Dated notices of deaths and assorted 18th century events
Yesterday died after a lingering illness at his house opposite Wapping Chapel Mr Ray a noted Victualler of ships. Mrs Molesworth widow of a brick lane dyer left her very rich. A watchmaker Mr Differer died suddenly while speaking to a workman. Sailors report illicit practices by Admiralty officers on the Western Coast. A foot race from Highgate to Barnet ended with an Irish winner. Excise informers questioned. authorities disciplined. A storm-damaged Blood House at Stamford Hill caused fatal injuries. A jailed barber Jemmy the King's Barber died after leaping from a window. A man found dead near New Cross, cause unclear. Counterfeiters and highway robbers face justice at Derby and Aylesbury Affizes. Rochester and Salisbury sentences recorded. Imports and exports noted, along with stock prices and fiscal updates from the London market. Notes from Cadiz and Madrid discuss potential treaties with Britain and Spain. Church appointments and mail arrivals observed.
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Wapping Chapel
Ray
Molesworth
Brick Lane
Differer
St. Paul’s
Woodtreet
His Majesty
Admiralty
Woolf
Foo
Earl of Angleser
Highgate
Barnet
Stamford-Hill
James Davis
Jemmy
Marshalsea
Delor
Deptford
Derby
Seven Stars
Foots-Cray
Kent
Tawa
John White
Dartford
Sussex
Farmingham
Aylesbury
County of
Bucks
Publick to Sell Engines and Silk Mills at Derby
The Publick may be informed that in a short time three capital engines and all the silk mills will be disposed of by Sir Thomas Lombe at Derby for winding spinning and wilting of the finest Italian raw silks. Interested parties may contact Lady Lombe at her House in the Ola Fury or Mr Selwyn in Paternofter Row for details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Lombe
Derby
Lombe
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John Cubbage
Verditt
Rochester
Sarum
Henry Coulthurst
Melkhham
Coulthurst
Salisbury
Melksham
Portugal
Fife
Scotland
Cadiz
Carthagena
Havannah
Buenos Ayres
Madrid
N.S
Joseph de la Quintana
Supreme Council of the Indies
Stephen Joseph de Abama
Spain
Keene
Castres
Great Britain
London Gazette
Whitehall
Thistlewaite
Arriv
France
South Sea
New South Sea Annuities
Bank
Prem
India
Royal Exchange Assurance
London
Ditro
Mine Adventure
Shrewsbury
Roth of Jane
Bre-deys
Ravenan Shrewsbury
Woll
Home, &c
Deeping Fenn
White Hart
Spalding
County of Lincoln
Fuci
Baskerville
Wrayfoury
County of Bucks
Staines
Colnbrook
Winifor
Finnery
James Gooding Saddler
Lachie Royal
Mirre Coure
Fleettreet
John Barrett
White Hare
Windsor
Kelion
Burhind
Staniford
William Bristowe
Denture
Stamford
Essex
Birchin
Jane
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