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Royal appointments and society notes from London
London reports royal favor as Killigrew and Sybourg gain posts in the king's service. Parliamentdinners shift from Crown Tavern to Sun and Bell, with notices of appointments to Chancery, Greenwich Hospital, and various rectories. A grand ball at Somerset House features elaborate costumes, and numerous obituaries and society notices fill the page, including marriages, escapes, and court chatter from Westminster and Dublin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Killigrew
Charles I
Edmund Fielding
Prince of Wales
Sybourg
Killigrow
Crown
New Palace Yard
Westminster
Sun “and Bell
King Ftreet
Sun and Bell
Henry Legge
Earl ‘of
Dartmouth
Robert ‘Walpole
Baron Fortescue
Thomas
Corbett
Admiralty Office
Greenwich Hospital
William Corbett
Montgomery
St. James’s
Reeves
Privy Council
Preston
County of
Lancaster
Peter Bold of Bold
Edward Stanley
House of Lords
Earl of Derby
Thomas,Stephens
Herbrandiston
Pembroke
Riocese
St. Davids
Edward Portage
Colfton
Leicester
Diocese of
Lincoln
Joseph Davies