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Notable Obits and Local Notices from Berkhamstead Era
A long list of local notices and obituaries from Berkhamsted and surrounding counties. Highlights include the birth of a daughter to Lady Werden in Chester, the marriage of the Earl of Sandwich to Lady Judith Fane, and the wedding of Mr Jobin Beck of Watford to Mills Sophia More. Reports cover illnesses of public figures, deaths of Dr. Brett and George Purvis, naval bounty proposals for seamen, and various criminal incidents, robberies, and court actions across towns like Worthing, London, Northampton, and Rochester. The document also notes a baronetcy grant to Nathaniel Thorlold and fluctuating South Sea stock figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Werden
Barc
Chester
Earl of Sandwich
Judith Fane
Viscount Fane
Kingdom of Ireland
Jobin Beck
Watford
Pinner
Mills Sophia More
Joseph More
John Lequerie
Broadstreet
Ferne
St. Thomas’s Hospital
Old Jewry
Lincoln’s- Tan-Fields
Brett
Ely
Barritter
Souhampton
Mr. Morley
Morley
Tunbridge- Wells
George Purvis
E Q
Navy
John Fowler
John Phillipson
Wavy
Devonshire Square
Edward Bellamy
Billingsgate Ward
Skeen
Marines
Westminster
Bridge
Black Fryars
Savoy
Barles Holland
Salop
Mater
High Court of Chancery
Charterhouse
Whitefield
Falmouth
Minerva
Meridith
Charles‘Town
South Carolina
Kennington Common
Honeybone
Stones-End
Southwark
Coverley’s Fields
Whitechapel
Custom-House
Weaver
Dowgate
Ilington
William Dunkley
Hoxton
Norwich and Lynn
Barton- Mills
D’oyley
Hargham Sandy-lane
Northampton
Bryan Connell
Col. de Veil
Richard Brimley
Loutey Weedon
Elizabeth Warfon
Elizabeth Watson
Newgate
de Veil
Col. de. Veil
Norhampton
Rochester
John Seoans
Samuel Wakefield
William Bennet
Abraham Thorne
James Glover
Blackwall
Boulton
Wharlton
Carolina
London
St. Sebastian’s
London Gazette
Whitehall
Great Britain
Nathaniel Thorold
Harmston
County of Lincoln