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London Courts Hear Patent Dispute and Town Notices
Yesterday the Lord Chancellor moved to restrain Eyre and Strahan from delivering acts of Parliament to the Lords and Commons under a royal patent. Various court appearances and future trial dates across Lincoln, Nottingham, Derby, Leicester, Coventry, Warwick, Northampton, Hertford, Chelmsford, Maidstone, East Greenstead, and Kingston are listed. Local crimes and burglaries are described, including unnamed suspects in London and surrounding, with details of the Sir Robert Ladbroke case and related arrests and transportations. Also reported are maritime arrivals, public notices, weddings, and deaths in multiple parishes, along with weather and high water updates at London Bridge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court of Chancery
Westminster
Barker, Mount
Page
Eyre and Strahan
Houses of Lords and Commons
George the Second
Perrin
Madocks
Meff
Eyre
Strahan
Hamptoon
Sir Robert
Finnikin
Smithfield
Burton
Flanagan
Jones
Robert
Smith
Thumper
Mr. Appleby
Fleet-street
Clarke
Angel-court
Snow-hill
Hatton-garden
Wood
Stretton
Bagnall
Angelcourt
Phenix
Brewer
Cowlane
Bromley
Mr. Robinson
Raycliff
Lyons
Sir Robert Ladbroke
Cornhill
Guildhall
Poultry Compter
Compter
Quendon
Essex
Robert Howard
Trott
Lambeth
William Pullen
Kingston
Mary Savage
Fetterlane
Holborn
Sharp
Henry Cromwell
Oliver Cromwell
Greenwich
Dalton
Leadenhall-street
Robert Nickson
Clemeny’s-lane
Lombard-street