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Marriages and deaths at court and notable society
The page records numerous aristocratic marriages and deaths including The Goid Gentleman to Miss Paget, the Right Hon. Christopher Wandsford dying of smallpox, Sir Cecil Wray's death, and other notable notices. It notes royal attendances, appointments, and various public and private deaths, with details on lineage, titles, and fundaments of estates. It reports political and legal appointments, licensing laws, and maritime and foreign news from Lisbon to Rome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Paget
Thomas Paget
Albemarle-street
Christopher Wandsford
Viscourt
Dhonas Lord Pelham
Firs Grace
Duke of Newcastle
George Naylor
Hurst Monceaux
Sussex
Daved Polhill
Orford
Kent
Henry Ball
Lincoln
John Shelley
Mickel Grove
Barr
Charles II
Viscount
Ireland
Anne
Kirklington
Yorkshire
St. James’s
Westminster
Hanover-street
Cecil Wray
Glentworth
Lincolnshire
Bart
Montagu
Manchester
Ancaster
Exeter
Abingdon
Sandwich
Halifax
Castleton
Thanet
James I
Sir William
Cecil
Mary
Edward Harrison
Morely
Antrim
Joanna
Taylor
Drumore
Downe
Conner
Fleet Prison
William Saunderson
Jones
St. Luke’s
Middlesex
Ald
West
Southgate
Cole
Whitechapel
Weldon
King’s Chapel
Henry Collins
Lockness
Burwash
Corhampton
Hampshire
Miss Venables
James Venables
Woodcote
Lord Somerville
Kircanbright
Thomas Rotherham
Much-Waltham
Effingham
Uhlen
Princess of Wales
Gotha
Helvertfluys
Greenwich
Hanover
Prince of Wales
Anspich
Margrave
Richard Thoresby
Smallhithe
Hammond
Deceas
d’Uffel
Saxe-Gotha
M. Weir
Anpach
Norwich
Timothy Balderstone
Ely
Jair Thomas Whitmore
Bridgnorth
Oxford
Miss Cape
Jonathan Cape
Brewern
Oxfordshire
Jonathan
Banbury
Earl of Cholmondeley
Duchy of Lancaster
Duke of Rutland
Thomas Winnington
Elq
Droitwich
Earl of Cholmondely
Treasury
John Campbell
County of Pembroke
Mr. Winnington
Admiralty
Joseph Moyle
Earl of ‘Strafford
Bennet
Aldborough
Suffolk
Fritton
Thomas Southwall le Grand
Regiment of Guards
Edward Urry
Thomas Stiles
Charles Hotham
Regiment of Dragoons
Maddin
Royal Regiment of Horse-Guards
William Irby
William Singleton
Handafyde
Foot
Richmond
Thomas Wycliffe
Waite
England
Michaelmas
Col
de Veil
Thomas White
Casey
Henry Godden
John Keep
Bridget Casey
Garrett Wilson
Col. de Veil
Newgate
Hampstead
Gooke Winford
Edward Millward
John Malabar
Henry Windsor
Madrid
Spain
Inquisition
Canterbury
Perfor
West-gate Gaol
Perfen
Ganterbury
Stradier
Epsom
Butler
Galloway
Prince Eugene
Vienna
la Vera Crux
N.S
Santa Rosa
Lisbon
John Norris
Rome