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London Riot Refusal and Naval Dispatches Chronicle
London report details the Lord Mayor’s ascension to the Hustings, delays by the Livery, and Townsend sworn in, with Westminster swearing in. It notes letters from Paris Brest and Naples about naval matters, shipwrecks near Whitby and Yarmouth, and the St Charles wreck. A trial in the Beldy Hill lead-mines case is described, followed by marriages and deaths in London and surrounding areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crosby
Roffeter
Bull
Plomer
Sheriilly &c
Gui'dhal
Nath
James Townsend
Wilkes
Whitby
Two Brothers
Sunderland
William Hurford
Hurford
Swan
Dunkirk
Joseph Cherry
London
Yarmouth Haven
Farley
Cook
Antigua
St. Kitt’s
St. Charles
Dieppe
Roger Sevillian
Malaga
Amsterdam
Sedtown Beach
Lyme Regis
Dorsethire
Lord Pomfret
Mr. Smith
Beldy Hill
King’s Bench
Westminster
Lord Bransfeld
Justice Willes
Smith
Powgate-hill
Miss Reeves
Renier
Carey-street
Miss Marshal
Marshal
Sts Clement's Church-Yard
Hilton
Ludgate Hil
Scot
Eff
X-Street
Calais
Myddleton
Richard Myddleton
Chirk Castle
Denbighshire
Denbigh
Edmonton
James Pool
Jefferson
Tottenham High Cross
Chelica
Thos Iolacs