Last Night Buried at Mark Lane and Local Trials
William Garrith Elg a West India Merchant lies in state at Stratford and his estate valued near 70 000 pounds will pass to three children. A Westminster Quarter Sessions report notes acquittals for Cuddy Hope Roach Magrath and Morgan on a riot charge. Other items include a fatal cart accident, a suspected infant murder, a thief at the Monument, Reading soldiers quarrel, and naval prize news plus wool trade concerns and new customs commissioners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mark-lane
William Garrith
Stratford
East- Indies
West-Indies
Westminster
Thomas Cuddy
Valentine Hope
Alexander Roach
John Magrath
John Morgan
Covent Garden
St. Margaret’s Hill
Grovenor-Square
Blackman
Gibraltar
Ferro
Catherine
Bryan
Cork
Lisbon
Peniche
Portugal
Mary
Withie
Newfoundland
Woolf
Mr. Webber
France
Jeff Woolf
Quarterly Meeting of Trustees for Fire Loss Claims
Notice declares a meeting of the General Quarterly Meerine of Trustees at the Office behind the Royal Exchange London on Thursday July 9 at ten in the forenoon for claimants who sustained fire losses to seek satisfaction. Constant attendance is offered at Craig's Court Charing Cross for insuring houses Goods and merchandise against fire loss throughout Great Britain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Noerice
Royal Exchange
London
Craig’s Court
Charing Cross
Great Britain
Nomination of Thomas Sergison for Sussex Parliament
In Lewes on May 23 1741 at a meeting of gentlemen clergy and freeholders of Sussex it was unanimously agreed to nominate Thomas Sergison to represent the county in Parliament in place of the late James Butler. Sergison appeals for votes and influence, pledging grateful acknowledgment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Star Inn
Lewes
Sussex
Ereas
Butler
Deceas
Thomas Sergison
Litchfield Races Purse Offered Near the City of Litchfield
On September 1 at Whittington Heath near Litchfield a purse of fifty guineas for horses, mares, or geldings never winning a King's Plate or money or place since January. Entries due August 31 at Mr Edward Holmes's house. Separate event on Wednesday offers five hundred guineas for Heather belonging to subscribing gentlemen, two days later.
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Warwick
White Swan
Litchfield
Whittington Heath
Edward Holmes
George
Heather
Edt
Hilmes
Witham Assembly and Ball at the Spa
In Witham in June 1741 notice of an Assembly and Ball to be held Thursday the 16th of July at the Long Room of the Witham Spa with a Fortaighe to follow during the season Tickets available at the Wire Hart Red Lyon Witham in bilex or at the Octogon Room beside the Spa on the day of the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Witham
Witham Spa
Property Lease Notice at Bishopsgate Location
Fragmentary legal notice notes a freehold messuage or tenement near Bishopsgate now possessed and leased to Mr Alder man Bent. Inquiries directed to Mr Whitfeld’s in Bartlett’s Buildings, Holborn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alderman Bent
Whitfeld
Bartlett’s
Hobourn
Parish Church seeks organist in Reading Berks
Notice invites applicants for the position of organist at the Parish Church of St Lawrence in Reading Berks. Three pence per annum offered, trial days set for July 26 and 29, with a master of music as judge and merit as the sole criterion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Lawrence
Readsing
Berks
Mojick
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Whitehall
Sths
New Beach Sa Anow
India
Royal Exchange Assurance
Dirco
Mine Adventurers
Leadenhall
Guildhall
Fune
John Waite
Bank of England
St. Thomas’s Hospital
Southwark
Christopher Cheeseborough
Cheeseborough
Dyer
Queen. Hythe
Thames Street
Fure
Ebden
Royal Regiment of Welch Fuziliers
Col Peers
James Knight
Glapgace
Ata
Bishop Stortford
O Ptortford
Tewin
Sabine Ac Tewin
Iborough
Colchester
England
Norite
Bolton
King’s Square Court
Soho Square
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