Turnham-green highwayman and city crime notes
A string of late December and early January disturbances is recorded. Incidents include robberies by footpads in Bristol Salisbury and near Wooton Wawen, a highwayman at Turnham Green, and several burglaries or robberies in Edgbaston and Westbury Road. Notable deaths are reported in Ludlow and Stratford upon Avon. A London waggon robbery and a raven’s nest discovery are also noted.
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Farmer Lane
Rhympston
Marston
Bristol
Turnham-green
Salisbury
Shrimpton
Martin
Salisbury- Market
Harnham Hill
Gough
Blackham
Ludlow
Walcot
John Walcot
Hillman
Straford Upon Avon
Hollay Wood
Wooton Wawen
Mr. Williams
Westley
Shewsbury-market
Westbury-road
Jordan
Chandler
Edgbaston-street
London
White Hart
Digbeth
Middleton Wood
London News Roundup from St James and The Thames
A longLondon item covers a late council at St James s with royal visitors and nobility arrivals. It notes ships battered by a gale near Falmouth, piracy on the Thames, a hospital plan for West Loch infants, a new Croydon town hall, elections for a sexton and an organist, marriages and deaths, and a shipboard murder suspect held at the Gatehouse.
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London
St. James’s
Princess Dowager of Wales
Queen’s Palace
Earl of Halifax
Great George-street
Horton
Northamptonshire
Earl of Sandwich
John Harris
Ashburton
Devonshire
Pall-Mail
Okehampton
Venice
Murray
Quebec
Vendue-minster
Montreal
Litchfield
Charles Simpson
Francis Cobb
Stafford
Nova Scotia
America
Jerix
Guernsey
Scilly
Ireland
St. Mary’s
Bourdeaus
New Orleans
Lisbon
Portugal
Europe
Greenland
Barbara
Robert Webster
Gorton Roads
Corton
S. E
Falmouth
Hanover and
Cumberland
Portymouth
Yan. T
Figaces
Boreas
Niger
Pearl
Juno
Edinburgh
West Loch
Croydon
Surrey
Guildford
Kingston Upon Thames
St. Margaret’s Hill
Southwark
St. Saviour
Watkins
William Garfield
St. Dunstan’s
Duncomb
Selby
Rolr
Huggett
St. John’s Street
Smithfield
John Baker
Esg
Salisbury
Coopers
Robert Cooper
St. Mildred’s
Poultry
Samuel Male
Navy Office
Anna Maria Skynner
John Skynner
Bland, Sen
Lombard-street
Golding
Peacock Inn
Clare-market
Longbottor
Ludzate-street
Sarah Parr
Longbotton
Achin and Boaz Guide to Free Masonry Explored
A 5th edition pamphlet offers instruction for new Masons and readers curious about initiation, lodge signs, and degrees. It includes a plan of lodge floor drawing, notes, a list of English lodges with meeting dates, and guidance on admission without full dues.
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Achin
Boaz
Feliponte
Mailer
Cetsary
Libels and the law in a colonial period debate
A London Evening Post letter debate discusses libels and ex officio informations, citing Coke and the case De Libellis Famosis. It notes magistrates probing plaintiffs and defendants on oath, risking perjury, and describes a Westminster action where contract alterations raised questions of value and binding force.
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Informa Ion
Sar Chamber
Lord Coke
Nischipter
Offitz
Adam de Ravensworth
King’s Bench
Adel
Azaint Richard
Snowfhall
Cafe de Libulis Famosis
S.ar-chamber
L. P
Star-chamber
Coke
Westminster
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Edgware
Five Mile
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Miller
Lfy
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Church of Finsland
Auler Gyaras
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England
J Newrery
Sam
Se- Pais
Dublin
Tondo
A. Rider
Pupilc
He Wondfall
J. Fuller
B. Dod
G- Woodfall
R. Baldwin
W. Johnston
Crowder
B- Law
T. Longman
T. Field
T- Lownds
W. Bathoe
Z- Stuart
W. Nicoll
St. James’s Remembrancer
Parliament
J. Spinftury
Ergaver
Ruffii Court
Covent-Garden
Spilsbury
Postscript
London Evening
Slakespeire
Havock
Hutiah Siair-Way
Caledosia
London Evening Post