Royal and regional notices from a Georgian era sheet
Items include promotions to lieutenant in the Prussian and Württemberg lines, a report on a captured Austrian magazine at Leitmeritz, a French privateer engagement near Dover and vessel seizures to Havre de Grace Cherbourg and Le Havre. Clergy appointments at Exeter follow, with marriages in Clapham and Foster Lane, a notable Bank of England relative, deaths at Tottenham Church Cobham and St James's, and a Billingsgate trap fatality with a carman fleeing. Criminal assault sentence and a Newgate commitment conclude.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prince Ferdinand
Prussia
Prince Eugené
Wurtemberg
Drieferi
Retzow
Keith
Leitmeritz
Bray
Adventure Arm
Dover
Fluthing
Margaret
Yarmouth
Alicant
Havre de Grace
Mary
Salcombe
Guernsey
Cherburgh
Nalcombe Quick
Diocese of
Exeter
St. Peter
Truffman
James Carrington
Comb- Martin and
Upton Hallows
Devon
Clapham
Surrey
John Willet
Old Fish-Street
Tors
Ely
Bank of England
Church Cobham
Colonel Brackley
St. James’s
Higgate
John Higgate
Harmless
Billingsgate
London Bridge
Jane Widdrington
Newgate
Mr. Welch
Ann Colter
Dividend on Sun Fire Office mares at Grimsthorpe
A notice from Sun Fire Office dated January 5 1758 announces a dividend payment to proprietors on January 25 and ongoing Wednesdays. It describes a stallion Bt NK covering up to 60 mares at ten guineas per mare with a crown to the servant, plus grass for mares and payments due at covering. Details include location Grimsthorpe near Stamford Lincolnshire and Mr Parker, with further notices about coverings in Epsom and at Mr Joseph Cook's in Surrey. The stallion, from Mr Panton's Old Crab line via Godolphin Arabian, stands at fourteen hands two and a half inches, healthy and well-bred, and will be at Mr Gook's by February 2 with ample grass provided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grimsthorpe
Stamford
Lincolnshire
Parker
Joseph Cook
Epsom
Surrey
Mr. Panton
Crab
Mr. Cook
Silverlocks
Bald Galloway
Chanter
Perror
Mr. Gook
Middlesex Lectures Begin at House in Chancery-Jane
Sergeant to the Middlesex wt announces a course of medical and career lectures at the House in Chancery-Jane Hotbourn on Thursday the 16th instant at six in the evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Minors
Middlesex
Chancery-Jane
INE Muffins for Mourning and Linen Warehouses Ad
Vendors offer muffins for mourning and a range of fine fabrics at discounted prices from 2s to 16s per yard. Listings include lawns, silks, cloths, neckcloths, damask and diaper fabrics, and Irish sheeting with claims of quality and colorfastness. Stores cited across Charing-Cross Portugal Street Clare-Market and near Bridge Foot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charing-Cross
Portugal- Street
Clare-Market
Bridge-Foot
Bonded Conformity Sale of Brandy and Spirits
Olde advertisement notes bonded storage and sales by Puncheon and ships in the river. Brandy and rum offered at fixed duties with discounts for large quantities, samples from the Punch-house, and carriage free delivery to Amos Wenman at the Royal Exchange. Wines and associated goods payable now with returnable items credits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallan
N.B
India
Ris
Amos Wenman
Royal Exchange
History's Lost Names Reach For Clearer Meaning
Fragmentary text asks about who is asked in a history context and hints at searching for a clear interpretation. The line mentions people and a desire to know who is included in a broader narrative.
Monopolies, War Finances, and Military Duty Debated
A speech laments rising monopolies amid national debt and wartime taxes. It argues Parliament must curb monopolies to protect the public and industry, warns against private greed, and urges disciplined officers and military preparation to safeguard the nation during conflict.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blorigus
Elizabeth
Rebple
Also Mentioned on This Page
Cheshnor
Hertfordshire
Earl of Thomond
Stamford-hill
London
Dover-street Lion
Peron
Gt Bis
Ern di Faut
Ad Prey Ji
Hogarth’s
RicHard Kent
Backwell, Hart
Dorell
A. B. George
Haymarket
High Court of Chancery
Thomas Harris
Lincoln’s Inn
Frue
Bedworth
Astley
Warwick
Kelsey
Thomas Campton
Thomas Powers
William Wak
Wiliam Bodington
Jonathan Townsend
William Swaine
Thomas Bayly
Brewer
Chamers
N.B. Astley
Nuneaton
Covenny
Kirkley
the Hague
Bevern
Che Ny
England
Alexander
Asia
Troy
Cafar
Edwards
Henrys
Fort St. Philip’s
France
Rochfort
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