This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
Five East India ships arrive in the Downs amid security and crime reports
News arrives of five East India ships Richly laden in the Downs from Bombay Bengal and Fort St George with captains Tolson Maffey Golfright Pitt Gilbert. A parade of robberies, trials, and executions follows, including highwaymen, a jeweller, and a perjury case. Also noted are royal orders, church works, and a Polish court’s celebrations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East India
Downs
Sey
Tolson
Wilmington
Maffey
Bombay
Moarane
Golfright
Bengal
George
Heathcote
Duke of
Dorset
Roach
Pitt
Coenaré Arriv
Lafy
Barnes
Temple- Bay
Willits Thornton Kit
His Majesty
Fox Wilful
Macray
Kingston
Newgaté
Wil- Hise Riles
Jatisfy
TCO
Basia Tuealee
Withefes
Hincrs
John Campney
Bedfordbusy
Pat. Gaffney
Long-acre
Masap
London
Suffolk
Bow
Stratford
Hereford
Briel Powell
Glamorgan
Carmarthenshire
Hillary
Memibey
Gloucester
Edimund Goodrich
Rovert Gregory
Chelenam
William Dowell
William Walter
Balitia
Christopher Graydon
Daniel Holbrow
Jonathan Willis
Thomas Minty
Jesa
Wis
Sarah Tolly
Sarah Baylis
Ryes
Chistopher Graydon
William Goyell
Charles Emerson
al Gres
Stafford
Thomas Emerson
Surrey
Chester
Taylor
Namptwich
Cheshire
Simall
Betts
Hampstead
Lincoln’s Inn-fields
Elms
Launterton
Henry Rogers
John Street
St. Stephen’s
Cornwall
Rogers
Chaloner Ogle
West-Indies
Digby Dent
Spithead
Jamaica
Thomas Trevor
Deal-Castle
William Knight
Flamborough
Edward Hawk
Lawrence
William Outflower
Frederick
Augustus