Arrivals and notices from Gravesend and ports
Ships arrive and depart with cargoes and crews across Gravesend Cork Londonderry Madeira and Dublin. Notable items include vessels from Petersburgh Rotterdam and Gibraltar. arrivals to Yarmouth and Plymouth. royal visits and sermons at chapel royal. a Bishopthorpe death. a river Dwina navigation project with tax plan. and Admiralty updates on ships parting company from Gibraltar and Levant convoy.
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Libery
Ladd
Stranngek
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Brisith
King
Fotherly
Msmel
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Smeer
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Deal
Wind S.S.W
Susannah
Geantmore
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Laf
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Ogilvie
Lisbonn
Phorsix
Hiragr
William and
Elizabeth
Thorr
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Fleece
Moore
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Nevas
Seonte
Sconce
Embdtn
Boyd
Templeman
Hamburgh
King David
Hogarth
Stockholm
St. George
Williamson
Dalton
Malaga
Daniel
Legar
Guernsey
Londonderry
Nautilons
Robinson
London
Corks
William and Chalotte
Lindse
Admiral Mestague
Power
Newfoundland
Wales
Memel
Arther
Mary
Ann, White
Eubjina
Madeira
Shinden
Lothian
Rockingham
Harvard
Gog Robey Aurher
Ad Beefy
Sally
Gibiss
Gorge
Langdon
Po 1
Yarmouth
Brisby Porteus
Chapel Royal
Harah
Earl of Ashburnham
Queen’s Palace
James Esdaile
Kennet
Walter Rawlinson
Clarke
St. Paul’s Cathedral
Sandiford
Dent
Bishopthorpe
Robert Drummond
York
Petersbourgh
Dwina
Benedict Fatow
Count de Brown
Livonia
Fatow
de Faton
Offend
Maria Theresa
Bernard de Giray
Joséph the Second
Michael le Grand
Prince Charles
Alexander de Vos
Prince de Stahremberg
Joseph Cornelius
Admiralty Office
Mather
William
Ramsey
Matter
John and
Rebecca
Leith
George Finley
Dalrymple
Andrew Gray
North
West
Admiralty
Jam
P. Stephens
Lisbon
Levant
Argo
M’kenzee
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Bourdeaux
Congress
Zephyr
Portugal
Priddis
Hope
Dartmouth
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Wilson
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Stalker
Antigua
Halifax
Philadelphia
Hunter
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Great Britain
Dominica
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Childham
Wood
Cork
John
Catherine
Owens
Maria
Brown
Cornelia
Winds and arrivals shift mail ships and a divorce case
News briefs report ships arriving at Bristol Madeira and Dublin with mail from Lisbon and Quebec, mis nada and Orkney, plus a Glasgow tender crew, and ships bound for the West Indies. A divorce bill advances in Doctors Commons as a nobleman seeks separation on adultery grounds with strong evidence.
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Vandegra
Rotterdam
Alfter
Dublin
Falmouth
Hanover
Hill
Lisbon
Judith
Mary
Hocking
London
Worcester
Groves
West Indies
Leeward Islands
Madeira
Bristol
Buckingham
Stockland
Quebec
Warren
Justitia
Parks
New-York
Portmouth
Glasgow
Deptford
Dacres
Orkney
Whitehaven
Limerick
Ness
Stromner
Doctors Commons
Betterworth
High Water Timings At London And Scotland Millstone
Fragmentary notice appears to list high water timings for London and Scotland with multiple hours and days following specific daily slots. Text attributes indicate publication by authority to Parliament and a printer named William Cooke Ridge.
Lord's House Sermon Urges National Reform and Repentance
Framed as a December Friday gathering in the Lords, the sermon by Rev. Br. Hurd of Litchfield and Coventry urged personal and national moral renewal. He condemned luxury and gaming, called for public virtue, and urged printing of the sermon. The session adjourned to January 23.
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Wrestminster Abbey
Br. Hurd
Litchfield and Coventry
Times
British Empire
Litchfield
Coventry
Westminster writ for new member after Earls death
The House ordered a new writ for Westminster to replace Earl Percy, who ascends to the peerage as Baron Percy after his mother the Duchess of Northumberland dies. Petitions from York Buildings Co. referred, Islington workhouse bill read and passed, inclosure reports approved. Friday adjourned. Sermon at St. Margaret's urged providence, humility, and national virtue. Adjourned to January 2.
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Honate
City of Westminster
Earl Percy
House of Peers
Baron Percy
Duchess of Northumberland
York Buildings Company
Islington
Forshe London Evening Post: Baron and The Jolly Young Waterman
A fragment from Forshe London Evening Post discusses a baron and the song The Jolly Young Waterman. It mentions a minister at the head of the treasury and notes war with France or Spain as a focus, with the minister described as sharp and witty and his work done neatly despite opposition.
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London Evening Post
Baron
Young Waterman
Treasury
Taxation and war stir grievances in Birmingham
A fragmented wartime verse from Birmingham dated December 4 critiques taxation as the spark for quarrel and corruption. It laments ministers favoring contractors and jobbers, warns that the burden will hit English taxpayers, and predicts consequences for the home front amid increasing ships and planning taxes. The piece frames the war as enriching a few at the public’s expense.
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Birmingham
Creditors of Thomaas Stisted Claim Against Deceased
In obedience to a High Court of Chancery decree the creditors named in the 1725 schedule are ordered to come before Peter Holford at Symond's Inn Chancery-Laws London by the twelfth day of February to prove their claims or risk exclusion from the decree’s benefits. Names include Edward Ventris, Frederick Alse, Francis Edgar, Thomas Day, John Ethie, Robert Cather, Edward Hulsbads, Henry Sainner, John Steward, Richard Wooathorp, Mrs Hoot, Mrs Banloff, Joan Shiner, Robert Miunnings, and others or their legal representatives.
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Robert Cather
Edward Hulsbads
Henry Sainner
Merchart
John Steward
Richard Wooathorp
Hoot
Banloff
Thomas Ventris
Clers
Joan Shiner
Robert Miunnings
Tamassidinge
Etys
John Raynter
Baymaker
Peter Holford
Symond's Inn
Chancery-Laws
Lindon
Wine and Brandy Savings Promoted at Rallin Shop
An advertisement extols wine and brandy bargains at Rallin Wine and Brandy Warehouse. It claims wines from English-made traditions rival foreign varieties, selling at 3 pounds 10 shillings and 33s 6d per gallon with several prices noted. Brandy priced around 5 pounds 6d and 7 shillings per gallon, claiming parity with foreign goods at higher costs. Orders from the countryside are welcomed and money refunded if goods are faulty.
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Bef
France
Auction notice for timber near Farnham Surrey 1714
A notice announces sale by auction on Monday afternoon at the Queen’s Head Farnham Surrey for lots of oak elm and beech timber in Moor Park Farnham. Mr John Hoar and Mr Thomas Saith will show the timber and printed particulars will be produced. The Mooe Pack location is about eight miles from Guildford and near the navigable Godalium river.
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Queen's Head
Farnham
Surry
Andrea Moor-Park
John Hoar
Thomas Saith
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