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Fragmented 18th Century Notes on Society and Events
A garbled mix of society notices, births, marriages, deaths, legal actions, and local happenings. Mentions a noble mechanism praised as a fine piece of work, church sermon timing, civic appointments, marriages in Carshalton, deaths of a Spanish merchant and a warehouse keeper, a coroner’s inquiry into a newborn found dead, and various notices from London and beyond including weather, floods, and proposed canal projects. Includes references to religious figures, hospitals, and ongoing disputes among city professionals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Certein
Lady Blount
Walter Blount
George Moreton
Biddersley
Shropshire
Joddrel
Law
Goxerpor Law
Roches
di Ap Taert
Her
Sodged
John Hippisley
Whitefield
York
Thirk
Yarm
Hartlepool
Stokely
Sunderland
Newcastle
Westminster New- Lying In
Westminster Bridge
James Ford
Albemarle -Street
Abraham W. Humphreys
New Palace Yard
Westminster
Warwick-lane
Thaursday
Dudgeon
Alderman Crosby
Guildhall
Westminster-hall
Vulcan
Kent
Blackheath
Brentford
Staffordshire
Carshalton
Walton
John Grant
Bia
Gilbert
Salisbury
Richardson
Crane Court
Fleet Street
Tottenham
John Weyland
Erchant
Robert Day
Hon
Bat India Company
Snaffles
Manship and Wilkins
Cheapside
Farmer Nicholls
St. Creed
Cornwall
Mary Nicholls
Launceston Gao