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Curious incidents and petty crime in 18th century England
A crowded London Chronicle item reports dead horses on the London to Chelmsford road after overdriving, a deer shot in Hampton Park, and a remarkable escape of a deer head underwater for about twenty minutes. It also notes prisoners released from Marshalsea, a gang of seven footpads robbed a Rochford butcher but were captured after the crime, and a woman suspected of watch theft is sent for further exam. The piece advertises Bateman’s PecTor al Drops as a universal remedy for coughs and fevers, with Radcliffe’s Purging Elixir as a follow up, claiming widespread cures in Kent Essex Norfolk and surrounding areas. Dec 9 1763 Bow Church Yard London.
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London
Chelmsford
His Majesty’s Park
Hampton
Great Canal
Marshalsea
Oxford
Rochford
Essex
Consftable
Headborough
Poultry Compter
Briscoe
Guildhall
Wood Street Compter
Cripplegate
Dr. Bateman
Dicey
Okell
Kent
Norfolk
Isle of Ely
Bow Church Yard