Nine Year Courtship Ends in Tragic Wedding Death
A wealthy Northamptonshire farmer died at his wedding dinner after a nine year courtship with a wealthy bride from Wappenham. His father had refused funds in life, though left a fortune at death. The item mixes other rural misfortunes and a stream of court cases, robberies, and public notices from London and beyond.
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Taylor
England
Wappenham
Wellingborough
Northamptonshire
Hanwell
Middlesex
Exeter
Honiton
London
Billingsgate
Marshalsea
Goring
Oxfordshire
Henry Alnutt
Crown Court
St. James’s
Covent Garden Theatre
John Fielding
Spitalfields
Ellis
Chiswick
Thomas Thorne
Newgate
James Colleton
Mary Anthony
Ann Claxton
Shannon
Hofier
Smithfield
Wood-street Campeer
John Jubb
Oxstead
Surry
Riddle Down
Croydon
Kennington
Kentish Town
Pancras
Election appeals from Derby and Lancaster candidates in 1767
A set of petitions and pledges from candidates in 1767 addresses to Gentlemen Freeholders and townspeople. Thomas Howe of Cornwall and others thank supporters, pledge loyalty to King George the Third, and seek continued votes in Derby and Lancaster elections.
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Derry
King Gorge
Sant
Sutton, Torr
B. Clarkee
Northampton
Tjaving Leen
Prantliwnam
County of
Cornwall
Bodmin
Min
O&t. G
Sr. Aubyn
McLesworthuh
Notice of General Court at East-India House
The Court of Directors of the United Company will hold a General Court at Leadenhall Street on Friday next the 18th instant at eleven in the forenoon on special affairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East-India House
United Company
England
East-Indies
Leadenhall-Street
Septennial Wickedness and British Lottery Proposal
A letter to the printer denounces recurring septennial corruption and urges Parliament to curb it with strict laws. It advances a long proposal on public finances, advocating a life annuity lottery to remove debt, favoring British residents and arguing about stock, interest, and survivorship classes. The piece also comments on provisions, wheat prices, and the high cost of bread in England.
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Colcuester
Gray
I. M. Resow
London Evening Post
Mares
C. Honestus
P.S
Euclid
Great Britain
Ireland
Meres
W.M
England
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Richard Warren
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London Evening-Post
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