Death of an aged widow with five husbands seed plot tale
From the London Gazette 1767 a long notice lists military appointments including dragoons and foot regiments, half pay transfers, and chaplaincies. It also records bankrupts, certificates, and naval and political dispatches across Europe with several obituaries and local notices. A curious anecdote tells of a Welsh widow who married five husbands in 18 months, each dying before the next harvest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ton
Righth Reg
Foot
Nathaniel Cotton
Henry Purcell
Thomas Ardefoif
Randall Goslip
Bolton Power
George Denshire
Ditto
Robert William Winchester
Burton Power
James Calderwood
Life Guards
James Bruce
Oy Purchase
Alexander Now
Marmaduke Prickett
Moses Bruen
William Minchin
William Southwell
Halfpay
Samuel Benedict
Stourbridge
Worcestershire
Thomas Savage
Talbot
Moses Jonas
Germany
London
Yarmouth
Norfolk
Robert Lane
St. Andrew's
Norwich
Thomas Jordan
Walter Jordan
Cardiff
Glamorganshire
John Holt
Halifax
Yorkshire
Jane Cox
Lombard-street
John Cox
Maryland
Virginia
South Wales
Sussex County Meeting to Choose Parliamentary Representative
July 9 1767 invites the gentlemen clergy and freeholders of Sussex to gather at the Sessions House in Lésnes on August 19 to select a proper person to represent the county in Parliament at the next general election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holland
Warsaw
Pyne
Radom
Count Podoski
Gwete
Poland
Lithuania
Berlin
Prince of
Anhalt
Deffau
Louisa-Henrietta-Wilhelmina
Prussia
Charlottenburg
Lipflach
Brunswick
Wesel
Brunwick
Hanover
Count de la Lippe
Portugal
Buckebourg
Lisbon
Paris
Conflans
Samuel Stediian
Norwich
Chapel Royal
Lord le de Spencer
St. James's
Sussex
Lésnes
Stamp Office Sale of Various Goods in 1767 London
Public notice from July 28 1767 detailing stamp indemnity and sale by auction of hundreds of imported goods. Items include cambrics silks ribbons gloves lace prints watches tobacco ware china fireworks opium and more. Sessions run July 4–7 and the following week with catalogs available at Custom House London and tobacco ground RoTherhih for viewing nine to one mornings and hours before sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Naples
Prince of
San Severino
Paris
Gottingen
M. d'Arquier
Academy of Sciences
M. de la Lande
Toulouse
M. d’Arquier
Hon. Artillery Company
Robert Ladbrook
Knt
Ald
Thomas Rawlinson
Richard Glynn
George Prince of Wales
William Nash
Sell
Pioneers
Kent
Lord Bowes
Ireland
Horner
Thamestreet
London Bridge
Lord St. John
Italy
Melchburn
Bedfordshire
St. George the “Martyr
Queen-square
Thomas Young
St. Martin’s In the Fields
Mirg Clayton
New Ormond-street
Newbottle
Edinburgh
Marquis of Lothian
Scotland
Earl of Ancram
Ware
Hertfordshire
Tagus
Azores
Tercera
Mr. Flood
Church-lane
Upper- Thames-street
Sir George Whitmore
Hoxton
Kingsland
Newington
Southwark
Payne
Pater-nolter-row
Thames
Joan Bserrete
Sale
His Majesty
Cuttom-louse
Londons
Rotherhiih
London
Hills Game Preservation Asked in Lordships
Sir Watkin Williams-Wynns lands seek to restrict hunting on Hills in Talerddig Keiferlieg and Nantyg areas between Rhiwlaifon Nantyr y Hedydd and Bwich yfedwen. He asks gentlemen to forbear sporting on these Hills as a courtesy to preserve the game.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sir Watkins Williams
Bwich Yfedwen
Montgomeryshire
Nantyg Hills
Denbighshire
Also Mentioned on This Page
London Gazette
Wird Reg. Dragoons
Adair
Thomas Beighton
Second Reg
Light Dragoons
Wm. Mansell
Wm. Thorn
James Gray
Madrid
Russia
Congregation de la Propagande
Rome
Abracan
Palatinate
Kiev
Council of
d’Oeyras
Deyras
France
Spain
Joseph Digby
Lincoln
Gilbert Heathcote
Pilton
Rutland
Richard Trice
Peterborough
Northamptonshire
Chatham Barracks
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