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London News in the Week of Riots and Trials
Reports from Shoreditch and Ludgate Hill mention a chymist John Thomas seeking fine mitigation. Numerous informers target liquor violations under the Gin Act while the Society of Apothecaries warns of impostors. Oxford notes deaths and appointments at Worcester College and convocation. Prison sentences are handed to rioters and perjurers, with detailed capital and transportation outcomes. Additional items cover highway robbery, clerical distress, and naval affairs, including Captain Geddis and the Armadilla.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Thomas
Shoreditch
Society of Apothecaries
London
Churtcy Wardens
Ludgate-hill
Fleet- Ditch
Lord Arran
Oxford
Niblett
All-Souls College
Mortmain
Tanner
Bouchier
Holmes
Leybourn
Principality of Alban-Hall
Mather
Corpus Christi
Seippen
Brazen Note
St. John’s
Butler
Magdalen
Alderman Parsons
France
Bridewell
Yalden
Deceas
Nicholson
Gibbon
Hawkins
Old Baily
Thomas Patrode
Robert Mickey
Robert Page
Joshua Hall
William Orman Rod
Spittlefields
Abraham Wells
Susannah Wells
John Lyon
Bonner
Smithfield
Haswell
William Story
Newgate
Chapman
Tyson
William Rine
Charles Serjeant
Uxbridge
Samuel Morgan
Elizabeth Pulwath
Mary Campton
Howe
Mr. Green
Susannah
West Smithfield
Royal Exchange
Thappthe
Daniel Malden
Canterbury
Miss Warren
Polly Peachum
Mr. Nicholas
Mapp
Gerrard’s Cross
Lymington
Richard Gonnelly
Thresher
Strand
Chester
Aylesbury
Job Hanmer
County of Bucks
David Jenkins
Thomas Stafford
Robert Jefsop
Colu’De Veal
Bridewellias
Feloniouly
Mr. Dalby
Jessop
Jenkins
Richard Brocas
Constantine Cant
Virginia
Alderman Perry
Holland
Lisbon
Geddis
John Norris
Portugal
Cadiz
N.S
West Indies
Strasbourg
Styria
Tyrol