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Races and civic events span Gravesend to Newmarket tales
A dense chronicle reports elections and entertainments in Gravesend and Saffron Walden, race results at Holt and Newmarket, with nobles and gentry noted among spectators. It also notes a Cork to Jamaica provisioning voyage, drunken arrests, trials, and obituaries, plus international dispatches from Lisbon, Madrid, Genoa, and Francfort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alderman Philips
Collumbe
Venner
Gravesend
John Oakes
Saffron-Walden
Essex
Alderman Brown
William Winstanley
Holt
Norfolk
Leath
Gazette
Cafar
Pesz
Mr. How
Mr. Curtis
Mr. Malkin
Squirrel
Lord Walpole
Diamond
Mr. Ryley
Leopard
Mr. Brier
Wheney
Newmarket
Duke of Bridgwater
Earl of Portmore
Lord Gower
Call
Duke of Leeds
Royal Regiment of Foot
Earl of Orkney
Jaf
Spittlefields
John Starkey
Christ Hospital
Elizabeth Reynolds
Deceas
Alfo
Hertford
Thomas Smith
Blackwell Hall
Deputy Tomlinson
Leadenhall
Joseph Waite
Fen
Thomas Lloyd
Bronwith
Cardiganshire
St. Marganet’s Church
Westminster
Lloyd
Penpedwyft
Pembrokeshire
Herbert Windsor
Viscount Windsor
Dirty-lane
Golden-Square
Borde
New Bond-street
William Morrison
Board of Green-Cloth
Thomas Read
Horn
Earl of Alex
San Benito
Campo Major
Madrid
Spain
Genga
Levant
Smyrna
Francfort
Ryswick
Germany
Nimiron