Frantic 18th Century Notes from Gloucestershire and Warwickshire
Friday at Giviland Vale race feature. drivers contend for prizes with Beckford and Moody in brown horse competitions. June 24 records Rev John Wicks affiliated to Frantpton Cotterel. The General Guife donated paintings to Christchurch College Oxford. A Gloucestershire cooking event ends tragically after a man’s cockfighting foe perishes. Warwick militia firing mishap injures a man when a loaded gun bursts at close range.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Giviland-Vale
Yal
Catrer
Beckford
Damon
Mr. Moody
Glancefer
John Wicks
Frantpton Cotterel
Warwickshire
Warwick
Arrivals and departures of ships at English ports
The list records arrivals at Plymouth Southampton and other ports with ships such as the Providence, Brown, and the Han from Falmouth. William and Jemina from London. Molly from Barnstaple. Kent bound for Openito. Duke of York for London. York for Gork. Polly for Philadelphia. and many more. Also noted are recent departures from Cork and Hamburgh and arrivals at Hamburg and Bristol with vessels including Flying Mercury, Brunswick, and Lady Catharine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ORT
Falmouth
Providencé
Brown
North Carolina
Hanover
Todd
Lisbon
Plymouth
Fane
William
Jemina
Broad
London
John
Gibbons
Mary
Blacklock
Sunderland
Strehan
Southampton
Molly
de Kent
Lafley
Duke of York
Ant Johannal
Gordon
Cowes
Polly
Porter
Rottertiam
Philadelphia
York
Spencer
Gork
Saleehe
Elizabeth
Love
Newfoundland
Industry
Addis
Jamaica
al Ive
Rovers
Antigua
Cadiz
Sally
Jones
Carollina
Keppel
Savage
New Providence
Phenix
Richardson
Dublin
Cornelius
Donal
Havre Cs Grace
Friendship
Jordan
Peterbar
Maria
Brilliant
Nantz
Oliver
St. Malo’s
Hamburgh
Mercury
Brunswick
Lady Catharine
Clauson
Sanders
Gallooly
Bristol
Royal review and London notices from Windsor to Grocers
Yesterday morning his Majesty reviewed four troops of Life and Horse Grenadier Guards with great exactness. A private conference followed at the Queen's Palace after a morning review, then Pitt returned to Hayes. Reports of ministry changes and various city appointments fill the day, alongside fleet and diplomatic dispatches and notices of births, deaths, and local crimes in London and surrounding towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Pitt
Lord Temple
Hayes
Genergl Conway
Privy Council
Hanover
Duke of York
Duke of Gloucester
Brighthelmstone
Sussex
Grocers Company
Leicester House
Brackley Kennet
Pall-Mall
London
Middlesex
Bejamin Charwood
Apohecary
Gerrard Street
Soho
Portsmouth
Spithead
Barbadoes
Christian Richarde
Calais
Leghorn
Colunia
Yoky
Avenileman
Hudson
Guards
Durand
Regiment of Foot
Urmtton
Saler
Sherrarde
Thornigan
Amherst
Lieuenant
Keith
Frederick
John Dickson
68Th Regiment of Foot
Smith
Beane
Vienna
Hinstant
Claudin
Order of Theresia
Luxemabourg
Jofenh de Platz
Lord Hunsdon
Flitwick
Ampthill
Bedfordshire
Dell
Miss Fisher
Fisher
Maulden
Cuthbert Sheldon
Bedford
Daugher
Richard Husbands
Barbaozs
Hairont
Blackburn
Bubadoes
Dover
Yetterday
Mr. Boyce
Rotherhithe
Chelsea
Abbeygarden
Walthamn Abbey
Essex
Plymouth
Bureas
East Indies
Laurence Richardson
Hampton Hedges
Leicestershire
Sally Essex
Kensington
Watson
Hill-street
Berkeley-square
Short Parliaments Root of Liberty Says London Correspondent
A 1765 letter argues that perpetual elections safeguard liberty, warning against prolonged Parliaments and ministerial domination. It questions current administration and favors short Parliaments as essential to preserve constitutional rights and accountability.
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Grocers
Recorder
City of London
Nicholls
Tovey
Philip Yorke
Bennet .College
Cambridge
William Fiaignew
Trinity College
Norwich
Battersea
Surry
Beckenham
Kent
St. Stephen Walbrook
Tre‘main
Carling
Lowe
Hill
Baldwin
London Evening Post
Peter Prys
McEreEs
Civis
Treasury
Exchequer
Grenville
Rt C
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