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Plymouth Politician and City Leaders in Turbulent Times
Notices report the death of prominent Plymouth figure Sir John Rogers Bart and other civic leaders. Reports mention elections, marriages, and continued public service in Plymouth, with multiple arrests, robberies, and public disturbances highlighting rising crime. Royal appointments, excise changes, and stock market quotes frame a dense view of 1743 civic life, trade, and law enforcement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Devon
John Rogers
Plymouth
Ques Anne
George I
Mary
Robert Henley
Grainge
Hampshire
Collier
Severn Indiaman
Thomas Butler
Weston-Green
Thames- Ditton
Surrey
Whiting
Richard Whiting
Ely
King
Mr. Whiting
Holbourn- Bridge
Corham
Francis Sandford
Jaft
Sion-Hill
Brentford
Paul Jodnl
Craven Street
Strand
Mr. Haddock
Tower Hill
Hans Hopp
East India House
Castle-Street
Southwark
Thomas Pofton
London
Mark Lane
William Goffelin
East India Company
Ratcliff Highway
Leader
William Walker
Commissioners of Excise
Bfr
Neale
Pofton
Jenee
Seale
Excise
Ironside
George and
Wilkinson
Southampton
Thomas James
Katherine Street
Drury Lane
Martin Folks
Royal Secity
Antiquities
Queen’s Square
Ormond-Street
Anne Pye
de Veill Clerkenwell
St. Thomas’s Hospital
John Whitehead
John Harrison
William Billers
Bridewell
John
Hannah
Mitchel
Riga
Sprone Head
Alexander
Falmouth
Streights
Malaga
South Sea
New South Sea
India
Mullion Bank
Emperor’s