Turmoil in Madrid as a Paris dispatch spurs royal moves
From Madrid to Paris reports say a courier from the Prince of Campo Floride arrived with decisive intelligence. A state council met within hours, orders went out for thirty two horse sets between Madrid and Pampeluna, and Duke de Huesca prepared to carry a high diplomatic mission to Versailles. Meanwhile Vienna, Turin, and Paris corridors buzz with commissions and war plans as Admiral Reggio’s squadron looms and Italian and Spanish forces maneuver in various theatres.
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Madrid
Prince of Campo Florida
Paris
Pampeluna
Duke de Huesca
Prince de Mafferan
Versailles
Burt
Prince of Campo Floride
Vienna
Turin
Waples
Duke de Salle
Marquess de Fogliani
Hague
Reggio
Havanna
Ferrara
Rome
Fenice
Duke of
Modena
Lichtenstein
the Two Sicilies
Cagliari
Heidelberg
Elector Palatine
Rhine
Brisgau
Huningaen
Spire
Nuremberg
Grunel
Low Countries
Mayne
Bohemia
Konigsegg
Pavis
Sardinia
Lord Tyrconnel
Dunkirk
Scotland
Roth
Assur
St. Malo
Saxe
Brussels
Cheft
d’Aubeterre
Foez
Expres
Antwerp
Lowersdahl
Giallia
Dublin obit notes MP William Hoare and clerical appointment
Ireland reports the death of William Hoare MP for Taghmon in Wexford and a note of his career as Master in Chancery. It also mentions Lord Archbishop Cashell appointing William Cooper as Register in the Prerogative Court and a separate Westmeath tale of cattle death after eating bullocks and yew fruits, with Digby of Rochcommon linked to similar livestock losses.
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Dublin
William Hoare
Taghmon
Wexford
Cashell
William Cooper
Lloyd
Westmeath
Edmond. Magan
Mr. Digby
Roffcommon
The Lady of John Macleod Found Dead in Edinburgh
In Edinburgh on February 20 the Lady of Advocate John Macleod was found dead beneath a window at her house. It is supposed she may have fallen or thrown herself. She had been melancholic for some time and is said to have influenced close relatives to join in an alleged rebellion.
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d’Albe
Madrid
Spain
Sardinia
D. Bruffls
Bristels
Grenadiers
Marshal Saxe
Hague
Holland
West-Frizeland
Brabant
Prussia
Dutchy of Cleves
Edinburgh
John Macleod
Sherrington
William Wittiers
Rushden
Northampton
Peterborough
Stromness
Orkneys
Flotta-Bay
Caithness
Dunkirk
Inverness
Firth of Murray
Perth
Buchanan
Scotland
James. V
Tay
Portsmouth
Philip Honeywood
Knowles
Dover
French
Admiralty
Charles Waton
Limehouse
East India Company
Portland
D’abbadie
Neptune
Somerset House
Prince of Hesse
Nea
William Drake
Chardelois
Martin Bladen
Deceas
the Excise
Charles Churchill Child
Isle of Wight
Oakes
John Moore
Shaw
Radcliff Highway
Anne Mitchel
Captain Mitchel
Royal Navy
Jaft
Duke of Chandos
Edgware
Chambers
Bishopsgate-street
Barham
Canterbury
Worwood
Oxford
Leeds
York
Cookson
Commodore Knowles Aims at Dover and the South Sea Visit
London letters report Commodore Knowles plans to lead a squadron to the South Sea and may visit the Caribbean coast as part of potential royal diplomacy. Caution urged to expose any move to the enemy, with Britain watching Dunkirk and Cape Breton amid unsettled European affairs. Also noted are noble and clerical appointments, naval preparations at Portsmouth, and ships ready for convoy duties.
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Holland
England
Knowless
Caracca
House of Bourbon
Britain
Dunkirk
Cape Breton
Namptwich
Cheshire
Bayley
Chester
Strafford
James Grove
City of
Coventry
Edward Hall
Cleveland
Jerusalem
Henry the Seventh
Westminster Abbey
Rochester
Hilary
Lincoln’s Inn Hall
William Bedford
Duke of Marlborough
St. John the Baptist
Hospital of