Knutsford Races 1762 Entrant Rules and Purse Details
The Knutsford Heath meeting on July 27 1762 offers purses for five and six year olds with weights ranging from nine to eleven and a half stones. Entries due the day before racing, with two and one guinea subscriber fees and three guineas for non subscribers. Conditions require three reputed runners, certificates to be produced, and double entrances allowed at the gate. Lord Grosvenor and Hon. Lord Or Stewards preside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Swich
Thomas
White
N. B
Knutsford
Knutsford Heath
Pune
Wetherlay
Horfés
George ii Knorford
Lore Reys
Grosvexor
Pier
Heber
Racing at Ludlow 1762 Purse Plates Near Royal Stakes
Races set for July at the Ludlow course in Shropshire with purses of fifty pounds for horses mare or gelding never having won a King's Plate. weight scales and entry fees detailed for four and five year olds, including bridle and saddle, certificates of age required, with specific dates and conditions. The event lists Lord Clive, Howell Gwynne, Heber and others as officials.
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Ludlow
Shropshire
Tudlow
Kritering
Ranning
Epance
Mayrun
Polk Hall
Pup Hories
Lord Clive
Howell Gwynne
Heber
Peculiar Advertisement From Lincolns Inn Fields
The fragmentary text references an organ notice and a distiller Mr. Pennick in Isle Queen Street Lincoln’s Inn Fields. It mentions moving the organ before Michael is next and letters paid to be answered. No clear event date or names beyond these.
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Colt
Phaesta
Carl Finteen
Vfalm
Beth Ae
Feet
Hugh
Merit
Michaeh
Pennick
Isle
Queen Sereet
Lincoln’s Inn Fields
Nottingham
James Chippendall
Duke-Street
Westminstery
Mansion House Letting and Estate Details in Cottingham Area
An old notice advertises to let a large mansion at Great Milton near Oxford shires with coach-house, out-buildings, garden, and adjoining lands. Also offered is a Furnished or Unfurnished residence with a long list of rooms, stables, granary, and orchard. Enquiries directed to Mr. Jones at Stadtham near Great Multon. A separate item mentions bookseller notices and a pocket volume catalogue.
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Cottingham
County of
York
Hull
William Nelson
Beverley
Midimmer
John _E Baron
Elgar Great Milton
Oxfordshires Firus
Furnpine
Whearly
Fethorth
Coure Yard
Jones
Stadtham
Great
Multondforefad
N.B
Ghd Waggons
C. Ahes
W. Owen
Temple-Bar
Modern
Egypt
Curie
Nile
Kayro
Salaha’dd
Unusual Suffolk Case of Family Mortifications at Wattisham
Public notice from Suffolk justices reports a Wattisham family struck by a mysterious illness that causes gangrene and loss of limbs in parents and children. The document details the affliction’s progression from January through May 1752, names the afflicted family, and appeals for parish relief and charitable support to fund ongoing care and eventual apprenticeships.
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Wattisham
Suffolk
R. Woollaston
Borg In
John Downing
Lathat
Ehleft
Che
Mary
Elizabeth
Ee Ey
Sarah
Fen
Ancle
Luc
Edward
Parc
Wattisham Lelongs
Poland
Joseph Hankey
Comipany
Fenchdrh
Francis Gosling
Fleet-Street
Bickwell
Curragh racing notes and local illness report
May 29 report from Elan Od Publi notes widespread illness from easterly winds, with many families troubled by severe colds though no fatalities reported. Monday Sallanvache was run over the Curragh. Brutus, an Old England horse, won a heat against Beauchamp Bay and Babrahama in a single swift race session. crowd deemed Curragh pace unusually quick and two horses did not finish together.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Publi
Curragh
Edward Obrich
England
Beauchamp Bay
Babrahama
Brutus
Birthday Crown and Court Splendor in 1763 London
The court celebrated a sovereign’s birthday with bells and Tower guns. Nobility and foreign ministers attended a grand ceremony, with music by Dr Boyce and the Chapel Royal. Fireworks lit the night over Tower Hill as court apparel and pomp impressed observers.
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Willian Whiteshead
Laurent
Boyce
Mr. Beard
Chapel Royal
Majesty
Perrmers
Birikay
Furie
Flora
Senpatiese
Maia
Chou
Jovey
sEther
Virtue’s
George
Charlotte
Ovid
Brian’ Nia
Hungary
Schonburn
Earl of
Athbirhath
Se James’s Park
Tt Mall
Queen’s Palace
É&C
Hague
Jin F
Ardran
Helvetiluus
Englands
Prutsia
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Wwe
Robert
Walker's
Varene
Bearnett
BULC
Ian Deesee
R, Walker
Becia
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