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Eighteenth Century Notices From Downton to Saffron Walden
A fragment listing obituaries, legacies, and public notices from Wiltshire to London. It mentions a youth buried near Sir Charles Duncombe, Mrs Francklyn of Hampstead, Mr Philips the distiller, Sir William Perkins of Surrey, Edmund Ball of Saffron Walden, and other notables. It also reports Admiralty court actions on several ships, enjoins details of prize captures, and notes stock prices and financial interest from the South Sea era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Downton
Wiltshire
Charles Duncombe
Hampstead
Francklyn
Edgecomb
Notingham
Chertsey
Surrey
William Perkins
Henry Welton
King
Saffron- Walden
Essex
Edmund Ball
Ely
Thomas Rutherford
Haberdashers Company
Sir John James
Featherstone Buildings
Creshail
John
Batchelor
Mme
Christ- Church
Bethlem
St. George’s Hospitals
Cambridge
Tunstal
St. John’s College
Young
Trinity
Rochester
Admiral Vernon
New England
Dupres
St. Augustine
Windsor
Berkley
Jamaica
Marlborough
Hovin
Bladwell
St. Dominique
Domingo
Martin
Kingston
Claira
Guipuscoa
Trophine Andres
East Donnyland
Elizabeth
Harman
Page
Frances
Oporto
Brouht
Amsterdam
Lord Forrester
Biddiford