London Gazette snippet on military governor privileges
From the London Gazette April 25 summary, April 27 notes the Spates were rented once that week and little else occurred. It records the House considering cent Jante, Governor of Gothem- Pesu, seeking leave to sell his place and later granting him privileges similar to other Military Governors for transmitting to their posts.
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London Gazette
Heesibel
Rot Les
Cent Jante
Gothem- Pesu
Downton
Wilts
Mr. Webb
Hambledon
Edward Bevan
Air-street
Piccadilly
London
E. Bevan
John Penny
Ludlow
Shroppshire
Lamb and Ludlow
Castherine-street
Strand
White-Hart- Yard
Jamaica
Holland
Port
Mountain
Lisbon
Madeira
Birchin Lane
Cornhill
S Mall
Joseph Strutt
Little Presco
Goodman's-fields
Ox Ford
Oxford
Tha University
Cambridge
S. Seacrest
Charing-cross
Letters From Europe Describe Fortified Castles And Antiquities
From Flanders and Copenhagen dated April 11 reports castles in Aalbourg fitted and furnished richly. Bastia notes the killing of Zamaclino the Corsican leader. In Archipelago, Grun surveys antiquities and finds Huner’s tomb with a Greek inscription, skeleton’s dust. Hague April 21 mentions Sir Joseph York departing Helvoet for England. Mr. Meddison acts for the British Court during absence.
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Flanders
Copenhagen
Aalbourg
Jutend
Gexon
Bastia
Zamaclino
Marsells
Sieur de Grun
Nic
Joseph York
Helvoet
England
Mr. Meddison
London Notes and European Dispatches Highlight Trade and Signals
London reports Sir Joseph York’s absence from court after arriving at St James’s Palace, an Privy Council ruling in Mill Island case favored Mr Penn, Captain Passmore’s ship tremor feared an earthquake near Cape St Vincent, and farming prices indicate widespread hardship with wheat bread scarce while cattle prices spur calf purchases by large farmers.
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Joseph York
Earl of Hardwick
St. James’s Square
Nobseman
Penn
Privy Council
Whitehall
Mill Island
Delawer
Philadelphia
Gloucestershire
Newmarket Races Continued Amidst Disturbances
The report covers racing entries and stakes at Newmarket with lists of horses and weights, plus results from recent races. It also notes disorder at Drury Lane Theatre, a large Old Bailey trial outlook, notable crimes and arrests, marriages, deaths, and local court actions including rioting at Sudbury and Ixworth.
Auction notices for estates in Rochester and Starston
Multiple 18th century sale ads describe freehold estates near Rochester including three farms on 180 acres with tenants at 1681 annual rent, a Rochester dwelling house, and upcoming viewings. Also proposed June sale of Starston Manor and Starston Hall with about 22 acres, quit rent to Duke of Norfolk, and a Luxford range of inquiries for MANSION-HOUSE in Oxfordshire with 30 acres pasture, stables and offices, plus contact details for buyers and brokers.
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Garraway’s
Exchange-alley
London
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Rochester
Hoo
St. Mary's
Esch
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Chapman
Red Lion Inn
Canterbury
Chatham
George
Dartford
Little Bell-alley
Cole-nan-street
Starston
Starston Hall
Duke of Norfolk
Gunshaw
Harleston
Bunyay
Dis
Norwich
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Green Park
Somerset
Strand
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New Inn
Oxfordshire
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Castle Yard
Holborn
Jones
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Banbury
Chipping Norton
Shipttron Upon Stour
Edge-hill
Boks
Sighill
Northumberland
Newcastle Upon Tyne
Laneslot Allgood
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Darwin
Gray’s Inn
George Pickering
Simonburn
Christchurch
Hants
Lotz
Burton
Gay's Hospital
Brown
Featherstone Buildings
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Orlando
Walker
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Pyrrhus
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Ancatter
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Ampfon
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Catarina
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Match
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Dizzy
Ld Orford
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Drury Lane Theatre
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Newgate
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Iris
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Thomas Price
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Newcastle
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Conduit Street
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Hammersmith
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France
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Kensington
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Thames
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Bury
Sudbury
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Ludgate-hilk
Monthly Review
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3D Ath
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Velno
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M.D
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