Fateful voyage details from Belfast to Bay recount tragedy
A dismal account from Capt Henderson of the Me'floop Fanny bound for the Bay describes eleven crew members, most dying from fatigue and starvation. Survivors ate the deceased and drank urine to endure, while alleged shipwreck survivors faced punishment in gaol alongside thieves and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belfast
Carhagens
Jamaica
Henderson
Bay
Faiddinop
Gato
Cape Gracious Deis
Edinburgh
Fune
Barbara
Grew Brown
Coldhiaten
Inverary
Joh
Lady Maud
Lady Maud’s
Langherhe-street
Carmarghen
Buither
Carmarthen Barker
Higgins
Gloucefer
Edmund Chinn
Newent
Bath
Bath and Wells
John Taylor
Duel Taylor
Poole
Rawconer
Miegster
Nairn
Salisoury
Lal
Frowbridge
Mforti
Alderbury
Birmingham
Hillingdon
Middlesex
Viscount Chetwynd
Ings Firee
Stafford
Newcaple
Glen
Peyton
Dirham
Darlington
Undilco Vy
Vessels Depart For Riga From British Ports
A South List item notes ships sailing from Dundee Hull and Dieppe toward Riga. The Catharine Young Nicolson Wabella Theais William Chancellor and Plasket sail for the Baltic with cargo and crew.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ftere
Catharine
Young
Dundee
William
Fanny
Nicolson
Wabella
Hull
Riga
Plasket
Dieppey
Theais
Chancellor
Starborough Ship Movements and Arrivals in July
A list of vessels and crews visiting or departing for various destinations including Petersburgh St Andrew Hull London Koninsberg and Lisbon. Notable arrivals include Phoenix from Africa at Dominica Pascuerto Betty Lee from ditto Barba doos Dorothy Creighton from ditto Peace from London Hamburgh Rebecca from Jamaica Society Moneypenny Union and others at Liverpool Bristol and Dover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Starborough
William
Suit
Teith
Dolly
Geey
Hope
Roper
Hull
Petersburgh
St. Andrew
Erskine
Elizabeth
Martin
Frem
Dimdee
Dantzitk
Maria Catharina
Bohn
London
Koninsberg
Kielback
Stettin Afm
Charlotte
Lisbon
Bownibica
Ditto
Lina
Newcastle
Gibraltar
Deal
Fidy
Cruizer
Savage
Royal Exchange
Lukey
Robinson
Ancigui
Phoenix
Lambert
Africa
Dominica
Joli
Cornish
Itto
Pascuerto
Betty
Lee
Barbaoos
Dorothy
Creighton
Peace
Lewis
Hamburgh
Rebecca
Thomas
Jamaica
Bristol
Society
Moneypenny
Liverpool
Johnson
Molloy
Virginia
Union
Corey
Duckenfeld
Forster
White
Greathead
Oliver
Duke of Richmond
Zeaton
Antigua
Success
Ogilvie
South Carolina
Donro
Shepherd
Oporto
Dover
Royal visitors and parliamentary notices from Dover to Rochester
An early morning embarkation by the Prince and Princess of Brunswick and the young Prince is reported, with pilots predicting arrival by eight in Calais harbour. Other items note Duke of Bedford toward Wooburn Abbey, Earl of London moving to London Castle in Scotland, and various clerical appointments in London and Kent. Trade news cover East India ships, the Glatton, and the Hector's Cape arrival, plus court seals and probate actions. Obituaries, accidents, criminal notes, and weather impacts follow, including a bank suspect jailed then wounded, a drowning near Hackney, a chaise accident near Lillington, and a Guernsey earthquake warning fed by islander tremors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don
Dover
Fury
Prince
Princess
Brunsivick
Calais
Duke of Bedford
Wooburn Abbey
Earl of London
Privy Garden
Whitehall
London Castle
Scotland
Sieur Durand
Count de Guerchy
Earl of
Dominica
Cotton
Chinese
Wampon
China
Lai
England
Glatton
Doveton
India House
Portland
Downs
Hector
Williams
Cape
East India Company
Lincoln’s Inn-hall
Hamiltor
St. Paul's
Winstanley
St. Matthew's
Freet
Archer
Fuelday
James Waller
King’s College, Cambridge
London
Finchley
St. Mary-Axe
St. Andrew Undershaft
Mr. Wells
Maddington
Wilts
Ychester
West Grimstead
Farley
Plaitfore
Bowditch
Cole
Earl
Warwick
Beary
Sweeting
Hatherby
Staffordshire
Creditors of Wines Merchant seek accounts from James Rowles
The creditors of a late wine merchant announce a meeting to settle accounts. James Rowles and his son are named in relation to the business carried on at Wych Street. The notice specifies the deadline and place for submitting accounts and outlines the continuation of business under new conductors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ilibel
Fisher's
Wych-Streey Reas
Temple
Aiftes
Rowle
St. Janes's
Tamnts Rowlsp
James Rowlés
Othénwits
Ic Fant Sen
Cequal
LETT to be granted for Hamper Mills Premises
To be LETT by the Worshipful Company of Clo[h]workers in London at the Hall Missing Lane. The Corn Mills called Hamper Mills on the river Corn, about a mile and a half below Watford within Hertford, with five acres adjoining, a building lease for sixty nine years from Michaelmas 7685, now occupied by Mrs Elizabeth Field. Proposals to be written and delivered to the Clerk's office by the day appointed, with attendance in person.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Wilpole
Cheir
Pell
Edward
Sleech
Big
John Berkley
Glérk
Henry
Thomas
Robert. Brown
Bafys
Taft
Hines
Purchas
Sun
Femple Bar
Fleet-street
St. Mary Magdalen
Bermondsey
Mic
Joseph Colington
Hackney River
Brown
Lillington
Guernsey
Weiler
Isle of Mann
Maynard
Vere
Blackwall
Lyon Inn
Fareham
Hents
Efate
Camas
Southampton
Portsmouth
Spitheady Iris
Porefotoutls
Gofgort
Eyes Ip
London
Missing-Lane
Watford i
County of
Hertford
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Bromheoven
Fornitile
Holborn
Mary Newdigate
Mark Newdigatre
Fort Major
Rattan
Charles 11
Duke of Monmouth
Lucy Barlow
Walters
Pembrokeshire
Walmer-castle
Thomas Best
Canterbury
James Gray
Rochester
Samuel Deane
Darent and Welmington
Kent
Chardin Musgrave
Oriel College
Oxford
Lamberhart
St. Martin
Sandey
Hounslow
Heath
Eavonsie Seger
The
Drngeon Guiide
Cer
Maddingtoun
North Britain
Robert Ireland
New Bond
Street
Lehdon
Royal Hospital
Greenwich
Og Dily
Joan Fira
Carrie
Evert
N. P
Iver
Uxbridge
County of Bucks
Mn B -Street
Bedford-Row
Hook
Eee
Régie
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