Great Captains Volume Lives and French History Set
From London Gazette reports a new thirteenth volume of The Great Captains lists lives of Conde Montelembert d Effe Thermes d Auffin and Strozzi with valor and fate. A second edition edition of a Chronological History of France is praised for concise facts and moral observations. Also noted is The History of the French Theatre volume and Scarron Life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warriours
France
Lewis I
Prince of Conde
Francis I
Andrew de Montelembert
Effe
Terouane
d’Effe
Martha de Thermes
Peter d’Auffin
Dreux
Duke of Guise
Peter Strozzi
Henry II
Tuscany
Florence
Italy
Clovis
Lewis XIV
Scarron
French Prize Captain Rewarded After Scotland Incidents
Reports from Newcastle dated August 9 recount sightings of a French brig of about 70 tons from Dunkirk, captured by the Glasgow Man of War near Shields with 14 French officers aboard. The captain, once serving on the Scottish coast in a Dogger destroyed by Bridgewater, was promised promotion and a sword and ducats by the French king if he aided in bringing off the young Pretender. Also noted are Durham Affizes sentences, pardons, and transports for theft, treason, and related crimes along with transport lists for Northumberland and Flanders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newceastle
Shields
Mull
Scotland
Dunkirk
Glasgow
Dogger
Bridgewater
Peterhead
France
George Turnbull
Cambrose
Durham
Sempil
Pulteney
Woolf
Flanders
Ralph Haddock
Thomas Wilkinson
Margaret Spence
Joseph Swallow
King George
Roger Ferguson
William Williamson
Thomas Mills
Joseph Oyston
Ralph Fisher
Mary Morton
George Carter
Mary Hutchinson
John Jeffrey
John Matlin
Northumberland
Anne Simpson
John Gallon
Samuel Mewres
John Robson
John Forster
John Steuart
Mr. Stoker
Casflegarth
Royal Session News from London Parliament and Obits
The King addressed the Houses from the Throne with the Prince of Wales at his side. Privy seals, writs, and appointments followed as Lords prorogued the session to September. Obituaries include Bald Waring, Douglas, Mr Skinner, Richard Hinton, Charles Williams, and others. Reports from Oxford cite seven Doctors of Divinity and seventy-five Masters of Arts completing degrees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
House of Peers
Duke of Richmond
Lord Cowper
Prince of Wales
Duke of Cumberland
Commons
Arthur Onslow
House of Commons
Downton
Wiltshire
Joseph Wyndham Abbe
Deceas
Chichester
Sussex
James Brudenell
Lord Hobart
Earl of
Buckingham
Board
Holland
Princess of
Hesse
England
Benjamin Keene
Lisbon
Spain
Benjamin Wheatley
Navy
Carolina
America
Thomas Vaufitart
Ely
Lords of
Admiralty
Portsmouth
Dunstan
Newberry
Berks
Bald Waring
Smith Street
Westminster
Douglas
Earl of Morton
Scotland
Skinner
Stephen Skinner
Lowe Layton
County of Essex
Jaft
Tufton-street
Richard Hinton
Westminster Abbey
Green Arbour- Court
Baily
Lingling
Charles Williams
New Church
Strand
Hitchcock
Charterhouse
Pepufch
Signora Margapretta
Prince Cherbatov
Baipte
Russia
Piccadilly
Petersbourg
Joe
Oxford
Also Mentioned on This Page
Paris
London Gazette
Leghorn
Genoa
M. Augustin Lomellino
John Frances Doria
Republick
Vienna
Barcelona
Naples
Sargana
Porto Spezia
Levanto
Chiaveri
Norice
Forriglia
Anderganzehn
Medont
St. Steffano
St. Remo
Villa Franca
Regiment of Sales
Regiment Viccards
Final
Provence
Parma
Roth
College of St. Lazaro
Cardinal Alberoni
Nadafti
Placentia
Codogno
Calabria
de Abruzzo
Jane Steuart
Aller, Hodgson, Esq
George II
John Story
Cheapheaton
Bail
Gloucester
Abingdon
Berkshire
J. Williams
Tho
Watkins
Reading
William West
Best
Robert Fuller
Woodstock Park
James Norford
John Herrage
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