Opposition to Aid Petition Cited by Conservative Clerics
A speaker attacks modern divines who abandon early liberal sentiments after advancement, accusing them of inconsistency and opposing religious freedom. He laments the abrupt shifts in opinion as miraculous, praising your lordship while warning of the pernicious effects on truth and integrity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rice Evans
Harles Rawlinson
Lostwithiel
Cornwall
England
Wales
John Hand
Oxford
Corinth
Wwlinson
A Proposal to Abolish Tythes and Fund English Clergy
A historic proposal argues abolishing tythes and funding every English parish with an able minister. It envisions a two shillings per pound levy on land and property to raise 1,500,000 plus church revenues to provide at least 18 pounds yearly per benefice, with minimums set for bishops and other dignitaries and clerical governance by convocations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Wales
High Court of Chancery
Eames
Symond’s Inn
Chancery-lané
London
Ribton
George Montagu
Dunk
Earl of Halifax
I Harte
Harte
Barmston
Washington
Durham
Harts
Barmton
Wear
Win Scaber
Colchester
Observations on a Sept 1772 harvest tour across England
A gentleman from Ollerton Nottinghamshire dated Sept 10 1772 reports fine crops across Hertfordshire Cambridge Isle of Ely and the fens of Lincolnshire with heavy wheat barley oats and mustard feed. By Aug 26 to 29 drainage improvements in the Isle of Ely boost grain yields and ditch banks yield mustard feed while Holderness drains floodlands to boost output.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ollerton
Nottinghamshire
Hertfordshire
Cambridge
Isle of Ely
Huntingconshire
Iisle
Ely
Fens
Lincolnshire
Holderness
Grain Harvest Notes Across Yorkshire Wolds and Notts
The report details widespread grain gains in oats and barleys, improved inclosures in the Wolds and Haft Riding, and crop conditions from Friday to Doncaster. Turnips are flourishing, hops in Nottinghamshire show early gathering, and rain has unsettled planters. Hay growth is strong in lowlands as farmers rush for harvest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wolds
Yorkshire
Frdia
Sepey
Onden
Doncaster
Nottinghamshire
Prisoner voyage and piracy tale from 1770 Boston letter
An extract of a letter from William Henderson recounts a voyage from Boston to Jamaica Barbadoes and the British West Indies, capture by Spaniards near Hispaniola, imprisonment at St Domingo and Santa Cruz, brutal duties on fortifications, and eventual liberty aboard an English vessel bound for Boston with 32 English and 24 Dutch left behind. The account names incidents of cargo forfeiture, harsh weather, and harsh treatment in captivity.
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William Henderson
Duke of York
Boston
New England
Jamaica
Barbadoes
British West India Lands
Hispaniola
St. Domingo
Mys Elf
Santa Cruz
Cuba
Alexander Watson
John Smith
Syren
James Wilson
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W. Ship
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John Paymer
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Holborn
Middiesels
Hackney
Trewers
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Thomas Jottin
Great Baddow
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Salop
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Pope’s Head
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Heron
William Meredith
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Norfolk-street
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Pretton Pans
Fowns
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D. D. Juitior
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J. and
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Cling
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Clarke
Collins
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Kettlewell
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Lord Bithon
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G. Robinsor
Paradise Lot
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Matthew Holand
Flezney
Gray’s Inn Gate
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Urquhart
Royal Exchanges
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Knutsford
County of Chester
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Ashlock
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Thach
Toger
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Leicester
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Veader
Hooper
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