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Smuggling and public notices in late 17th century news
Fireflies and trade fears mix with smugglers seized at Fairlouth. Admiralty reports from Lifton and Plymouth. Obituaries note notable Essex attorney Nathaniel Gyles and Kent merchant Jacob Desbouverie. Royal announcements detail sheriffs, knighthoods, and city congratulations to the King and Queen at St James's.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairlouth
Cockart
Admiralty Office
John Norris
Lifton
Plymouth
Bath
Nathaniel Gyles
Plaistow
Charles Turner
Suffolk
Kynaston
William Kynafton
Shrewisbury
Bryan
Lofeby
Leicestershire
Isaac Woolafton
White Wooly
Clapham
London
Staffordshire
Mary-Anne
Hamilton
Jamaica
South Carolina
N.S. de Loretto
San Francisco Xavier
Cadiz
Havanna
Vera Cruz
Savannah
Georgia
Lady Bathurst
Francis Bathurst
Peacock
Pember
Whitechapel