Evacuation of Tuscany and Imperial troop movements noted
Letters from Florence report settlement for the evacuation of Tuscany. Count de Khevenhuller and Montemmar send officers to Pon tremole to exchange ratifications. Great Duke of Tuscany plans quarters for Imperial troops. Also, Lady Guyotte.Mon chougny died suddenly at age over sixty after illness in church. Last month saw three women die in labor in a cafe.
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Florence
Tuscany
Duke de Montemmar
Pontremole
Count de Khevenhuller
Luneziana
Guyotte
Monchougny
Glasgow minister James Stirling's death noted
Glasgow obituary records the death of Rev. James Stirling minister of the Gospel in the Barony of Glasgow. Edinburgh reports a cattle dealer granted liberty to butcher and sell his own cattle, with new market site and sale days, amid price pressures. The Earl of Ruthnergen considers Gilbert Hamilton for a city ministry post as gold scarcity worsens in Dundee and surrounding areas.
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Glasgow
James Stirling
Edinburgh
Niddery
Earl of
Dundee
Everal
Escape Attempt in Norwich Castle Prison
Dec 23 inmates confined for felony at Norwich Castle made a violent bid to escape. James Blade alias Black Jack, John Painter, Thomas Bathe, Henry Reynolds, William Wright, and Roger Muns fought guards, seized a key, and wounded the governor and turnkey before being recaptured and ironed again. Katherine Woods is committed to prison for aiding the female prisoner.
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Norwich
James Blade
Black Jack
John Painter
Thomas Bathe
Henry Reynolds
William Wright
Roger Muns
Kathérine Woods
Storm toll on Norfolk coast washes ashore near Wells
Reports say ships were left on the Norfolk coast during the storm. Fourteen or fifteen dead bodies have been washed ashore near Wells and Cromer, including the body of a gentlewoman.
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Norfolk
Wells and
Cromer
Marriage and naval and civic notices amid a storm
In London last week Sir Humphrey Monneux married Mrs Mary Savage daughter of Thomas Savage of Elmly Castle Worcester and Countess Coventry connection. Mr Thomas Reeve presented to the Rectory of Rotherfield Sussex. A great storm disrupted a royal yacht, with the Carolina Yacht wrecked to deck before the Goats of Norfolk. The King rewarded a Dutch pilot with 2000 pounds. Newborn Augusta Anne, daughter of Capt William Wentworth, was christened with royal godparents. Several church appointments and civic offices were filled, and multiple obituaries noted deaths and legacies in London and surrounding counties. A Bristol merchants group supports building a Severn light-house to aid navigation. A coach was robbed near Harford Bridge, valuables taken.
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London
Humphrey Monneux
Mary Savage
Thomas Savage
Elmly Castle
Worcester
Countess of
Coventry
Thomas Reeve
Rotherfield
Sussex
Lord
Abergavenny
Helvoet
Carolina Yatch
Norfolk
Helvoerfluys
Sterling
Goree
John Norris
Lisbon
William Wentworth
King’s Own Royal Regiment of Dragoons
Augusta- Anne
Princets of Wales
Arundel
Anne Conolly
Lord Arundel
Freriie
John Barnard
Kensington
Richard Arundel
Mews
Somerset-House
Tower
Willis
Lock
Westminster
Treasury
Francis Poole
James, Poole
Cheshire
Frances
Pelham
Henry Pelham
Lewes
Henry Cartwright
Rochettes
Aac Finch
Swockbury
Vicakape
Goudhurst
Kent
Ifie
Beresford
Christopher.Beeke
Stroud
Ozsar Curtis
Rochester
Finch
Tation
Wilam Newton
Barries
Edmund Quarles
William Langhern
Ruding
Featherstone Buildings
Samuel Stanton
Bricewell
Bethlehem
Mer
Angel- Court
Snow-hill
Robert Knaplock
St. Paul’s Church-yard
James-street
Bedford Row
Joseph Romady
Tempest Rawlinson
Thomas’ Rawlinson
Wisbech
Isle of Ely
Amey Haslewood
Reid
John Hallewood
St.Olave’s
Southwark
King ‘Charles
Worral
Witbech
Deceas
Mary
Elys
Maryland Point
Stratford
Essex
Gerald Mediel
Lincolnshire
Ormond-street
Fon Lethieullier
John Lethteulliee
Nicholas Tyrrell
Fown
Ingit
Hungerford
Wilthire
Uric
Thomas Crisp, Bart
Oxforditir
Bristol
Holmes
Severn Sea
Harford-Bridge
Gentkenan
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Paris
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