Swaffham Races Norfolk 1767 and Palmer bankruptcy notice
Races at Swaffham Norfolk list events for three age groups over multiple days with stakes. entries due at Market Cross. Also a bankruptcy notice for Thomas Palmer of London, missing since July, with description and request for information to his partner Jacob Clarkson. Public notices include Brabourne Park inclosure proceedings in Lewes with second meeting scheduled at the White Hart Inn and instructions for claimants to attend with evidence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Palmer
Jacob Clarkson
Haberdather
Bread-street
London
Gloucester
Worcester
Stafford
Warwick
Coventry
Broyle Park
Ringmer
Sussex
Lewes
Henry Humphry
Joseph Calveriey
Eigrs
Thomas Serale
White Hart Inn
Lewe
Letter about a son born and the use of Nervous Powders
Hans Hamilton reports in Dublin 1767 that his son, born April 1, suffered convulsions and alarming symptoms, but recovered after Dr Lowther’s Nervous Powders and Drops. The notice markets Lowther medicines sold at Hatton Garden and various shops, advertising Antiscorbutic powders for scrofulous complaints.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jaa Lopy
Hans Hamilton
E Q
William ,Lowther
Hatten-Garden
London
Dublin
Hans Hamillrow
Lowther
Irig House
Hatton-Gard
Princes-Street
Leicester-Fieldse
Mr. Cooke
Mr. Pailler
To be Sold Hastines at Sutton in Holderness York
Property sale notice for Hastines manor house called Hastines in Sutton in Holderness with new brick barns granaries and 150 acres of freehold land. 120 acres and upwards tythe free. Enquiries to Heaton and Venables Threadneedle Street London or Mr Thomas Church Market Place Hull.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Messitage
Hastines
Sutton
Holderness
County of York
Messrs Heaton and Venables
Threadneedle-Street
London
Thomas Church
Hull
Sales of bankrupt estates at Carlisle in October
At the house of Mr. John Pringle in Carlisle on Saturday the 3d of October at three o clock in the afternoon estates late belonging to Mr. Joan Holme a bankrupt of Carlisle including Bevocokfide two tenements Barrow Ling a tenement in Hefferfeet Hawksdale Moor Ground on Blecker Common and several houses in Annetwell Street Carlisle with details to be provided by tenants who will show the premises
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Pringle
Carlisle
Joan Holme
Bevocockfide
Crozier
Barrow Ling
Heffeett
Teceft
County of
Cumberland
Hawksdale
Blecker Common
Dardan
City of
Annetwell Street
Cary Fitzpain
Charlton Mackerel
Somerset
James Lamon
Ilchester
Shepton Mallet
Schester
Somerton
Newman
Barwick
Snomerset
Patriot Perry on Navy Establishments Through Peace and War
A reader compares naval manpower and finances from 1708 to 1766, noting shifts in ships, rates, and officers as Britain moves from Queen Anne era war to peacetime. The piece lists ships of the line, rates, and staff, citing Admirals and Captains, then mentions a 1761 in commission figure amid warnings about gunfire frightening pedestrians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perry
House of Commons
Marine
West Cheapside Cross and Eleanor's Tomb Narrative
A spectator-observed tale in Cheapside recalls the Cross of West Cheapside erected in 1290 by Edward I in honor of Queen Eleanor. It traces the Cross’s embellishments, rebuildings, gilding, and eventual demolition, noting its role as a conduit alongside the New River system and its removal in 1727.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheapside
Wood-street
West Cheap
Edward I
Eleanor
Herdsby
Lincoln
Westminster
Castile and Leon
Polétou
Grantham
Wooburne
Northampton
Stoney Stratford
Dunstable
St. Alban’s
Waltham
Charing
John Hatherly
London
Henry VI
Charles V
Edward VI
Mary
Philip of Spain
Your's, &c
Droughts and ports across distant regions report facts
A Victorian mail letter from France notes a severe eight month drought in the area around Mountauban affecting water supply for people and cattle, with rivers dried and water mills limited. Other posts mention a Spanish ship Jason arriving with cochineal and other goods after losing masts, and a Jamaica report of revolts and murders in the Bay of Honduras.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Paris
Mountauban
John Dalis
Aignac
Rhodez
Cadiz
Jason
Vera Cruz
Campeachy
Rome
Sforza Cesarini
Also Mentioned on This Page
Swaffham
Norfolk
Niegel
Eac
Market Cross
H. W. Wilson
Patrick Plake
Mappletoy
Wells
Taunton
Bridgwater
Langport
Middleton
N.B
King’s Sedgemoor
William Webley
Chancery Lane
Joseph Elderton
Salisbury
John Evered
Samuel Slade
Dorchester
Tyndale and Hale
Corn Street
Bristol
Fountain Inn
Mayo Higgins
Middletoy
R. Nelson
Corbett
Kry
Baker’s
Exchange-Alley
Lull
Ludgate-Hill
Ueprasus
Nders
Plantation News
Kingston
Jamaica
Port-Royal
Re Bay
Honduras
Francis Cooke
Court of Common Pleas
St. Elizabeth
Henry Gale
Efe
Pofter
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