Ship News and London Gazette Notices from 1770s fragment
Monday dates show ship arrivals from Bristol Limerick and Virginia plus Dover Bilbos and London lists. Includes surrender notices at Guildhall with many names and depths of public warnings, crime reports from Bow Street, and letters about political figures and petitions.
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Union
Coppithorn
Bristol
Britta
Wring Mind
le Worthy
Limerick
Bee Liverpoo
Susanna
Wotherspoon
Virginia
Dover
Tristram, Shand
Devonshire
Rodeir
Sevile
Bilbos
Victoria
Melida
London
Coventry position reportedly signed by freemen and inhabitants
Cambridge January 26. The Coventry position is now said to be signed by around 2000 freemen and inhabitants and will be ready in a few days. Mundy, late master and deputy ranger of Thorney Wood Chase under Lord Chesterfield, died at Codwick Hall near Nottingham.
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S. Birmingham
Coventry
Cambridge
Codwick-Hall
Nottingham
Mundy
Thorney-Wood- Chase
Lord Chesterfield
Middlesex election ruling cited as full answer to petitions
Fragment from a late eighteenth century issue notes a Friday ruling that the Middlesex election aligns with law, mentions eleven noblemen joining the minority, records a horse distemper in Camberwell area, and retells stories of a Cardinal d Olleria de Moneglia benevolent will directing funds to the Hospital of Incurables in Rome. It also reports a Genoa descendant ordered to Rome to claim 10 000 crowns per year, a coroner election in Somersetshire, greetings to the Duke of Devonshire, and a fire-malice incident at John Parsons’s Warwick Lane home.
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Middlesex
Camberwell
Peckham
Dulwich
d’Olleria de Moneglia
Rome
Great Seal
Somersetshire
Richard Boone
Duke of Devonshire
Ais Grace
Christ-Church
London
John Parsons
Warwick Lane
Vindictive Letter War Over Sir Edward Hake In London
A printer's debate reveals a protracted quarrel slinging invective at Sir Edward Hake. The writer condemns a rival as a profligate hireling, accusing him of corruption and complicity with tyrants, while defending virtue and truth against scurrility. The exchange showcases literary rancor and personal attacks.
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Edward H—w—ke
Friessay
Edward H—k—e
Edward
Mary
Reverend seeks clerical replacement through newspaper note
A reader letter signed Cavalier requests Reverend Bedford to inform a friend about a scheduled time to enter the office of Clerk at Tinchean market. The writer argues for a capable replacement to improve the church and laments the current cleric as less fit.
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London
Pelti Bedford
Bedford
Correspondence on Tommy Bennett Navy Service 1770
A Portsea letter from January 24 1770 defends Tommy Bennett against anonymous calumny. It details Bennett’s naval years eight plus at sea, service on Namur Terror bomb Gramont frigate Royal George and Fiducial ships, noting he is twenty one and arguing against age-based lieutenant precedents. The writer condemns the anonymous accuser and calls for accountability.
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Tommy Bennett
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Ac. &c
Navy-office
Détual
Namur Haale
Gramont
Royal George
Folus
Bervicti
Rippon
Bentigte
Portsea
Fan
Remarkable 1670 London events in King Charles II era
A London Evening Post item recounts events from 1670 in the reign of Charles II. It cites historians and chronicles noting that the year’s business opening reflected notable councils and political activity, illustrating the era’s governance and public life.
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London Evening Post
Charles the Second
History of England Fragment on Charles II and Cabal Rise
Fragment discusses Charles II era liberties versus royal absolutism, noting Parliament clashes over Skinner’s affair with the East India Company and the Cabal’s formation. It mentions the five-man Cabinet, Lords Clifford Arlington Buckingham Ashley Lauderdale, and the Lords’ push toward arbitrary power, ending with Parliament’s defeat of the Cabal after three years.
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Hewin
Charlen
Sneild
Skinner
Latt-India Company
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Cakte
Hiaf
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Skitimer
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Arlington
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Ashley
Lauderdale
House of Lords
Junte
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