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Deaths and rumors mingle in a late 18th century notice
A long list of obituaries and dispatches recounts deaths including Mrs Knapton and Lady Calverley, with heirs and marriages noted. Reports from the Hague and Madrid describe royal visits, proclamations, ship losses, robberies, and criminal cases. News from Edinburgh, Lisbon, Cadiz, Genoa, and Corsica note deserters, port trials, and military movements, all reflecting a world in flux.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Casion
Temple Church
Samuel Corber
Samuel Knapton
Knapton
Pancras
Calverley
Bradford
West Riding of Yorkshire
Lady Calverley
Walter Calverley
William Blackett
Newcastle
Julia
Christopher Conyers
Hornden
Durham
Richard Lord Viscount Lumley
Waterford
Ireland
Earl of
Scarborough
Blackett
William
William Thompson
London
Barons of the Exchequer
Isfne
Walter
Jennings
Palmer
Graves
Westminster Abbey
Jones
Kent-street
Laft
St. Mary Magdalen
Grave
Clifford’s Inn
Boyle
Warwick
Samuel Garth
Col. Boyle
Henry Boyle
House of Commons
The
Hague
Prince of Orange
Frederick Elector Palatine
King of Bohemia
David Jones
Oliphant Stairs
Rotherhith
Coupar
Minn-2 Shert
Agre
Antrim
Porteous
Matthew King
Holyrood-house
Middleton
Canongate Tolbooth
Thomas Lane
Hampstead
Savage
Brookly
Kent
Lisbon
Brazil
Rio de Janeiro
Catalonia
Barcelona
Bayonne
Madrid
Montijo
N.S
Cadiz
la Vera Cruz
Genoa
Corsica
Baron de Neuhof