Shrewsbury Races Purse Details at Bickton Twenty Five Pounds
Race notices outline purses on September 22 to 24 near Shrewsbury at Bickton. Conditions include weights for five to six year olds and horses never having won fifty pounds, with heats of four miles, entry two guineas, and a town subscription purse of fifty pounds. Subscriptions support the town purse and infirmary anniversary meeting.
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Shrewsbury
Bickton
Shreywbury
Tueflag
Clive Gud Thomas Hill
William Williams
Wyld Gopp
D&c
Raven
Talbot
Erooke Forrester
Samuel Hill
N.B
Salop Infirmary
Heber
Tate Fabrian
Ehtran
Folley
Northampton Races Purse Listings 1762 September Dates
The notice details September race entries at Northampton on the new course. It describes the Gentlemen's Subscription Purses of fifty pounds, entry fees, age weights, and prizes for four to six year old or aged horses. It specifies conditions for entries at the Red Lion Inn and Goat Inn, penalties, and rules about attendance, with additional notes on stakes, selling horses, and local provisions.
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Northampton
Red Lion Inn
Betwice
Fragmented 18th century betting and notices in print
A scanned fragment shows a 1762 betting advertisement from Ashburton with dozens of odd terms, purses and payments described, including a Guinea, two Guineas and a half Guinea. It mentions horses, race rules, entries, and prize structures followed by a formal notice from GARAH ALDRIDGE about moving inns and inviting patronage.
Property near Maidenhead in Cookham Parish Berks
Auction notice for a farm near Maidenhead in Cookham Berks comprising common field lands meadow and pasture with inn ruins and buildings on site and annual rent of £0 free of tythes inquiries to Mr Heaton Threadneedle Street London
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Maidenhead
Cookham
Berks
Heaton
Threadngedie Street
London
Manor and lands at Malvern and Greethenhall auctioned
The notice advertises a manor house at Monyhull near King's Norton Worcester with seven room house, gardens, orchards, ponds and 215 acres arable meadow and pasture, rent 1541 5s, to be sold by auction at the Crown Inn Worcester on August 16. Lots include Tyre Hill House and Welland farm, plus shares in a freehold estate at Malvern and a tanning office at Greshenhall. Further particulars from solicitors in Birmingham London Worcester and Tewkesbury.
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Monyhull
iManuells
King’s Norton
Worcester
Torgeth
Mansven
Harsiy
Mainwaring
Allomey
Birmingham
Lateton
Hale-Owen
County of Sale
Robert Neale
Castle Yard
Holbourne
Arden
Ghort
Auctilon
Crown Inn
Broad Street
M -Hill
Welland
County of
Great Malvern
Thomas Leveridge
Malvern Chace
Tyrehill House
Malbern Wellss
Upton On
Severn
Ledbury
Tewkesbury
Grethenla
Market Dearham
County of Norfolk
Lynn
Watton
Fakenham
Dearhagn
Norwich
Swaftham
Downham
Farmers, Inc
Hewite
James Hewitt
Greshenhall
Thomas
Hewitt
Mattishall
Dearham
Twenty three year old man seeks trusted clerkship in trade
A sober active young man of twenty three offers his services as Under Clerk or trusted aide to a merchant. He is skilled in accounts with two good hands, speaks French well and understands Spanish, and can secure full security if required. He is willing to serve in town or country as Under Steward or Upper Butler. Inquiries to A B or Mr Hevg's Taylor in Panton Square near Haymarket. He is presently free as his master is in London.
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von Mure
Stare Ste
Hortes
Soperi Superior
Gry
Basraes
En Lyon
Man
Barner Hill
Garnarvan
Ter
Tsantriber
Eiher
Perton
A. B. Ar
Hevg
Taylor
Panton Square
Hay-market
London
Diplomats dine with Emperor after Russia Prussia peace
A dispatch from June reports the Emperor inviting foreign ministers to dine at the palace to celebrate the Russia Prussia peace. The ministers attended a Te Deum as artillery fired in salute, while bad weather persisted at the Admiralty. Paris notes English coastal raids on Caen aimed at Brest ships and artillery stores, with attempts to land batteries thwarted.
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Flanders
Petersbourg
Russia
Prussia
Imperial
Admiralty
Paris
Caen
Orne
Brest
Port News From Falmouth Afloat In July Cruise Updates
Sailed packet ships Gailard Adventure Thomas to New York and Penzance under convoy of Peggy and Expedition to Lisbon. Nautilus sailed from Deal on cruise. rest remain in the Downs. Merlin, Elizabeth, Endeavour, Huntington and others set for outward voyage but winds hold. Vessels arriving and departing noted at Philadelphia Tingmouth Livepanle Hamburgh and Lynn ports with various names and origins.
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Falmouth
Fuly
Gailard
New-York
Thomas
Penzance
His
Todd
Lisbon
Deal
Downs
Merlin
James
Mary
Bradford
London
Globe
Moore
Antigua
Ireland
Fom
Speedwell
Lacey
Tingmouth
Sarah
Chilmaz
Newfoundland
Ac Brittol
Little Joseph
Brookin
Ma‘Taga
Livepanle
Hope
Dee
Philadelphia
Hamburgh
Stephen
Scancliffe
Lynn
Shirley
Jenkins
Norway
Prussians Press On At Sackwitz and Bohemian Front
A London journal from Seidendorff reports Prussian and Russian forces driving the Austrian army of Count Daun from key heights and passes around Sackwitz and Posteritz. About 600 Prussians were lost and roughly the same number of Austrians killed or wounded. over 1000 Austrians and several officers were captured. General de Wied captured three hundred Austrian prisoners and advanced to Weitla in Bohemia. Daun encamped near Borsdorff and Tonhausen on July 7, with prospects unclear as Berlin Congress deadlines loom and new conflicts with Russia threaten a sharper war.
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London
de Wied
Weitla
Bohemia
Marshal Daun
Borsdorff
Tonhausen
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Becker
Tully’s Head
Surry-stred
Ashburton
Garah Aldridge
Abengdon
Berkin
Jors Wiixr
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