Windsor Fordif Ascot Races 1762 Entry Details
The Windsor Fordif meeting at Ascot on June 8 1762 includes four and five year olds in heats for plate prizes with weights and entries from noblemens and Yeomen Prickers plates. Entries open before noon with subscriptions for subscribers and non subscribers, certificates required, and races scheduled for six year olds mares and aged horses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Windsor Fordif
Aso
Haneamen and Yeomen
Gerclemens
Royal
Sur
James Lowcher
Jenison Shaftoe
N.B
Spnning-hill Wells
de Cour
Wiie
Young Driver and Old Driver Stallion Advert
A horse sale notice from Barnet Hertfordshire describes the chestnut colt Young Driver, four years old, by Old Driver out of a Snip dam, with grandam by Partner. Old Driver, famed for 29 wins and major premiums, is offered for covering at One Guinea and One Shilling per mare while the unnamed bay stallion also covers mares. The advert extols breeding value, grass care, and published price lists, with references to matches and subscriptions at Newmarket and Stockport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bichata
Woodgreen
Beardley
Marshalls
Lilly
Luton
Bedfordshire
J AX
Mr. Panton
Grab
Lord Onslow
Slamerkin
Firerail
Devonshire
Newmarket
N.B
Mars
Heber
E.c
V. E
Boas
Barnet
Hertforbire
Snip
Grandam
Northampton
Geikin Ane
Accideng
Driver
Saidwich
Snap
York
Stockcon
Alfa
Bible and Sun
St. Pauls
Ramesses
Track and Horse Sales Advertisement Fragments
A garbled antiquated sale notice lists horses and servants for sale at various markets in Hertfordshire Essex and Essex bound locales. Mentions Sampson the grey hunter and Forester chestnut with lineage claims, prices per mare and man, and payments at the stable. References Ware Stortford Walden markets and prior season sales data.
Multiple Properties Sold by Auction in Kent and Sussex
The notice advertises sale by auction on April 13 at Star Tun Mudstone Kent of three undivided fourth parts of cottages and premises including a house shop stable and garden renting at various sums. Also advertised is sale on April 5 at George Inn Battle Sussex of three fourths of lands totaling 16 acres with a barn and seven acres held by tenants at will, all freehold and in Battle and adjoining Maidstone. For details contact Messrs Prim and John Panson in Charng Rew Westminster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mudstone
Kent
Parfefisid
Walter Poff
Willen Feekins
John Brunfie
Kit
Acirl
George Inn
Battle
Sufflex
Edward Drery
Lady Dey
Unclear warship report from Gosport voyage fragment
Fragmentary OCR notes describe vessels with 40 guns under Capt Jer vois amid Basque coast activity. The governor vows to use all means to heighten security and counter reported threats, aiming to deter “deftroyine the for sifications” and defend forts and positions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corky
Begy
Jefty
Gosport
Jer Vois
Port News: March 30 Shipping Arrivals and Losses
Port News reports ships arriving and sailing from various ports. Vessels include Nightingale Hunter Otter Philippa Maitland Illenaty from Monti Christi Wind S. W. also Cotves Mary Oxford Providence Dove Endeavour Green King George Netto n Plymouth. Arrivals include Vulture Tobias Young General Townshend Success Mary Industrious Packet Bird Hungerford Shepherd British King Rainbow Lion Jouanna Gally Roy M Kerry Little Robin and more. The Mercury from Jamaica to Bristol is left off Youghall with captain and mate drowned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port News
Deal
Nightingale
Hunter
Otter
Philippa
Maitland
Illenaty
Monti Christi
S. W
Cotves
Mary
Oxford
London
Jamaica
Providence
Dove
Campvere
Southampton
Endeavour
Green
Plymouth
King George
Netton
Clark
New York
Bristol
Young
Tobias
Marcus
Hambro
Ditto
Townshend
Bungery
Pittaqua
Guadalupe
Success
Wallis
Cork
Hay
Carter
Gibraltar
Marseilles
Guernsey
Southamipton
Bird
Miller
Virginia
Liverpool
Hungerford
Shepherd
Gray
Oe Rainbow
Osborn
Philadelphia
Belfast
Lion
Heatly
Falmouth
Naples
Jouanna Gally
Lind
St. Lucar
Roy M.kerry
Ivy
Little Robin
Mudge
Newfoundland
Corunna
Mercury
Macintosh
Youghall
Political Turmoil and Naval Movements Across Europe
Reports from London describe ministers' divisions over Danish negotiations as Pitt waits on the Duke of Cumberland. Italy and Holstein news hint at shifting alignments and looming pacification chances. Copenhagen and Hamburg relay troop movements and naval deployments, with British vessels and privateers active along the coast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
William Pitt
Duke of Cumberland
Friends of Peace
Germany
Italy
Bologna
Hamburgh
Danisfi
Holstein
Lubec
His
Sts James’s Park
Gravesend
Prince of Beverr
Lisbon
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Leweston
Sherborne
Tivo
Swymmer
N. B
Thomas Gough
Sale
Cheshire
Stockport
Joan Ci
Brent Pelham
Hertwe Fix
Bibop
Stortford
Buntingford
Paest
Sampson
Richard
Ware
Stortford and
Walden
Snaresbrook
Essex
Forester
White Turk
Dodsworth
Yarm
Hull
Follifoot
Crofts
Chetter
Conway
Holyhead
Totty
Holywell
Flindhire
Norman
Axton
High Court of Chancery
Thomas Harris
Lincoln's Inn
Tueday
Fife
Dart
Margaret Lady Dowager Darcy
Ingleton
Durham
Jett
Péter Jamson
Bolam
Jamson
Gainford
John Simpson
Gol
William Langstaff
Thornsby
Broad Street
Gheapside
James
Chomion
Reid
Milde
Leif
Paris
Zaloy
Irig
Beari
Darpe
Duke Dé Cheifsait
Negret d’Erigny
Lee
New Haven
Beachy Head
Chace
Folkstone
Ime
France
Downs
fe’Knight
Shoreham
Gilbert Hutchins
David and
Elizabeth
John Jennery
Les
Burford
Gibbons
South-Carolina
Bayoline
Monte Chist
Amsterdam
St. Malo
John
Famts
Joyce
Liftos
Catt
His Majesty’s
Cruize
William Ward
St. Kites
Bayonne
Tong
Ward
Ladnceston
Lord‘ Marham
Bedgharhber
Earl of Pembroke
William Rawlinson Earle
Newport
Hants
Admiral Hulmes
John Hamilton
New Galloway
Whitehorn
Seduland
Keith Stewant
Richard Dobson
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