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Obits and society items from a London week
The column records multiple death notices and social events from London and surrounding counties. It notes the deaths of Dr James Campbell in Scotland, William Sharpe Ey Clerk, Scott of Chinkfield Hall, Mr John Batt, Lady Hatton, Major Richard Handy, William Lewis Le Grand, and Lord Torrington, with mentions of Duke of Bolton’s return to town, the Earl of Winchelsea’s ill wife, and clerical appointments in Lincolnshire and Durham. It also reports a marriage entertainment by Anne Vane, a candidate offering to represent Bedford, and stock market snippets from the South Sea and related bonds and prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peper
Tregarog Vant Catacas
J . Morgen
Clifford’sinn
St. David's
Bedford-street
Covent-Garden
James Campbell
Scotland
Golden Square
William Sharpe
Scott
Chinkfield Hall
Essex
Leadenhall-street
Mincing-lane
John Batt
Seville
Lisbon
Privy Gardens
St. Martin’s Church
Lord Torrington
Admiralty Office
Southill
Bedfordshire
Duke of Bolton
Hackwood
Hampshire
Earl of Winchelsea
Joh Ball
Thoresway
Lincolnshire
Baptist Noel Barton
Wing
Durham
Cambridge
Jonathan Belcher
Middle Temple
Governor Belcher
Anne Vane
Grosvenor Square
Desert
Charles Leigh
Leighton
Bedford
Pattee Byng
Sea Company
Concordia
Hans Beyder
Hull
Gottenburgh
Schagh
Bath
Reading
Maidenhead