Riot and market openings as Bristol accedes to throne
An account from Bristol describes Wednesday disturbances sparked by criticisms of the Pope and the Pretender. Effigies were attacked, windows demolished, and a Dragon a firework was burned in the Old Market. Last week customs entries noted 829 quarters of wheat and vast silver coin. South Sea stocks and annuities listed with various prices and bank highlights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bristol
Lawford
Thomas Cofter
South Sea
Ros
Prem
Didia
An-nuities
Royal Exchange
Assurance
London Assurance
York Buildings
Welch Ditto
India
Worthy Liverymen urged for Parliament representation
To the Worthy Liverymen of the City of London. Gentlemen, a vote and poll are desired for Joan Barnard, Alderman, and Alderman Godschall as Your representative in Parliament. They are zealous for the constitution in church and seat, and defend liberty and trade against schemes destructive to the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City of London
Joan Barnard
Godschall
London
Middlesex
Laberty
Hereford Races Meet at Marlborough Center Course
Hereford Races are announced for Tuesday in August at Lag Meadows near Hereford. Purse events include forty pounds and twenty pounds for horses of various weights, with ponies under twelve hands. A Saturday match of 100 Guineas a side features Mr Tyler vs Mr Carington. cocking and balls to be held each morning and evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hereford
Neas
Welters
Cornwall
Stone
Alvo
Tyler
Carington
N. B
York
Marlborough
Gloucester
Tewkesbury
Ludlow
Bridgnorth
Salop
Monmouth
Abyssinia voyage and Lahontan voyages advertised
An 18th century advertisement notes Le Grand’s A Voyage to Abyssinia with details on Abyssinian history laws religion and natural history. It also promotes Lahontan’s Voyages to North America with 23 maps and cuts. Printed by John Osbourn at the Golden Ball Pacernofter Row.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Offavo
le Grand
Abyssinia
Jerome & Lolo
Indiés
Red Sea
Abyssines
John Osbourn
Pacer-nofter-Row
Lahontan
North America
Notice of subscriptions for York history and antiquities
Mr Dk Art of York urges subscribers to settle first payments for the History and Antiquities of the ancient city and its cathedral church now in press. Subscriptions are collected by Gyles and Williamson in Holborn, Gosling in Fleet Street, Strahan in Cornhill, Mrs Fletcher and Mr Clements in Oxford, hurlbourne in Cambridge, Mancklin and Hildyard in York, and Swale in Leeds.
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York
Meff. Gyles
Illiamson
Holbourn
Gosling
Fleetstreet
Strahan
Cornhill
London
Fletcher
Clements
Oxford
Hurlbourne
Cambridge
Mancklin
Hildyard
Canterbury Races at Barham Down for King's Plate
Historic race notices outline July events at Barham Down Canterbury with purses from sixty to twenty Guinea and a City Plate. Rules specify ages up to six years, weight limits, and entries by freeholders and subscribers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canterbury
Barham Down
Duke of Dorset
Earl of Leicester
Kent
Dr Ding
Best.co
Earl Cowper
Gil
Courfé
Galloways
Toarry
Bowling- Green
City Plate
Hambleton Races at George Inn Hambleton
A notice for horse and pony races at Hambleton Hampshire on a Tuesday and Wednesday in July. Entry fees range from one to four guineas with specific weights and conditions. An ordinary will be held at the George Inn, with a reward offered for bringing a yellow 2 by 1 inch sign to the Cross Keys Brew House in Bermondsey Street.
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Hambleton
Hampshire
Ste
George
Southwark
Cross-Keys
Bermondsey-street
Creditors of Reverend Francis More sought for debts
The creditors of the Reverend Francis More late of Pulborough Sussex are required to give notice of their debts to Mr. Thomas Horsham in the raid of to Mr. Charles Rocher in Fisherstone Buildings in Holborn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis More
Pulborough
Sussex
San Acponae
Thomas Horsham
Charles. Rocher
Fesherstone
Holbourn
Winchester Races at Worthy Downs August Plate Entries Open
The Winchester races announce four race days at Worthy Downs in August with prizes of twenty and forty pounds in specie. Entries close day before racing, with weight allowances and entry fees due at the George Inn Winchester. Cockfighting, balls, and assemblies are planned each morning and night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Nehis
Majesty
Worthy-Downs
Viscount Lymington
Worthy Downs
George Inn
Ae Stove
George Bridges
Powler St.John
N. B
Manuscript Sermons for Sale by Executors Relating to a Clergyman
An Eminent London clergyman's manuscript sermons are to be disposed of. Specimens are with Mr Austen in St Paul’s Churchyard. Austen will sell sermons for widows only if the collection is complete and not transcribed. A sober man seeks a house steward clerkship with accounting skills. inquiries to Mr Edmund Ap lin at the Comptroller’s of the Pipe Office in Holborn Court Gray’s Inn.
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Richard
Thomas
Woodwar
Jerusalem
London
Latv
Edmund Aplin
Comptroller’s of the Pipe Office
Holbonta-Court
Gray’s Inn
Peremptory Sale of Arthur Moore Estates in Surrey
A High Court of Chancery order sets a sale for Thursday the 19th, by Master Francis Eld. The mansion house at Fetcham near Leatherhead, Surrey, with gardens and park about 100 acres, plus estates in Fetcham and nearby parishes, totaling around 1000 per annum, may be sold wholly or in parts with the Advowson of Fetcham Rectory. Details at Symonds Inn in Chancery Lane, London.
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High Court of Chancery
Francis Eld
Arthur “B- Moores
Deceas
Fetchamtpear
Leatherhead
Surrey
Arthur Moore
Fetcham
Etcham
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