend
Rober
Isabella
Selby
City of London
Mellick
Hamburg
Qmond
Wnerway
Poodss
Blackett
Aldash
Parlafleet
Roterdam
Hope
Hendrickson
Bramen
Grawifond
Leftrum
Sbenezer
Manel
Norway
Becker
Fortune
Claren
Doroie
Lutiers
Hamburgh
Friendship
Boreland
Ostend
Rotterdam
Perse
Suba
Wedderburn
Surat
Cadiz
St. Nicholas Barri
Lions
Bremen
Diligence
Holliday
Sibella
Abbot
Yarmouth
Speedwell
Stevenson
Berwick
Gottenburgh
Coldbeck
Altena
Sukey
Oventon
France
Lisbon
Lord Tyrawley
Bellestle
Lambart
Boscawen
Armstrong
Blaney
Burgoyne
Earl of Loudoun
George Townshend
Craufurd
Laubart
O’hara
Woolwich
Germany
Forimouth
Dunkirk
John de Graaff
Aga Jacob Jansem
Kennedy
Whitehaven
Africa
Bayonne
Cam
Settle
Guidaloupe
Liverpool
Laft
Laboure
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