Reform Petition Meeting Call From Bedford County
Ampthill Park January 16 1780 To the Nobility Gentry Clergy and Freeholders of Bedford County TR Rowland High Sheriff refused to call a meeting on request of many respectable persons to convene at the Sessions House Bedford Monday zabinstone twelve oclock The meeting aims to petition Parliament for reform in public expenditure abolish useless places pensions and emoluments to reduce taxes and secure freedom and independence of Parliament Upper Ossory signs off humbly The text reflects an 18th century call to public assembly for political reform.
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London
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Anne
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Joseph Shaw
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Anight
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Watton
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Stevenage
James Susanna Patton
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Sparry Pathall
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Bramham
Yorkshire
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Bucks
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Meeting Called By Sheriff Over Public Expenditure Reform
James Bourdieu sheriff of Surry receives summons to convene noblemen clergy and freeholders to discuss parliamentary action on national affairs aiming to reform public spending and end unnecessary taxes in a Feb 5 1780 notice from Miban's Tavern. Attendees urged a rush meeting at Epsom on Friday January 5 at noon to consider relief for distressed citizens.
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Miban
Surrey
Pendons
Epsom
Sherif. Combe
Manor and lands in Cornwall and St Stephens subject to joint presentation
The record names Barton of CROSS and multiple farms and lands in Botes Flening and St Stephens to be held by Thomas Pearce Mary Billinge Me Herring Mrs Brooking and Mr Derry with a proposed total transfer or arrangement of the Manor of Mutton and related holdings now or late under Clemens Ruby Reed Thomas Skinns and others. The perpetual joint presentation to Bates Fleming’s rectory is noted with the incumbent aged and advanced in years.
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Cross
Botes Flening
St. Stephens
Sabath
Thomas Pearce
Mary Billinge
Me. Herring
Mrs. Brooking
Mr. Derry
Mutton
Modnor
Clemens
Ruby Reed
Thomas Skinns
Bates Fleming
Sale of Oak and Other Trees at Greenfield Hall
The notice advertises sale of 107 oak trees mostly for navy use and large burthen vessels, 17 large ash trees, 14 sycamore trees fit for calend ing, on Greenfield Greenfield Greenfield in Heywell parish Flint. Trees to be shown by John Thomas of Greenfield Hall. apply to Mr Whithead at Taacre Helywell. Advertisement continues for 14 days from January 255 1780.
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Ieading
John Thomas
Greenfield Hall
Whithead
Ta‘acre
Whig and Tory strife sparks in wartime letter
A public letter attacks J B and party factions, denouncing insurrection and corrupt placemen. It praises Whigs over Tory aims, calls for constitutional defense, warns of civil strife, and urges peaceable, lawful redress through county meetings and the Crown’s authority.
Royal Observances and Far Eastern Affairs Report
Wednesday January 19 in St James Farina shows a grand royal celebration with nobility foreign ministers and a court ball. Meanwhile reports from Constantinople note Suleiman is named Pathawlick of Bagdat and a Ottoman fleet visit to Istanbul. letters from Buffora India trade remains favorable and French couriers absent. In Turin the royal family returns for winter and Count de Perron becomes Knight of the Annunciation and Secretary of State.
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Royal Birthday Revels and Court Attire at St James’s
London reports on Queen Victoria’s motherly 37th year and a bustling drawing room at Buckingham Palace. The Prince of Wales and Bishop of Dunaburgh attended, fashion showcased rich pearls and fur, and the ballroom repairs improved decor though still judged inferior to country towns. A lengthy social page notes attendees, dances, and vivid attire, with a mid discussion of political remarks and military movements, including fresh troop deployments to Quebec and public notices on legal proceedings, bread pricing, and local marriages and deaths.
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Cholmondeley
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