Reflections on Middlesex Police and Westminster Courts
In a petition to the Legislature, the author denounces Sir John Fielding and pensioned magistrates for holding a weekly private court at Hicks's Hall and Guildhall. He condemns the system as unconstitutional, injurious to the innocent, and costly to Middlesex and Westminster, urging reforms to protect rights and curb abuses. Portsmouth, March 4, 1772.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Presding
Treasury
John Fielding
Old Bailey
Hicks’s Hall
Guildhall
Westminster
County of Middlesex
City of Westminster
New Prison
Clerkenwell Bridewell
Gatehouse
Tothillfields Bridewell
Real and heavy grievance of the poor over fares for poultry
The Printer of the London Evening Post is asked to publish a plea to parliament and the public detailing a real grievance faced by the poor and middle classes. It argues poultry eggs and pork in Portsmouth Southampton and nearby areas bring intolerable prices, noting cheaper French supplies in the north.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Porthsmouth
Hants
London Evening Post
Portmouth
Southampton
House of Commons
Ancient Bury St Edmunds coffin unearthed with royal remains
Labourers in Bury St Edmunds uncovered a leaden coffin containing a nearperfect embalmed body identified as Thomas Beaufort, Duke of Exeter, son of John of Gaunt. The mangled remains were buried anew, with the Duchess Margaret reportedly found later, prompting fear of further royal relics’ desecration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bury St. Edmund’s
Saye
Thomas Beaufort
John de Gaunt
Duke of Lancaster
Catharine Swinford
Henry IV
Duke of
Exeter
Calais
England
Henry VI
Thomas Gery Cullum
Bath
Margaret
Thomas Nevill
Edward II
Royal Parliament Debates on Marriages and Wills
Proceedings of a committee in the Royal Parliament discussing dissolution of Ambrose Godfrey’s marriage and amendments to Skinn’s divorce bill. Reports include Royal marriage scrutiny, timing of readings, and adjournments. notices of hangings and pardons. Te Deum at Drury Lane and royal praise for parliamentary gains. death notices and ship movements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House of Commons
Ambrose Godfrey
Skinn
Godfrey
Plymouth
Gifeon
Hugh Lewes
Susannah Heale
George Onslow
Newgate
James Bolland
John Bowers
William Hill
James Bowman
Bellinger
Andrew Welch
James Wayton
Thomas Page
George Matthews
Thomas Crofts
Samuel Gates
Botland
Drury Lane
Anne
Utrecht
Chapel Royal
Middlesex
England
Charles Grinfield
Whin-Lees
Retford
Nottinghamshire
Bird
Stockwith
Roger Topping
Warrington
County of Lancaster
High Court of Chancery
Bombay
James Matthewson
India Service
Yetterday
Paddington
Humphrey Rawlings
Royal Navy
Portmouth
Bewley
Jarvais
Goodwill
Badcock
London
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Mid-Dlesex
Humanu
Portsmouth
Postscript
Mr. Cornwall
Ra’ck
Lord North
House’ of of Lords
Tate
Charles Rivington
Dominions
T. ‘Brownshend
W. Meredith
KE. Burke
Berke
the ~Lords
the Commons
St. Botolph
Bishopgate
Conrad Rucker
Matthew Holand
Flexnzy
Gray’s Inn Gate
Holborn
Richardson
Urquhart
Royal Exchange
Derham
Bookfelter
Charing Cross
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