Maritime News From Sheerness and Dover in May 1737
Marquess de Grey sails from Sheerness with the king's party, reported arrival at Helvoetsluis. Weddings include William Bridgen to Mrs. Nutt and John Comyns to Mrs. Hallet. Dover reports corn export protests and price rise for bread. Local offices change hands as Nathaniel Cleveland is named Tide-Surveyor. Notable trials and executions proceed at Old Bailey, with multiple arrests, transports, and a Not Guilty verdict for Rochford Fitzgerald. Fleet actions include French and Spanish privateer activity off Ireland, Jamaica, and Morlaix. Financial markets show South Sea stock shifts and various government securities. Huntingdon political meeting announced for election candidates.
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Marquess de Grey
Sheerness
Helvoerfluys
William Bridgen
John Comyns
Lincoln’s Inn
Baron Comyns
St. Paul
Hallet
Highlands
Essex
Dover
Lords of the Treasury
Nathaniel Cleveland
Tidewaiver
Jenkins
London
Gudgeon
East India Company
Seething Lane
Commissioners of Excise
Jaft
Hatton Garden
Brook Bridges
Channel Row
Westminster
Porter
Tower of London
Privy Council
Duke of Devonshire
Duke of Newcastle
Duke of Richmond
Earl of Pembroke
Earl of Fitzwalter
Earl of Way
Earl of Avercorn
Viscount Torrington
Sidney Beauclerc
Robert Walpole
Christ’s Hospital
Cary
Elizabeth Lloyd
Moody
Newgate
Guildhall
Kitson
Henley Upon Thames
Piccadilly
Western Mail
Creake
Naga
Southwerk
John Lade
John Clark
Jack the Catcher
Anne Armstrong
William Costern
Arthur Bethel
Rochford Fitzgerald
Melff- Knight
Snuttleworth
Willian Fortescue
Justice Parker
Baron Wright
Philibert
Resolution
Bagwell
Bombay
Bengal
Fleury
Vernon
Carthagena
Dublin
Ladds
Madeira
Jamaica
N. S
St. the Nativity
White
Cork
Bourdeaux
St. Sebastian
Samuel Baynard
Beston
St. Jee
Llanda
Charles Town
New- England
Commada
Thompson
Flanders
Holland
Falmouth
Morlaix
Mountsbay
Lizard
Horse thief notice near Grosvenor Square in London
A rewarded notice seeks a horse stolen from Stephen Roberts on Three Hannah street near Grosvenor Square. The mare is described as a bright bay with a black tail and mane, white hind feet, two white hind saddles, and a cinn’d mark. A reward of one guinea is offered for the horse’s return. The thief is a boy about nine years old.
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Blandford
Joe Waaseey
Keith
Dorset
St. Michael
Perrson
Stephen Roberts
Pau
Grosvenor Square
Isle Mans
Paporcelianes
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Great Britain
Spain
Bank
Prem
India
Royal Exchange Assurance Go
County of
Huntingdon
George Inn
Middlesex
Made
Hicks’s Hall
Brentford-Bridge
Thomas Northcote
Hicks’s-Hall
Northcote
Micks’s-Hall
Fune
Joseph L Rlate
Warwick
Reneesier
Chapman
Ofhus
Barthol
Pomeroy
Linten
Artholomewe Place
Linnen- Draper
Agignees Choten
Gommissson