War preparations unfold as Hungary braces for Turkish clash
Venice reports increasing Turkish forces in Hungary with 80 000 imperial troops and 60 000 Croatians poised for action. Couriers and ministers move toward Peters burg and Venice as Russia pushes toward renewed war, while councils in Prague and Zagreb chart response.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hungary
Morava
Count Palfi
Presbourg
Count de Khevenhuller
Italy
Count Seckesdorf
Petersbourg
Venice
Niffa
Paffarowitz
Saxe- Hildbourghausen
Croatia
Efterhaff
Russia
Murder plot at Magpy Ale House shocks Abingdon area
Reading Feb 7 report outlines the confinement of Thomas Childrey and Anne his wife with William George in connection to a murder at the Magpy Ale House in Marcham near Abingdon. The affidavit details a planned robbery followed by the fatal blows with a hatchet and subsequent concealment, with differing accounts from the accused and alleged conspirators. The piece also notes various London notices and appointments, including stamp office changes and society arrivals, plus brief political and social events from the period.
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Reading
Thomas Childrey
Anne
Abingdon
William George
Childrey
Tubney Wood
Childrey’s Heart
Norwich
London
Brinley Skinner
Stamp-Office
Venice
Blair
Lord Hartington
Matthew Lamb
Lincoln’s Inn
St. George's Hospital
Earl of Thanet
Guido Bliffed
Pinchbeck
Lincolnshire
Dawkins
Bourne
Newcastle
Alexander Staples
City of York
Sukey Ellison
William Ellison
Fry
Affleck
Ironmongers Hall
Fenchurch-street
Aldgate
Lambert
Fludger
Leadenhall-fleet
Sharp
Mark Lane
Sir Paul’s
Theaid School
Crumpe
Deceas
Mercer’ Company
Carles
Asher
Newcomb
Hackney
Clark
Faid
Charles
Mir. Clark
Perry
Fonuigren
Wilkinson
Prince’s Court
Westminter
Barbier
Aloes
Francis Pargiter
Lace
William Wallis
Wig
William
George
Hertfordshire
Richmound
Yorkshire
King George
Arid
Robert Wallis
Westminster
Bridges
Suissex
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Holland
Country News
Kerr
Prince of Wales
M. Hebbenstein
Prince of Orange
Sewarden
Earl of Selkirk
Earl of
Orkney
Cambridge
Thomas Schater
Bacon
Efy
Gilbert Affleck
Alham-Hall
Dingley Arkham
Coanington
Afkham
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