News from Holland and European affairs in brief
Yesterday arrived the mail from Holland. The king of France remitted 1 500 000 livres to indemnify the city for siege damage and sent another 750 000 livres for the same purpose. Reports say the Emperor plans to crown the Great Dutchess of Tuscany Queen of Hungary next year after a Diet at Presbourg. The Great Duke prepares gifts while the Dutchess is said to be pregnant, possibly delaying her journey to Tuscany. News from Hungary notes Count de Seckendorff encamped near Zokal with troops awaiting Saxon forces. Lobkowitz in Transylvania to bolster the Emperor. Gentry volunteers join the war effort and offer to fund further incursions against the Turks. Confirmed union between Gaunt de Bernes and the Turks. Bradstreet attended from Carpenters Hall as polls closed with Alderman Pearson leading.
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France
Vienna
Tuscany
Hungary
Presbourg
Madrid
Count de Fuenclara
Spain
Count de Seckendorff
Zokal
Gaunt de Bernes
Irish Elections Record In Dublin and Borough Seats
Ireland news notes several MPs elected or chosen for Dublin and nearby boroughs. Ian Taylor is elected MP for Trim in place of the late Sir Thomas Taylor. William Richardson wins for Somerseat in Derry and Loftus Hume for Bannow. In Dublin elections at Stationers Hall Alderman Pearson and peers gather amid ceremony and debate.
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Dublin
Price
Goodwin
Kilmore
Ian Taylor
Trim
Thomas Taylor
William Richardson
Somerseat
Bannow
Tholfel
French
Deceas
Nathaniel Peasson
Simon Bradstreet
Pearson
Stationers Hall
Reverend Gard appointed to Ashwater living in Devon
In Exeter dated October 13 the Rev John Gard rector of Virginstow is presented to the living of Ashwater following the death of the late incumbent Muchale. His Oriental language learning gains him esteem from his patron who also presents William Brown to Bradford. Thornbury patronage grants Jones the living. Norwich, OG. 22.
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Country News
Exeter
John Gard
Virginstow
Ashwater
Muchale
Gard
William Brown
Bradford
Thornbury
Jones
Norwich
St. Giles’s Gates
Canterbury
Thomas Newsham
Westgate
Legitimacy Determined in Canterbury Court for George Richards
The Prerogative Court of Canterbury heard the case on the legitimacy of George Richards and determined he is legitimate. He was admitted and sworn administrator of his late father George Richards of Longbredy Dorser as son and only child, confirming two prior Westminster Hall trials.
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London
Canterbury
George Richards
Longbredy
Dorser
Ey Deceas
Bar
Westminster Hall
Last Week News Roundup from Cheshire and London
Notices from Namptwich Cheshire report the death of Mrs Wilbraham wife of Roger Wilbraham Esq and daughter of Sir Thomas Brooke Bart portraying her as humane charitable and virtuous. Letters from Boulogne mention a famed counsellor Justice seen in France accused of vanity and dishonesty. Changes at Richmond Herald and Bramsfield rectory are announced. Duke of Cumberland hunts at Merrow Downs and Dutchess of Buckingham is ill at Bath. Court sessions open at Westminster Hall with recognizances. Captain John Grover of the Canary Service dies in London. Mr Clavey a Blackwell Hall factor dies. A 70-year-old man confined for assassination plot against King William III set to move to the King’s Bench. Smuggling seizure at Easthourne with 17 cwt tea and 16 half-anchors of brandy. The Crawley Clarke rumor and the Haze Thompson from Jamaica noted with conflicting accounts.
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Namptwich
Chehire
Wilbraham
Roger Wilbraham
Thomas Brooke
Norton
Cheshire
Bart
Richard
Boulogne
France
Justice
Charles Whinyates
Richmond-Herald
Samuel Lane
Chiswick
Charles Clarke
Bramsfield
Suffolk
Norwich
Duke of Cumberland
Hampton-Court
Merrow-Downs
Guildford
Duke of Richmond
Dutchess of Buckingham
Bath
Westminster Hall
Iggar St. Saviour’s Mill-Stairs
Rotherhith
John Grover
Canary Service
Billingsgate
Clavey
Blackwell-Hall
Newgate-street
Robert Blackburn
Newgate
William III
King’s Bench
Southwark
Chambers
Bernardi
Meldram
Caffils
Newate
Zuesday
Bailey
Mortimer
Hurd
Easthourn
Susséx
Crawley
Clarke
New York
Havannah
Thompson
Liverpool
Jamaica
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Holland
Danizick
Bradstreet
Carpenters Hall
Alderman Pearson
Ware Court
Ireland
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