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London Evening Post

Location

London, Middlesex, United Kingdom

Date

May 02, 1738

Page

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Famine in Paris and Church Proclamations Reported

Letters from Paris describe famine devastations and a general counter nation in the city and countryside. The Bishop of Orleans bans ecclesiastics from cards, with a gate proclamation and an edict urging restraint on dice and games of chance. A service for the late Bishop of Montpellier honored his soul, noting his estate plan to aid the poor.

le Fleury Pondichery Paris Orleans Mount Calvary Montpellier M. de Torcy

Trial at Bar verdict for plaintiffs in King s Bench

London news reports a One o Clock verdict in a Chancery directed issue between the assigns of Sir Stephen Evans and Sir Bibye Lake with the plaintiffs winning. The bulletin also notes nobility gifts, estate sales, marriages, officer appointments, and various deaths and notices from the week.

Bar King’s Bench Stephen Evans Bibye Lake Duke of Montagu Dandridge Mediterranean Thomas Robinson Bart Excise Earl of Carlisle Italy Jas Duke of Ormond Duke of Beaufort

Robberies and assault reported in Stroud and Warwick fairs

From Gloucester and Coventry dated May 1 and May 2 details a stone mason Daniel Essex breaking into Thomas Kilminster's house in Stroud, stealing gold rings and other items, beating Kilminster's daughter, and injuring her arm. At Warwick Fair three people were robbed and a man murdered nearby. another victim was plundered by a highwayman for six pence, and another for seven pence.

Country News Gloucester Stroud Daniel Essex Thomas Kilminster Coventry Warwick Fair Stonely

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