Entertaining Notices and Crimes from an 18th Century Diary
A collection of social and criminal notices from London and nearby towns. Marriages of notable figures include Mr Palmer of Aldermanbury to Moss Tibbalds of Surrey Street. Deaths include Gregory Westcombe and James Swain. Robberies, arrests, and transportations are reported, with local unrest over grain supplies and prices. Foreign news covers Port Rico prizes, ships and naval rumors. Returns show various public anxieties and legal actions alongside financial market excerpts.
Worthy Liverymen urged to back city candidates
To the Worthy Liverymen of London. The following Gentlemen having been put in nomination by a great majority at a General Meeting at Vintners Hall on Wednesday the 19th instant to represent the City in Parliament at the ensuing election viz The Right Hon. Humphry Parsons Lord Mayor Sir John Barnard Alderman Sir Rupert Gooschac Alderman and George Heathcote Esqr Alderman Your Votes and Interest are desired in their favour as Gentlemen zealously attached to King George his illustrious family and our happy constitution and strong defenders of liberties and rights of fellow citizens
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mel
Amery
Davis
Wewman
Enior
Finch
Pinkethman
Oyles
Brown
Sedgwick
Palmer
Aldermanbury
Moss Tibbalds
Surry-street
Baldwin
Castle- Heningham
Essex
Christ-Church
Newgate-Street
King
East-Street
Lyon-Square
Latt
Greenwich
Gregory Westcombe
His Majesty
Laft
Three-Crown- Court
Southwark
James Swain
Douglas
Covent-Garden
Mr. Fleming
Earl of Wigton
Great Marlborough-street
Colchester
Hythe
Scotland
John Stevens
Lady Stevens
Newgate
Anne Whitehead
William Godfrey
Hannah Prince
Daid
Justice Denner
Abraham Hancock
Scepney
William Barker
Newzate
Eecitz
London
John Barnard
Vintners Hall
Lewians
Humpury Parsons
Rupert Gooschac
George Heathcote
George
Denbigh
Bromfield
Yale
Anne
Welliam Williams, Bart
Deceas
Charles the
John Wynn
Williams Wynn and Williams aims for Denbigh seat in Parliament
A Denbighshire vacancy prompts Watkin Williams Wynn to offer as candidate for the county in Parliament and asks for votes rights. Separate letters from Richard Williams of Flint Ruthland Overton Caerwys Caergwoley and York citizens Richard Williams and Joan Lister Kaye go to borough voters supporting their candidacies in the ensuing election, dated 1749.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Watkin Williams Wynn
Flint
Ruthland
Overton
Caerwys
Caergwoley
Richard Williams
Also Mentioned on This Page
Elizabeth Martin
de Veil
Bealing
South Carolina
Santre
France
Porto Rico
Westfacie
Guernsey
Newfoundland
St. Sebastian’s
Santa Teresia
Boyer
Santa Cruz
Gibraltar
Leghorn
Celle
Emma-Susannah
Watts
Petersbourg
Downs
Read
Mediterranean
Finland
Haddock
South Sea
Algree Rdings
Humphry Parsons
Robert Godschall
Ipswich
Vernon
York
Joan Lister Kaye
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