Funeral of Thomas Bacon at Linton Parish Church
Cambridge dated Sept 3 reports the burial of Thomas Bacon ESQ formerly MP for the Coronation. He left substantial property to Mrs King, valued books to his youngest brother, and his personal estate to three brothers. His will notes his age at death and potential parliamentary succession plans.
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Cambridge
Thomas Bacon
Linton
Catley
John Hatton
John Hind Cotton
Oresennings
Piggot
Alexander
Pemberton
Afflick
Mott
London News and Notices from Whitmore to Jamaica
Last Friday a son was born to Lady Edward Manning of Whitmore. Edward Pelham is named Britain’s minister to Sweden. Russia’s ambassador Cantemir visits London with a gracious reception at Kensington. Clergy changes include Rev Mr Sawyer named Master of Katherine Hall and Prebendary of Norwich. Rev Mr Beighton to preach before the Turkey Company. Obituaries list Sir Adolphus Oughton MP and John Jekyll among others. The Prince of Orange and consort expected at The Hague. various horse races and affixes court cases noted. Smuggling, robberies, and deaths feature, including a Quaker stocking-weaver, and details of shipwrecks and maritime incidents from Deal to Jamaica. An Edinburgh inscription to Mars is reported with a broken legible fragment.
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London
Edward Mannating
Whitmore
Stafford
William Bunbury
Gough-quare
Fleettreet
Thomas Pelham
Earl of Waldegrave
France
Sweden
Prince Cantemir
Russia
Arriv
Frances
Kensington
Sawyer
Queen’s College, Cambridge
Katherine Hall
Norwich
Gross
Deceas
Payne
Coventry
Adolphus Oughton
Fe’nnight
Derby
John Jekyll
Joseph Jekyll
Anight
Maidstone
John Greenhill
Twickenham
Henry Kellett
Bombay
East India Company
Joseph Roswell
Spittle
London Bridge
Millbank
Westminster
Thomas Churchill
England
Richard Arundel
Mr. Dickenson
Hyde Park Corner
Bromley
Bow
George Fogg
Oxford Road
Edmonds
Foot- Guards
St. Giles’s Church
Stone
Bow-Street
Covent Garden
Hillingdon
Uxbridge
Hedley
Leatherhead
Surrey
Jones
Edwins
Prince of Orange
the Hague
Lady Southwell
Pollens
Mr. Coparman
Prince of Wales
Lincoln
Duke of Bolton
Goliah
Mr. Brewster
Mr. Stevens
Duke of Ancaster
St. Edmund
Serjeant
Urlin
Philip Ward
Alias Batts
Samuel Sayer
William Whitman
James Mallet
John Howard
Thomas Adcock
Wells
Richard Hawkins
George Mutter
Chard
John Coilepriest
Mary Wills
William Crawford
Samuel Wilkins
Anthony Sutton
Buffelton Common
Bristol
Jephtha Langman
James Lockington
Sarah Emblem
Chew-Magna
Bristol Market
Isaac Knight
Giles Maine
Lminster
Mark Pickford
Margaret Aspin
Shepton- Mallet
Emblem
Princess-street
Soho
County of Essex
Bishops= gate
Newgate
James Mainton
New Prison
James O Neal
Thomas Dwyer
O Neal
Greenwich
Deptford
Deal
St. Martin’s
North Beguen
Goodwin Sands
Jamaica
Nehemiah Soames
Boston
Virginia
Watt
Cape St. Nicholas
Cape Maze
Simon Durett
Philadelphia
Philadelphia, July the 23Rd, That the Friday Before Arriv
Benjamin Christian
Des Grees
Christian
Chas
Alicant
Valencia
N.S
Denia
Edinburgh
Robb
Kilfyth
Barhill
Antoninus Pius
Horsley
Britain
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