Murleburgh Arrow match won by Robert Fisher of Sandiford
Edinburgh report says the Murleburgh Arrow was shot for by the Royal Company of Archers yesterday, won by Robert Fisher of Sandiford Esq. The same day Capt. Robert Glasfurd of Borrowstounness, a shipmaster noted for probity and knowledge, died leaving a sterling character and wide respect.
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Scotland
Edinburgh
Murleburgh
Royal Company of Archers
Robert Fisher
Sandiford
Robert Glasfurd
Borrowstounness
Admirals to Lead Fleet and Man the Thames Impressment Schemes
London reports Admiral Balchen to push to the West Indies with four ships and assume command at Jamaica. Richard Lestock named Commodore of guard ships at the Nore. Admiralty directs Thames lieutenants to recruit boat masters not seamen for the fleet. Press gangs operate secretly as crews are ferried from Sussex and Kent. several impressment attempts are thwarted. Deaths and local notices fill the rest of the page with obituaries, race results, and legal actions.
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Balchen
West-Indies
Jamaica
Richard Lestock
Nore
Bristol Channel
Admiralty
Norwich
Tower-Hill
Sussex
Multiple Executions and Murders Reported in Early Trials
A coroner's inquest labeled a man who hanged himself felon. A highwayman fled to London, shot himself near Fulham Field, and was reported carried to the King's Arms for inquest. Affizes at Bridgnorth, Horsham, Hereford, Kingston, and Nottingham sentenced several to death or transportation. Notable cases include Vaughan and Price, Reece, Babington, and Jenkins, with various robberies and murders cited. Also noted were exports of coin and plate to Holland and the Conqueror ship mutiny near Cayenne with Captain Bernard killed.
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Worcester
Finchley Common
London
Burlington Gardens
Hide Park
Fulham Field
King’s Arms
Covent-Garden
Black-Head
Bridgnorth
Salop
Sarah Vaughan
David Vaughan
Rice Price
Thomas Hughes
John Williams
Hortham
Sussex
Hereford
Joseph Babington
Thomas Reece
James Jenkins
Webley
William’ Mayo
Ross
John Baker
William Cooper
Mr. Trymer
Wimbledon Common
Stephen Sutton
St. Ives
John Rowe
Banstead Downs
Henry Parnall
Nottingham
Holland
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Norfolk
William Gotts
Joseph Smith
St. Giles’s Broad-street
John Hewes
Richard Hale
Simpson
Ward
Barton-Turff
Cashi
Fakenham
Kent
Engier
Hampstead
Richmond
Mr. Downs
George
White
Bencoolen
Heathcote
Cope
Bombay
St. Helena
Matster
Thurcday
Butler Coleston
Belchington
Oxford
William III
Ireland
Mr. Davis
Moore
William Adams
Carmarthen
High Court of Chancery
Court of Exchequer
John Hannon
Prson
Holderness
Jonathan Thomas
Wood-street
Colchester
County of
Essex
Elmstead
Nantes
Guiney
Cayenne
Bernard
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