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Meads Counsellor Meads Death and Royal Pageantry
The fragment recounts the corpse of Counsellor Mead carried from Lincoln's Inn to Temple Church, with mourners and officials in gown speeds. It notes resignations of Middlesex coroner George Rivers Ey, the royal visit plan to Richmond, Easter rituals at St James's, and upcoming horse races near Newmarket and Bridgwater. It also mentions marriages, a vicarage presentation, and political moves against the Excise, plus naval pay details and a drowning accident on the River Ouse.
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Exchequer
Mig Dive
Mead
Lincoln’s Inn
Temple Church
Allington
Lurwych
Peere- Williams
Guidott
Fazakerly
Clive
Mr. Mead
Parry
George Rivers
London
John King
Knights Companions
Order of the Garter
St. James’s
Prince of Wales
Princess Royal
Caroline
Gilbert
Exeter
York
Lord Delawar
Richmond
Hampton Court
the Prince of Wales
Newmarket
Duke of Bolton
Earl of Portmore
Duke of Bridgwater
Lord Lonsdale
Thomas Hanmer
Ely
Bart
Viscount Percival
Stourton
Lord Stourton
Worth Joo
Pet Annian
House of Commons
Common Council
Colley Cibber
Company of Comedians
John Highmore
Admiralty
Ghaypélle
Woolwich
Broad-street
Princess Amelia
Berwick
Royal Oak
Portsmouth
Norfolk
Plymouth
Swallow
Mediterranean
Stewart
Owie