Obituary and London News Briefs From 1737
A London Evening Post excerpt reports deaths of John Pughe of Mathafarn and James Priest of Streatham, notes on royal mourning plans, legal case verdict at King’s Bench, Navy Yard disturbances, royal pageantry, and updates on notable figures including physicians William Nelson and Dr. Bedford. It includes lottery prizes drawn and social notices from the era.
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London
Llangedwyn
Watkin Williams Wynn
North Wales
John Pughe
Mathafarn
County of Montgomery
Montgomery
Anne
George the First
Stretham
Surrey
James Priest
King’s Bench
Guildhall
Lee
Chatham
Kent
Prince’s Chamber
House of Lords
St. James’s
Prince of Wales
Royal Chapel
His Majesty’s
Long Gallery
Great Stair Cafe
Haynes
Castle-street
Queen’s Watermen
Westminster
Henry the Seventh
Henry the
Prince
Princess of Orange
Brussels
Buren
Earl of
Aylesbury
Charter-house
Ven Eyre
Stainbridge
Barker
Horseheath
Cambridgeshire
Pepufch
Charles Peers
East Indies
Southampton
Bromley
Middlesex
John
James
Lambeth
Cashalor
Bradwell
Essex
Mail from France and Madrid letters report Court's Answer
A Madrid letter of November 15 discusses the Court's Answer to Mr. Keene's memorial about Georgia, English ships in American waters, and recent prize ships in the Mediterranean. A Rome report on November 16 notes a treaty in progress. News mentions a fire destroying the Tobacco Factory at Fiano with a loss near 20,000 Scudis.
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Leicester
Harry Grey
Earl of Stamford
Ambrose Phillips
Deceas
Edward Scarlet
Anne Wright
Wright
Ireland
Mire
Robert Mire
St. Mary Axes
William Nelson
Richmond
London
Leicester Fields
Catalonia
Freind
Portugal
Earls of Peterborough
Warwick Court
Warwick-Lane
Bedford
Robert Vincent
Fleet-street
Vincent
Ludpate-street
Gyles Thornton Heysham
Stagenhoe
Hitchin
Hertfordshire
Lisbon
Rio de Janeiro
Brazils
Rome
Fiano
Elizabeth ship of seventy guns finally launched after injury
In Chatham on Monday the Elizabeth seventy gun ship nearly floated then slipped back, several men injured by capstan bars, and after much effort she was launched. Hampton Court remains in dock being fitted for Commodore Faulkingham to sail for the West Indies.
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Chatham
Elizabeth
Hampton Court
Commodore Faulkingham
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