Morning arrivals and notable 18th century town notices
Readers learn of a large fleet sighting near Noah head by night, a drowning of Clare the barber, and Col Onion’s regiment bivouacking locally. The piece lampoons grandiose foreign news, reviews court appointments, marriages, deaths, and local officials in a sweeping daily digest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidmouth Jay
Noah
Sir John Norris
Clare
Brooks Marsh
Oniion
France
Covent-Garden
Paris
Madam Barberim
Beatty
Home News
Ben Johnson
Archy
Winder Castle
Ben Fohnson
Spain
Ferrol
Lars Say
Fryars
William Murray
Tryal
Cooper
Prussia
Juildhall
John Archer
Lords of the Treasury
Mead
Tollis
London
Frewen
Robert Hammond
John Keene
Hanc Eelés
Cuper’s Bridge
Southwark
Bathurst
Office of Ordnance
Harris
Queen Street
Westminster
Miss Hill
Hull
Mile-End
Henry Jefferies
Barrell
Bunhill Fields
Mr. Woodgate
Steward
Roundtree
Paternoster Row
Kingston
Surrey
Collet
East India Company
Guns and 70 Men Arrive at Plymouth and Naval News
Reported arrival of Guns and 70 Men at Plymouth amid action off Cape Finisterre where a Spanish Privateer of 24 guns and 13 men was engaged. Bratey wounded. Other sightings include two privateer boats near Villa de Conde. South Sea stocks and various financials listed with prices and dividends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plymouth
Oporto
Cape Finisterre
Bratey
Villa de Conde
Jae
Galicia
New South Sea
Bank
Prem
India
Royal Exchange Assurance
London
Mine Adventure
Exchequer
Also Mentioned on This Page
Bridewell
Lambert
Alderman Parsons
James Brackley
Barnaby Backweld
Thomas Carew
Jos. Cranmer
Roy. Drake
Christopher Emmett
John Harvey
John Howell
George Knapp
Man, Lown Clerk
Abraham Lilly
Tho. Ravenscroft
Smith
Bethlem Hospital
George Wynne
John Beaufort
John Suracey
Esy
Joseph Hall
Ely
Pelsant Reeves
Samuel Moore
John Snart
Henry Wily
John Thomas
Thomas Skipp
William Poole
John Stewart
James Street
Wettminster
John Glover
Warren
Lyon
Portsmourn
Reynolds
King and Queen
Newington
St. George’s Fields
Mary Powell
St. Mary Overy’s
Bedford
Willes
Justice Fortescue
Luke Chambers
Thomas Crawley
William Smith
John Meddin
George Arnold
Virginia
General Spotswood
Carolina
Havanna
St. Augustine
Jamaica
Vernon
England
Pono Bello
Port Chagre
Young
Essex
Chelasford
Robert Asoy
Thomas Bramston
County of
Bucks
Richard Lowndes
Winslow
Worcester
Talbot
Sedbury
Lewes
Clerry
Sussex
Tolen
Mr Jones
William Abbey
Luyy
Charles Jones
Elgar Waltham Abbey
Wetherell
Funé
Cumcarvan
Monmouth
South-Wales
Brighe Hay
William Blower