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Dowry and Heir Ties Amid Round of Society News
A report covers a marriage at St James's Church between Godolphin and Lady Barbara Bentinck with prominent attendees and a grand Whitehall entertainment. It notes a forthcoming court action in Guildhall over a breach of marriage contract, a baptism planned for the newborn daughter of Lord Harveygg, and preparations by the Earl of Hertford for the Prince of Orange’s reception. Also mentioned are Lincoln's Inn plans for a new hall, South Sea Company director changes, Franco-Russian accommodation talks, and naval movements from Portsmouth and Plymouth. Ships, ports, and recent wreck near Bigbury Bay are briefly noted.
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Reme Ray WA
Godolphin
Godolphin Deat
St. Paul’s
Eton College
Earl of Godolphin
St. Jamies’s Church
Barbara Bentinck
Countess of Portland
Duke of Portland
Henry Egerton
Hereford
Whitehall
Guildhall
Lord Harveygg
St. Joe's
Amelia
Prince of
Prince of Orange
Honourable Society of Lincoln’s Inn
Henry Gaultier
Henry Mairman
Eyrs
France
Stanislaus
Poland
Republick
Augustus
Saxiny
Russia
Paris
Kingdom of
House of Saxony
Portsmouth
Plymouth
Spithead
Ata
Sheerness
Nore
St. Michael
Hamburgh
Trippelrify
Nantz
Bigbury Bay
Dartmouth