Remarkable Ecclesiastical and Legal Appointments at Westminster Hall
The article records a ceremonial swearing in of John Verney as Master of the Rolls, the seating of Comyns as Lord Chief Baron in Exchequer with Fortescue in Common Pleas, and Parker in Exchequer as Barons. It notes oaths for various officials, printers' recognizances, and appointments of train-bearers, plus an upcoming trial at the King’s Bench and naval and political notes from abroad. It also covers obituaries, local incidents, smuggling cases, robberies, a child assault case, fires, and a pirate report from New England with international shipping and convoyed grain and wine exports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westminster Hall
John Verney
Rolls
Justice Comyns
Court of Exchequer
Reynolds
Baron Fortescue
Court of Common-Pleas
Comyns
Serjeant Parker
Theaid Court
Justice Fortescue
Matthew Wright
Samuel Prime
Court of Common Pleas
Lloyd
King’s-Bench
Box
Willes
George Clarke
Swift
Baron Comyns
Collet
King’s Bench Bar
Westminnster
County of Bucks
John Dormer
Justice Fortescue Aland
the Admiralty
Haddock
Gravelines
Haberdasher’s
Stangate
Greenwich
Edmund Tannar
Westminster
Robert Weedon
Coldstream Regiment of Foot Guards
Charltom
Black Heath
John Baker Dowell
Somerfershire
Ware
Hertfordshire
George Hagger
Apat Place
Myddleton
Highgate
Thomas Holden
Aldersgate Street
Dice Key
John Lateward
Custom-house
St. John’s
Southwark
Eyres
Luce
Grand Pompar
St. Saviour’s
Tottenham Marsh
Edward Martin
Hackney
Stephen Ram
Church of England
George Neale
Barningham
County of
York
Chester
Charles Parker
Tirley
Gloucester
Cesson
William Huddleston
William Cornwallis
Chelmonderton
Suffolk
Norwich
Richard Mann
Idle
Edgel
Mason’s Hill
Bromley
Kent
White Hart Inn
Canterbury
Caleb Campbel
King’s Arms
St. Peter’s
Elizabeth Burton
Garking
Swallow Street
Sven
Scutt
Prince of Orange
New England
Boston
France
Portugal
West Indies
Cork
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Mattaire
Chatworth
Petersbourg
Sweden
Munich
Warsaw
Qeegakow
Peterwaradin
Bathaw
Bosnia
Ratfcha
Metrowitz 5
Baron Roth
Vienna
Francfort