Royal visit to Grimbergue ends with royal illness
Brussels reports the Prince and Princess of Orange arriving at Grimbergue Abbey on November 21. entertainments were hosted by nobles, but news of the Queen’s illness on the 28th caused alarm. Her Highness received bloodletting on the other arm, and plans were made to return to Breda at once. The Prince bade farewell to the archduchess and court officials before departure.
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Prince
Princess of
Orange
Grimbergue
Breda
Carolina Sloop Seized at Peterhead for Contraband Goods
Edinburgh reports from Sconehyve that the Carolina Sloop captained by Arthur Stark arrived last week after contrary winds and was detained with a cargo of 160 Ankers of brandy and gin, tea, canisters and sacks, soap, gunpowder, tobacco, wine, Dutch goods, sugar, paper, and various items. The value is not yet known.
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Edinburgh
Sconehyve
Arthur Stark
Peterhead
Geothe
Murder in Acornbury: Gunfire follows brawl over kettle
In Hereford on Thursday a Tinker and a Low-Gelder clashed with William Chaddock over a kettle at his Warren in Acornbury. A struggle ensued, guns fired, killing the Low-Gelder. Chaddock fled to Hereford for a surgeon and surrendered to the county gaol.
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Hereford
Taft
William Chaddock
Chaddock
Election of a President at St Bartholomew's Hospital
London news reports the unanimous election of John Barber Esq Alderman of Castle-Baynard Ward as President in place of the late Sir Richard Brocas. The item includes notes on royal and court affairs, society appointments, mercantile updates, lottery results, criminal inquiries, and local incidents from the period, with references to Tetuan, Segovia, and the Dutchess of Richmond and Marlborough.
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London
St. Bartholomew’s Hospital
Richard Brocas
Deceas
John Barber
Castle-Baynard
Tetuan
de Ripperda
Plato
Segovia
Gibraltar
Cottesbrooke
Northhamptonshire
John Langham
Bart
Cobham
Montagu
Maphy
St. Andrew’s
Royal Society
Princess Card ¥Ina
Meffieurs Gould
Nesbitt
Chariton
Chatham
Royal Yard
Iran
Ware
Jothan Albright
St. James’s Park
Buckingham Gate
Park-Place
St. James's-street
John
Jackson
King’s Kitchen
Anne
Wilefire
Pitcairne
Charing-Cross
Thomas White
Eig
Westminster
Newgate
Bath
Underhill
Richard‘Underhill
Hoanilow
Mortlack
Surrey
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Hans Sloane
George Lord Carpenter
John Machin
Martin Folkés
Jom Fortefcue
Riland ‘Mead
Aland
Kat
Hadley
Fechanicalortimer
Edmund
Halley
Cobelpetkpositichmona “Ab
James West
Silvanus Bevan
Charles Lord Cadogan
Charles Cavendish
John Evelyn
John Hamilton
James Lowther
James Hodgfort
William Sloane
Philip Earl Stanhope
Peter Collinson
Robert Paul
John Earies
Isaac. Rand
Roger. Gale
Alex
Btuart
Richard Graham
Reoin
George Graham
William N Jonesy
James’ West
Techofen Treathser
Jarhes’ Theobald, Etys
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