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Debt Action Confirms Plaintiffs Right to Duty Near London
At Westminster, the Cordwainers Company won an action of debt under the Statute of James I for a year's quarterage, 6d per quarter, affirming the ancient right to collect this trade duty within three miles of London. A series of local incidents and maritime notes follow, including ship movements, robberies, and weather-adjacent reports, with additional updates from the London Gazette.
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King’s Bench
Westminster
Lee
Cordwainers Company
London
George James
Northampton
Wimbish
Saffron-Walden
Essex
Carter
Tyburn
Staffordshire
Richard Ricards
Lisbon
Barbadoes
St. Vincent
Armstrong
Falmouth
Santa Cruz
St. Christopher’s
Longford
Fergus
Montferrat
Ireland
Joseph and
Elizabeth
Williams
Bridgwater
Leshues
St. Ives
London Gazette
Whitehall
Secker
Oxford
St. James
Elizabeth Carolina
Prince and Princess of Wales
Marquess of
Hawes
Spithead
Jamaica
North America
Vernon
Port-Royal
Sea-horse
Limeburner
James Paterson
Irwyn
Cornwallis
Regiment of
Marines
James Cunningham
Pulteney
Wm Hanmer
George “‘Welch
Barrell
Charles Pawlett
Stephen Downes
Bragg
John Jefferys
Bristol