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Earls Ship Arrives in River Lands Goods at Somerset House
A Wednesday night arrival brought the Earl of Essex and his retinue to the River with a rich equipage. Goods were ordered onto lighters for landing at Somerset House until his lordship settles in town early next week. Reports also recount cures performed by Mrs Mapp at the Grecian Coffee-house and a tea seizure sale at the Custom House. Additional items include ship movements of East India Company fleets, court notices, and various trials and proclamations from Lisbon to Brecon. Three Frenchmen await possible reprieve for carrying enslaved people. Duke of Dorset and other vessels bound for Asia and the Indies were listed by the Court of Directors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl of Essex
Somerset House
Mapp
Epsom
Devereux Court
Wardour Street
Soho Square
Hans Sloane
Richard Manningham
East-India ‘Company
Sussex
Francis Gosling
Harrison
Matthew Martin
Winchester
Richard Sheppard
China
Royal Guardian
Benjamin‘ Hoadley
Madrass
Wilmington
Charles Maffey
Lyell
John Acton
Newcastle
Richard ‘Crabb
Heathcore
Jonathan Cape
Bombay
Princess
Louisa
Richard Pennell
Bedford
William Wells
Nottingham
Ralph Farr-Witer
Bengal
Morrice
Mason
Pidgeon
Jamaica
London
West India
Martinique
Barbadoes
Tts
Geddis
John Norris
Lisbon
Antigua
St. Kitts
Portugal
Brecon
Richard Garter
Henry Proctor
Margaret Mitchell
Shrewsbury
Robert Collet
William Gwyn Vaughan
John William John
Thomas Philip Jenkins
Harry Price
Bonner
Don Emanuel
Madrid
Mary
Spurritl
Thatche
Hudson’s Bay
Coates
Straits
Spurrill
Topsham
Pike Mafter
Cadiz
Fof Podl
Weston Mafter
Newfoundland
Sallee Rover
England
Lisbox
Zealand
Serene
Prince of