Wigton Meeting Contested over Cumberland Election
A Cumberland freeholders’ dispute centers on Wigton's August 31 meeting to choose parliamentary candidates. The author disputes Curwen and Fletcher claims, asserts Duke of Portland’s influence, and defends Sir Gilfrid Lawson and Senhouse while criticizing alleged unanimous lists and peer involvement in the county election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
GravieMen
Wigton
Curwen
Fletcher
Corwen
Cumperlanp
Cumberland
Robert Johnsstone
King’s Arms
William Daldon
Henry Curwen
William Hafell
Jo. Dacre
William Milbourne
Tim. Fetherstonehaugh
Philip Musgrave
Duke of Portland
Mr. Curwen
John Pennington
Gilfrid Lawson
Senhouse
Wiggon
Faé&S
Wicton
Commons
Duke of Devonshire
England
Faé&Ts
Major Senhouse
Sun Tavern
London
Bren Lery Iliberal
18th Century Bank and School Notices and Estates
Royal and financial notices printed in 1767 outline transfer book closures for the Navy and 41 percent annuities, celebration of gratitude to Freeholders, and calls to elect a Second Master at King Edward the Sixth Grammar School Macclesfield. Also notices for estate claims against Richard Bayne and Richard Browne with executors named and payment directions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bank of England
George III
Edward the Sixth
Macclesfield
County of Chester
Jones
Atkinson
Richard Browne
Cranbrooke
Kent
Walton Upon Trent
Derby
John Browne
Snow-hill
Birmingham
Hoskins and Fowler
Burton Upon Trent
Staffordshire
Stray Dark Bay Gelding Recovered Reward Offered at Pinner
Saas the grounds of Matthew Fearne at Pinner near Harrow on the Hill, a five year old dark bay cart gelding, fifteen hands high with a star in his forehead and white hind feet, the dock of tail longer than usual. A Guinea reward plus reasonable charges promised for recovery by Matthew Fearne.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tolen
Saas
Matthew Fearne
Pinner
Harrow
County of
Middle
Jesuit silver sale and monastic restraints across Europe
A Baltic to Rome letter notes the Jesuit general secures leave to sell up to 40,000 crowns of silver plate to fund Portuguese Jesuits and cover debts. Count de Firmian orders monasteries to report assets and forbids new priests without sovereign approval. Plantation updates report Governor Grant and Brigadier General Halden establishing a monthly post between St Augustine and Pensacola via St Mark Apalachee, and Captain James Edward Powell takes Fort George on Cockspur Island after John Simpson becomes clerk of the Assembly. Also news of Campbell Dalrymple’s death in Grenada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flanders
Rome
Milan
Count de Firmian
Plantation
Charles Town
South Carolina
John Simpson
Commons House of Assembly
Roseau
Dominica
Grenada
Campbell Dalrymple
King’s Own Regiment of Dragoons
Guadaloupe
Dublin Hibernian Silk Warehouse elects president Towns hend
RELAN OD Dublin reports Lady Viscountess Towns hend elected President of the Hibernian Silk Warehouse on Nov 4. Lord Frederick Campbell elected MP for Thomastown in Kilkenny, replacing the late Alexander M'Aulay Eig. Lord Lieutenant and Archbishop receive honors. Whiteboy violence reported. bridges at Macroom and Slane broken by flood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Relan
Dublin
Viscountess Townshend
Hibernian Silk Warehouse
Frederick Campbell
Thomastown
Kilkenny
Alexander M‘aulay Eig
St. Werburgh’s
Earl of Belamont
Ben. Burton
Francis Price
S Revenue
Whiteboys
Patrick Murphy
Garoyduff
Gowran
Corke
Macromp
Slane Bridge
Notable Obits and University Appointments Across Regions
Brief notices from Clifton to Worcester and Liverpool report the death of Lady Cann in Clifton, arrivals of nobility in Bath, and several Oxford Cambridge university appointments and resignations. Other items note a city herring seizure in Worcester, shipwrecks near Holyhead, and a clay pit find in Benacre, Suffolk.
Theft and livestock loss plus local marriages and deaths
Rear 400 pieces of silver coin chiefly Edward I and II. Tokens taken to Sir Chomac Gooch who rewarded honesty. In Woodton Norfolk over 200 sheep killed in fortnight. two mongrel dogs blamed. Samuel Wood D D died aged about 80 after long ministry in the Congregational Church. Northampton notices a marriage at Adderbury Oxfordshire Hawtry Huckell to Kitty Grant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward I
Edward II
London
York
Dublin
Chomac Gooch, Bart
Woodton
Norfolk
Samuel Wood
Congregational Church
Northampton
Adderbury
Oxfordshire
Hawtry Huckell
Bodicot
Kitty Grant
Adderbary
Ships Arrive and Sail in Late November Thames Port
Portnew 6S Cowes and Deal report arrivals and sailings from London and various harbors. Several vessels bound for Jamaica, South Carolina, Cadiz, Africa, and Dublin enter or depart the Dover/Cowes area as wind shifts and downings affect movements. Numerous names and destinations listed with outbound and inbound ships including True Briton, Morant Planter, Jane, Britannia, and many more.
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Portnew
Cowes
Cowes Road
Thames
Laird
Hay
Catharine
Rose
Jamaica
Carolina
White
South Carolina
London
Portmouth
Spithead
Nero
Alsop
Onega
Cadiz
Celia
Clark
Prince
Tomlinson
Nancy
Key
Albany
Cowling
Africa
Elizabeth
Davis
Bourdeaux
Mary
Loader
Eddington
Longstaff
Dublin
Antelope
Gray
Gibraltar
Endeavour
Green
Cesar
Knight
Deal
Downs
Jane
Smith
Britannia
Oporto
Britton
Cockburn
Leghorn
India
Boyce
S. W
Morant Planter
Power
Burbay
Spencer
Tillet
New York
Sloucester
Rogers
Newnham
Drake
Owel
Bristol
Stangate Creek
Royal progress and city pageantry in London
Yesterday morning his Majesty rode to Richmond to view the Prince of Wales and the two young Princes who will remain there before winter. Tomorrow the Duke of Cumberland moves to Cumberland House Pall Mall. The new Lord Mayor Thomas Harley led a grand civic procession to Westminster and the Exchequer, then to Guildhall for a ceremonial oaths and entertainments, with Tin-plate and Clockmakers Companies joining as new Liveries. Earl of Northington arrived from the Grange amid reports of a grand Council and the Earl of Eglington resigning as Lord of the Bedchamber.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lon Don
Richmond
Prince of Wales
Duke of Cumberland
Leicester-house
Pall-Mall
Cumberland House
Thomas Harley
Westminster
Exchequer
Blackfriars
Guildhall
Clockmakers Company
Earl of Northington
Lincoln’s Inn Fields
Grange
Earl of Eglington
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James LowTyeEr
Hertfordshire
Cornhill
Richard Bayne
Ripon
County of York
William Bayne
Alexander Mackrabie
Star-Court
Bread-Street
Haberdasher
King’s Arms Tavern
Swinsco
Blore
Stanford
Ashburn
Samuel Goodwin
Swinsco Moor
Hodgson
Athborn
Mr. Scott
Doveridge
Uttoxeter
Brifil
Clifton
Lady Cann
Robert Cann
Bath
Earl of Barrymore
Richard Mills
Meredith
Lord Bertie
Harriot Vernon
Langley
Thomas
Alden
Hill
Dean Paul
Oxford
Nicholson
Queen’s College
Fothergill
Queen's
John Swinton
Christchurch
Francis Wise
Trinity College
Cambridge
Caius College
Marriott
Trinity Hall
King’s Advocate-General
Rutherforth
Essex
Earl of Hardwicke
Shenfield
Brinkley
St. John’s College
Worcester
Liverpoole
Jeffe
Briggs
Marshall
St. Kitt’s
Holyhead
Nelly
Halfail
Phoenix
Bishop
Royal George
Mogadore
Margaret
Turner
Malaga
Good Intent
Prouting
Ditto
Plymouth
John
Hornsby
Milford
Dispatch
Allen
Barbadoes
Success
Cook
Newfoundland
Dartsmouth
Sally
Bailey
Melcombe
Hewlet
Pool
Charlotte
Brett
Cheeseman
Racehorse
Lle
Pocock
S. Carolina
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