News from Europe and the Levant Amid War Preparations
Reports from Cadiz Cartagena and Barcelona describe British merchant ships evading a Spanish interception as Admiral Haddock patrols Mallorca and Minorca. May updates note Spain's fleet builds and Swedish intrigues while Balchen and Taube deploy forces to Finland and Carelport.
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Carthagena
Levant
Haddock
Majorca
Minorca
Madrid
Vis
Alicant
Barcelona
Count de Grimes
Hambourg
Stockholm
Finland
Admiral Taube
Carelfcrport
Bayonne
John de
Galicia
Ferrol
Balchen
Ireland May 13 Right Rev Lord Bi Palling Great Seal
Dublin reports the Great Seal is being palled with Vetréts Patents appointing the Right Reverend Lord Bishop to a high office. The notice records a formal ecclesiastical appointment and the involvement of the Great Seal in the process.
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Ferns
Leighlin
Elphin
Howard
Stone
Leighin
Uther’s Key
Charles Steuart
Henry Singleton
Reynolds
Common-Pleas
England
Boleyn Whitney, Esq
Thomas Tennison
Mr. Whitney
Dublin
Lord Bi
Notable Deaths and Marital Alliances Across England
London's press records the deaths of Stephen Williams Ef a noted physician and Courtney Croker Ely, with interment planned in Cornwall and a lamented civic spirit. Lord Dudley and Ward dies at Himley, with titles and estates passing to Ferdinando Dudley Lea and John Ward. Lady Delme dies in childbirth after Smallpox. Letters from India report a 150 million sum seized from the Great Mogul. A Yorke marriage links the Hardwick lineage to Campbell, with hints of a dowry and peerage implications.
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Stephen Williams
Cornwal
St. Tew
Lynam
Thig Town
Courtney Croker
Ely
Vernon
West-Indies
Himley
Staffordshire
Dudley and Ward
Dudley
Dudley Castle
Baron Ward
Birmingham
Ferdinando Dudley Lea
Grange
Salop
Ward
John Ward
Sedgley Park
Stafford
Esg
Newcastle
Grosvenor’s-Sywire
Peter Delme
Ludgershall
Wilts
Sir John Shaw
Eltham
Kent
Barr
India
Madrass
Thanyas Kouli Kan
Bendes
William Galloway
Yorke
Lord Hardwick
Great Britain
Miss. Campbell
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Holland
Cadix
Utrecht
Spele NS
Duke of
Newca
Laeer
M. Mo. Wiis
Sicilies
Hague
Europe
France
Gallipoly
Finch
Sweden
Petersbourg
Ireland
London
Plymouth
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