British Ships Monmouth and Revenge cruise to convoy trade
London reports Majesty's Ships the Monmouth and Revenge, both 70 guns under Capt. Gardiner and Capt. Storr, in port to sail for convoy duty to Gibraltar. Hanover dispatch notes winter quarters pressure, planned action with Richelieu on Denmark guaranty, and widespread robbery and lawlessness. Deal and port news detail vessels in and out, with privateer actions and royal orders.
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Brkannick
Monmouth
Gardiner
Revenge
Storr
Gibraltar
Hanover
Marschal Richelieu
Denmark
Garrisoh
Murders and raids near Cedar and Stony Creeks reported
A report from Plantation News Virginia notes that a number of inhabitants, possibly 34, were killed and carried off near Cedar and Stony Creeks with some killings within thirteen miles of Lord Fairfax’s house. Halifax reports Vice Admiral Holbourne arrived with his ships from Louisbourg in a damaged state. The Tilbury ran on rocks off Cape Foucet, and Capt. Croxton and Lieut. Dugdall with fifty Grenadiers were aboard. In Boston, Richard Bill Esq aged 72, treasurer for Suffolk County, died after serving on the king’s council.
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Plantation News
Virginia
Lord Fairfax
Halifax
Holbourne
Newark
Louisbourg
Tilbury
Cape Foucet
Croxton
Dugdall
Warburton
Boston
Richard Bill
Suffolk
Lady of the on delivers a son in Edinburgh
Edinburgh reports the Lady of the on and Rev. Alexander Hulmé, elder brother to the Earl of Hume, safely delivered of a son. On the same day William Morrison of Craigleith, brother to the Countess of Glasgow and Lady Strathnaver, died.
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Scotland
Edinburgh
Alexander Hulmé
Earl of Hume
William Morrison
Craigleith
Glasgow
Exorbitant Corn Prices Stir Grantham Distress
From Oakham on November 28 and Grantham reports that rich farmers keep corn prices high, harming the poor and risking misery and scarcity in the region. Other items note church appointments, pardons, mill repairs and bread for the poor, university rectors, robberies, assemblies, and local inquiries.
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Oakham
Grantham
Lincolnshire
Worcester
Hughes
St. Peter
John Lightwood
Chatham
Chatham Hill
Cambridge
Barnes
Sidney College
Swanscombe
Dartford
Kent
Balguy
St. John’s College
Winchester
Ely
Whittlesea
Norwich
Bristol
Henley
Foster
Reading
Mariner
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Port News
Deal
Wind
Admiral Smith
Dover
Deal-Castle
Harman
Leghorn
Colchester
Harwich
Portsmouth
Downs
Royal Sovereign
Roebuck
Vestal
Diana
Acteon
Aldborough
Beaver
Pelican
Granada
Adventure
William
Pleasant
Ogell
Genoa
Elizabeth
Monstis
St. Kit’s
London
England
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Eafe
Christendom
Philip H
Spain
Mary
Philip
Muses
Burleigh
Walsingham
Salisbury
Nottingham
Drake
Raleigh
France
Low Countries
House of Austria
Robert Naunton
James
Charles I
Philip V
Great Britain
Cadiz
Selden
Westminster Hall
Cofts
Gondemar
Treasury
Hawke
Boscawen
Bay of Biscay
America
Porchester
Admiralty
Newgate
High Seas
Appoi
Sval
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