Court News and Royal Appointments Verse in 18th Century Style
The dispatches report complaints to Mr Trevor about Spanish embassies and a potential Prussian readjustment. King of Prussia plans talks with the Duke of Wolfenbüttel while at Middaglen about Jutters and Bergue. Possible French stance on Cadiz hostilities discussed. London notices a new lord lieutenant appointment for Buckingham and Oxford. Also Oxford and Cambridge reports, with local anniversaries and weekly mortality and casualty tallies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marquis de St. Giles
Trevor
Haddock
Cadiz
King of Pruffia
Berlin
Brunswick
Duke of Wolfenbuttle
Assur
Middaglen
Baron de Ginckel
Jutters
Bergue
Prussia
Marquess de la Mina
Spain
Paris
France
Earl of Waldegrave
The
Hague
Whyusy
Charles Duke of
Oxford
King's-Head
Cambridge
John Hind Catton
Second-Hand Plate Trade Warns Fraud and Riot Incident
A 1738 notice warns against deceitful second-hand plate and watches sold by Hopkins in Fleet Street as well as a large bounty for capturing looters of the Dutch ship Anna and Helena stranded at Bigbury Bay. The document, signed by Secretary Charles Carresse, promises pardons to offenders who aid in apprehending accomplices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mof
Fok Hopkins
Fleet-street
Fleet-Bridge
Bu- NU
Cuttom-House
London
Anna
Helena
Wagenaw
Bigbury Bay
Devon
Customs
His Majesty’s Customs
William Rogers
Plymouth
London Gazette
Chipping Norton Races Purse and Entries Notice
Racing at Chapple on the Heath Chipping Norton Oxfordshire runs September 12 13 and 14 with purses of Thirty Ten and Fifteen Guineas for different horse categories. Entries close one week before each race at the Market House with specified conditions and entry fees. There will be a ball each night and an ordinary cash day during the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chipping-Norton
Oxford
Chapple
Chipping- Norton
Chipping Norton
Smith
Wost
S&c
Kensington Trustees Meet for Road Repairs Next Monday
Trustees appointed for repairing the roads in Kensington Chelsea Fulham and adjoining patches will hold their next general meeting at the New Tavern in Kensington on Monday next the 7th instant at ten o clock in the forenoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kensington
Chelsea
Fulham
Chippenham Races Offer Purse Contests Over Three Days
A 18th century notice invites entries for a Gentleman’s Subscription Purse of twenty pounds at Chippenham in the West Mead. Races run Monday to Wednesday with heats of four miles. Entry fees include one, two or half Guinea options. prizes include a fifty pound sale option and second place allocations. Additional conditions govern entries, weight, and disputes. There will be daily Inns and evening balls for attendees amid measles concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chippenham
West-Mead of
Winre Hart
Althe
Edward Rayncan Rolr
Aluo
Althor
George Lodge
White Hart
N. K
Parita
Egham Races at Meadow Surrey Four Sept Purse Details
Racing events set for Egham Meadow in Surrey on Monday to Wednesday September 4 to 6. Purse money ranges from ten to fifteen pounds, weights specified for horses never having won substantial sums, entry and subscription rules noted, with horses to be shown and entered at the Red Lyon in Egham seven days prior and kept at subscriber stables. Disputes to be decided by majority of subscribers present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Egham
Meadow
Surrey
Bat
M. B
Bach Horse
Red Lyon
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India
Emperor's
Exchequer
Tunbridge-Wells
Joan Toop
John Howard
Bubnell
Chatsworth
Charles Carresse
Bath
Perforis
B.N
Vaux-Hall Gardens
Handel
Pinchbeck
Fan and Crown
New Round-Court
the Strand
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