Obituaries and maritime news from Bath and London
A summary of local deaths and crimes follows. Lady Mountagu of Lackham Wiltshire dies after long illness. Mer Vernon, a noted Ludgate Street Mercer, dies. James Joye, Esq. of Duke Street Westminster, dies leaving widow and children. Lottery prizes drawn with numbers and values noted. Arrests include Elizabeth Windsor for burglary, Robert Blewitt for felonies, Susannah Harris for hawking unstamped papers, and Charles Henshaw for stealing wet linen. Admiralty court hearing on the Mary of Bilboa prize, cargo valued at 12000. Ships Mary, Betty, and others reported as captured or chased. Keigwin’s ship reaches Civita Vecchia, Spaniards harass merchantmen. The Industry from Virginia to London sinks. Frederica Georgia report notes heroic boat rescue near Tybee. lists of rescued English seamen and their ship assignments.
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Bath
James Mountagu
Lackham
Wiltshire
Esy
John Eyles
Joti
Mer
Vernon
Ludgate-Street
Duke-street
Westminster
James Joye
Middlesex
Northampton
Theodore Cook
Aiderman Arnold
Cheap Ward
Gravesend
Elizabeth Windsor
Newgate
Col. de Veil
Catherine Powell
Robert Blewitt
Ryan
Susannah Harris
Torhill-fe
Bridewell
Charles Henshaw
Justice Ellers
Delborough
Chelsea
Court of Admiralty
Prine
Huddy
Bilboa
Page
Hull
Carolina
Keigwin
Leghorn
Civita-Vecchia
Hubbard
Virginia
London
William Scant
Richard Owen
David Randall
James Drew
Hawk
Richard Williams
George Edwards
Matthew Mangler
John Mahony
Squirrel
John Brown
William Henry
John Henry
Richard Addison
David Cunningham
Dominick Sasfield
William Staff
Edward Brooksby
Thomas Eaton
Polly
Andrew Thompson
Flounder
Thomas Marsden
Thomas Baron
Martha
Smuggler Samuel Fusard Escapes from County Gaol
On Sunday the second of November last Samuel Fusard alias Fuzar, a smuggler, escaped from the County Gaol for Southampton. A reward of 20 guineas is offered for his capture and delivery to John Ray, the gaol keeper. He is about 40, five feet six inches tall, thin-faced, brown complexion, missing upper teeth, wore a snuff-colored coat, striped ribbed hat, worn stockings, and two girdles. Born near Exeter, Devon, he lately lived near Ringwood, Southamptea.
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Samuel Fusard
Fuzar
Southampton
Fuzard
John Ray
Exeter
Devon
Ringwood
Southamptea
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Fleet Bridge
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St. Paul’s Church-yard
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Swithin’s Alley
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Old Bailey
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