Primate Arrival Prompts Court Ceremony in Cracow
The Primate of the Kingdom arrived in Bonic, met by the Bishop of Cracow and Senators. A grand audience with the King was planned with ceremonial doors opened by the Great Marshal, while Saxon battalions marched to Thorn. Dispatches from the Czarina prompted royal contact as Russian regiments move toward Livonia.
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Lowictz
Bonic
Cracow
Palatine of
Thorn
Munich
Czarina
Livonia
Stockholn
Count de Casteja
France
Carlsberg
Finland
Hamburgh
Thejx
Courant Bank
Lower
Sanony
Prussia
Wolfembuttle
Great Britain
Copenhagen
EE Henover
Wiezenbrouck
Everal
Herrenhiauleg
Obituary of John Glanvil Esq at Cattlefrench Cornwall
A long obituary notes John Glanvil Esquire aged around 30 at his seat Cattlefrench Cornwall He was son of Julius Glanvil and grandson of a gentleman from Broadhenton Wiltshire He studied at Trinity College Oxford joining as a commoner in 1698 at age 14 He became a scholar at the family college and joined Lincoln's Inn after which he was called to the bar He authored poems and translations published in 1725 and compiled in a single 8vo volume He is praised for learning wit gallantry generosity and virtue as well as his mastery of law and chronology He naturalized in Cornwall and was valued for his knowledge of Greek Latin and history His literary aim toward explanation of his verse is noted and his friendship with Walter Moyle is mentioned as shaping his character
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Fune
Society of Lincoln’s-Inn
Cosduét
Cornwall
Parehe
Walter
Moyle
London FinE Paid to Renew a Roéther Seale
Last week a large fine was paid to the Dean and Clergy for renewing a seal or deed. The prebendary received upwards of 708 livres for his share, while the Dean’s portion was doubled. The Right Honorable Lord Carmichael, married to Lady Romney, is mentioned in relation to Scotland and diverting payment tied to a country seat in the North.
Proposals and Obituaries in a Late 18th Century Record
The fragment lists a proposed match for the Earl of Middlesex with the Duke's sister, and notes various noble transfers and births. It records a Dutchess delivering a daughter at Portland House, a daughter for the Hon. Richard Arundel, a new messenger to the Prince of Wales, and the death of Lord Griffin with the title extinct. It mentions Cassandra Dutchess of Chandos’s funeral, a drowning death of Mr. Discoll, the King of France gifting horses, a banker funding Lincoln's Inn Fields improvements, and a land tax scheme for landlords and tenants tied to annuities and occupancies. It closes with property leases related to Copfield and Pursfield.
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Thie Earl of
Middlesex
Lof. Dorfer
Hurnefe
Harry Furnefe
Hanover
Herenheifen
Grace the Dutchess
Portland
Whitewall
Richard
Deceas
Lincolnhire
Edward Lord Griffin
Braybrook
Northampton
Mary
Anthony, Welden
Well
Lincoln
Bengall
East Indies
Essex
Cassandra Dutchess
Chandos
Confort
James Bridges Duke of
Cannons
Whitchurch
Discoll
Gravesend
France
Duke of Richmond
Aubigny
Lincoln’s Inn- Fields
Michaelmas
Copfield
Pursfield
Anthony Henley
Grange
Southshampton
William Cowper
St. James’s
Wethhihster
Bfj
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Warsaw
Jaly
Count Dé Sinzheim
Bavaria
Hague
Mr. Walpole
M. d'Azevedo
Portugal
Great’ Britain
Louis Dacunisa
Paris
Naples
the Two Sicilies
Palermo
Malta
Holland
England
Val de Guace
Marquess de ‘Puifieux
Country News
London
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