Royal Guard Firms Up Repairs At Capital Fortifications
Stockholm reports a royal order to draft six hundred troops from four provinces to repair the Royal Castle and city fortifications. Also three hundred men from Upland and Sudermannia are assigned. Secret Committee warns Parliament of naked cabals threatening the realm and urges obedience to law. Extracts from The Hague discuss Earl of Sandwich negotiations and potential French Madrid plots. Reports from Bergen op Zoom and Flushing describe ongoing siege actions and mining activity with troops under Chandos and Swartzsberg.
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Upland
Sudermania
Dyet
General Assembly
Teffin
The
Hague
Earl of Sandwich
Champagne
Burgundy
Holland
Duke of Cumberland
Bathiani
Madrid
Brest
Paris
Royal Treasury
London
Bergen-op- Zoom
Zealand
Utrecht
Chandos
Maastricht
Swartzgaberg
Bergen-op-Zooms
Coehorn
Flushing
Tholen
Bergen
Bergen op-Zoom
Wouw-Straat
Hoog-Straat
Deserter Seizure Aboard Privateer and Dublin Notices
A Cork report states a soldier from Sir John Bruce's regiment was wounded aboard the Old Noll Privateer at Cove while pursuing a deserter. the deserter remains aboard. Dublin notes announce the death of Dr James Grattan and the planned division of Sir Patrick Dunne's Professorships, plus prisoner movements from Mercer’s capture and 1400 French and Spanish prisoners at Kinsale. Also mentioned are the deaths of Dr Edward Aston and Richard Price, with bequests and legacies specified.
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Ireland
Cork
John Bruce
Cove
Dublin
James Grattan
Patrick Dunne
Kinsale
Caple-Street
Edward Aston
College of Physicians
Cashel
Richard Price
Arthur Hyde
Castle-Hyde
Edinburgh Prisoner to be moved to Glasgow in an order from Duke of Newcastle
An order from Duke of Newcastle moves Master Lavav from Edinburgh Castle to Glasgow to remain without guard until further notice. Lee’s Regiment departs for Flanders and Sackville’s follows. Archibald Stuart, late Lord Provost, faces a forthcoming libel trial on October 26. Irvine letters report a small French privateer near Ailsa, ransomings of vessels, and alerts to Highlands ships and Belfast.
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Scotland
Edinburgh
Duke of Newcastle
Lavav
Glasgow
Sackville
Fort Augustus
Flanders
High Court of Justiciary
Archibald Stuart
Barbadoes
Isle of Man
Wales
Clyde
Ireland
Irvine
Highlands
Belfast
Clergy Proctors Elected Across Diocese and London Marriages
In Gloucester on Wednesday the Rev Dr Leigh and Rev Coxe were chosen proctors to represent clergy in the next convocation. In Llandaff the Rev Henry Johnston and William Harris were elected proctors, with Rev Robert Gilbert chosen proctor for the chapter. London reports a marriage at Somerset House Chapel between Matthew Graves and Miss Metcalfe. Various notices follow of naval and clerical appointments, fatalities, and political speculation from Stockholm and Bologna.
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Country News
Glouceser
Leigh
Broadwell
Coxe
North Cerney
Llandaff
Henry Johnston
L.L.D
William Harris
A. M
Robert Gilbert
Church of
Cambridge
John Perkin
Fulborne St. Vigor
John Mickleborough
London
Somerset House Chapel
Hales
Teddington
Matthew Graves
Metcalfe
Thomas Hales
Henrick Bulenbergh
Bourdeaux
Hambourg
Campbell
Fox
Richardson
Man
Commissioners of Excise
Edwin
Gravesend
Abdy
Henry Peachy
John Peachy
Midhurst
Sussex
Charlotte Scott
Countess of de Joraine
Pool
Samuel White
Fen
Norwich
Benjamin Wrench
Kew-Lane
Richmond
Burridge
Plymouth
Thomas Howe
Cockpit
Whitehall
England
Brazen- Nose College
Oxford
Benjamin Price
Harley
Oxfordshire
Robert Hargrave
George Lord Viscount Torrington
Langton
York
Hareswood
Marrian Feaver
Froome St. Quinton
Dorset
Dioscese
Bristol
Archbishop of Canterbury
Harrison
Malton-cum-Hadley
Kent
Hunt
Sockholm
Dyet
Sweden
Bologna
Dauphine
Provence
Genoa
Bobbio
Schulemberg
Vienna
Pallavicini
Christiani
Clergy Proctors Elected at Sly Diocese Convocation
In Sandbeach Cambridgeshire the Proctors to appear in Convocation for the Clergy of the Diocese of Sly were unanimously chosen. A strong turnout of clergy from across the diocese attended the election, signaling broad support.
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Sandbeach
Cambridge
Sly
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