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Newspaper
London Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Feb 20, 1739
Page
3
A note requests Mr Charles Knnight a limner formerly at Blandford and later in London to inform Mr William Richardson at the London Assurance House in Cornhill where he may be seen or to write to him. The message hints it may be advantageous for Richardson to make contact.
Announced April 16 19 and 21 Stockbridge Downs host purses of twenty to thirty guineas for horses mares and geldings. Entries require ten stone weight limits two to four mile heats, purse payments, three starters minimum, certificates from breeders, and entry at the King's Head Stockbridge seven days before race day with specific public house subscription for town plate.
The article lists six plates for the May meeting at Epsom Downs Surrey from May 7 to May 12. It specifies horse age weights prizes and entry rules including certificates from breeders and measurements for galloways, with purses ranging from twenty to forty guineas. It notes charges for first to sixth places and deadlines for entries and staking. A separate notice calls for a missing apprentice John Parker and an upcoming cattle show by Glaxiers and dealers in Darlington announced for March 2 with ongoing fortnights until Easter.
In the parish of St Buryan Cornwall an estate known as Pendrea and Crifking with mansion house barns stables and outbuildings on about 109 acres of meadow and arable and 92 acres of damp land is offered for sale on March 6 at 1 pm. Inheritance and fee simple titled to the purchaser with possession at Michaelmas. Further particulars from John Davies of St Buryan.
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