Various Clergy Appointments and Local Anecdotes
Francis Lafco Powlett is appointed Lieutenant of the Sloop Furnace by the Admiralty. The Rev Mr William Baker is invited to Farleight Vicarage in Hereford. Rev Mr Nurcombe Quick is appointed Chancellor of the Exeter Diocese. The Earl of Essex and Lord Hyde have baptisms. the Duke of Bedford and others sponsored. Mr Maudit marries Mrs Carpenter. Mrs Grizell Stewart dies, praised for piety and charity. William Phillips, sugar baker, dies at Barn Elms. A woman is robbed by a footpad in Upper Moorfields. In Midhurst, Mr Wrench and his niece visit Rev Oinham. Mr Denham is found murdered near Iping.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis Lafco
Powlett
William Baker
Farleight
Salep
Hereford
Exeter
Nurcombe Quick
Blackhall
Deceas
Earl of Essex
Grosvenor Square
George
Earl of Rochford
Duke of Bedford
Countess of Coningtby
Lord Hyde
Duke-Street
Granville
Egremont
Mary Capel
St. Andrew’s
Holborn
Maudit
Lime-Street
Carpenter
Red-Lion-Street
Archibald Stewart
Ely
Buckingham Street
York
Grizell Stewart
Barn Elms
William Phillips
Thames-Streec
Upper Moorfields
Midhurst
Sussex
Wrench
Oinham
Iping
Denham
Dentan
Perton
Admiralty Offer Reward for Piracy Offenders in War
Advent of British privateers prompts Admiralty promise of 100 pounds to any who convict pirates or robbers aboard neutral or British vessels during the war with France. The reward is funded by Samuel Seddon and includes protection from service for one year for necessary claimants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Admiralty Office
Admiralty
A&s
Morjesty’s
Sutje&s
France
Fly
Samuel Seddon
His Majesty’s Sea Service
Navigation project at Northampton and auction notices
A 1757 Northampton meeting announces a plan to regulate the River Nine navigation from Northampton to Peterborough and seeks a treasurer, with December dates for further discussion. Also advertised is an auction of the late William Lascelles’s stock in Horsely Down and Jewin Street properties, with viewing and catalogues at the premises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northampton
Queen Anne
Weterborough
George
Guilchah
de Troube
Fara
H. Woolvey
Spencer
William Lascelles
Leacher-dretler
Horsely Down
Black’s Fisk
C. Alfohi
Bull Head Court
Jewin Street
London
N. B
Davis
New Broad Street
London Wall
Sale of Carmarthen assets under bankruptcy order
A bankruptcy sale in Guildhall London on Tuesday December 20 will auction a stack of warehouses in Bridge Street Carmarthen and adjoining dwellings with leases. Included are Roydgo rfe farm, dwellings in Key-tree and Lower Water streets, Velin Vach mill and land, Havodwen house and lands, all held from Michaelmas 1750 to 1795 respectively, with reserved rents and terms. Enquiries to James Corrie, merchant, Carmarthen, or Gwaskin, Salisbury Court, Fleet Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guildhall
London
Narissioners
David Gribbs
Carmarthen
Frechu
Bitate
Bridgetreet
Edwin Lewis
Key-treee
Carquardev
David Griffins
Roydgorfe
Mt. Chaelimas
Wiliam Parcell
Almali
Jeremiah Davis
Bridge-dtreet
Micheelmas
David Griffiths
Frances
Franklyn Morris
Velin Vach
Tituace
Michaelmas
Rene Chereot
Lower Water-street
John James
David Grifiths
Francés
Corporation of
Havodwen-howfe
Faid
Richard Dalton
Guntlemain
Ottober
James Corrie
Gwaskin
Salisbury Court
Fleet-street
Forster's Linen Warehouses Offers Bargains in Fabrics
Scotch Hollands 3s a yard worth 3s 6d and warranted to wash. Damark tablecloths 20s a piece. Fine napkins 1s 2d each. Red and white pocket handkerchiefs 2s 4d for four. Irish cloths 2s a yard and neater options at 3s. Mtaflin neckcloths 28s and 29s a piece. Damask linens, sheeting, and various fabrics advertised. The shop claims steady rise in business due to low profits and quick re-warehousing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forster’s Linen
Charing-Graf
Vortugal-Street
Clare-Market
Bridge
St Book
Principles of Negotiations in Europe Introductory Public Law
Elegant one volume octavo edition printed for James Rivington and James Fletcher. Titled The Principles of Negotiations or An Introduction to the Public Law of Europe tainted from the French of the Abbé Mably. Priced four shillings bound.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Puthfed
Europe
Mably
James Rivington
James Fleccher
Wanted: Four Plact A Young Woman For Sobriety Hire
A late seventeenth or early eighteenth century notice seeks a reputable young woman to aid sobriety and honesty. She should be willing to travel abroad with a family as a servant to wait on a lady or to care for a child. Applications via R. P. at Mr Wilkinsons Haberdasher Hodice Marsgaret's Hall Southwark or Mr T Lincoln Hershes and Laft St James's Street London.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. P
Supply and policy scraps from a historic letter debate
The text cites a royal urging to support Prussia, a request to sell Enfield Chase for farming, and a physician’s critique of medical and industrial debates. It argues for reform of mills, defending the poor and questioning whether water or hand power should run mills, noting impacts on bread quality, prices, and trades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ciron
Barbadoes
Geneva
Muller
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Jamaica
Cuttom-House
Inlia
Amos Wenman
Royal Exchange
Larke
Bell Savage Yard
Ludgate-Hill
Clarke
Auchor
Meade
Prussia
Maelk
Enfield Chace
Chace
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