Grand Fury presentment against Geneva gin shops in 1735
The Grand Jury of Middlesex adjourns at Hicks Hall to address a rising problem of Brandy and Geneva shops selling low priced liquor. They condemn retailing as a public nuisance harming laborers, servants, and soldiers, urging magistrates to enforce laws and curb drunkenness. The document lists duties and names foreman Foreman Gilbert and jurors. It also adds brief foreign and financial news from Mantua, Tunis, Rome, and London markets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rte
Middle- YY
Geneva
Tholes
Elerted Soldiers Wanted By Capt Edson At Savoy London
Notice from Lieut Col Skelton of the Third Regiment of Foot Guards seeks three soldiers Joseph Foster Stephen Potter and Thomas Wicklin aged 23 to 24 from Hertfordshire Kent and Staffordshire who are allegedly near Welling Pembury and Uroxeter. If any return to their colours within a month they are pardoned reward offered to anyone securing them in gaol within a year after notice with three guineas per man plus parliamentary allowances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Skélton
John Earl of Dunmore
Joseph Foster
Stevenage
Hertfordshire
Wicks
St. Laurence Yeat
Welling
Stephen Potter
Pembury
Tunbridge-Wells
Kent
Thomas Wicklin
Uroxeter
Staffordshire
Great Britain
Edson
Savoy
London
Barnet Races at Barnet Common in Hertfordshire
Entries open for two horse and galloway purses on Barnet Common October 14 and 15. Hunters contest a fifteen pound purse with 12 stone weight, then galloways under fourteen hands vie for ten pounds. Entries close October 16 with timings at three o clock, fees vary and stipulations apply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barnet
Barnet Common
County of
Hertford
Thomas Candy
Hadley
Whetstone
South-Mims
East Barnet
Tortteridge
Notorious Cheat Suspect Held. Racehorse Seized in Worcester
Worcester September 27 1735 John Jones alias Cuttwallert held in Worcester County Gaol for a notorious cheat. He is tied to Ludlow Races from York and his grey dun gelding with a snip, brown mane and tail is in the possession of the Great Eyre constable for viewing. Jones, about 23, dresses variably including a dark or black peruke and a gold lac’d waistcoat. Further particulars from Mr. R Wolley, Worcester County Treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Worcester
John Jones
Cuttwallert
St. Clements Danes
Middlesex
Staunds
Edmund Pyers
York
Ludlow
Great Eyre
Jones
R. Wolley
County of
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Thomas Lane
Hicks’s Hall
St. Fohi's Street
County of Middlesex
Foreua Gilbert
Foreman
Francis Cokayne
Willian Wilton
Italy
Mantua
Tunis
Ali Bacha
Himélf
Aminesty
Prussia
Rhine
Cologn
Rome
Toledo
Madrid
Don Louis
Chevalier de St. George
Albano
Zalusk
Stanislaus
Augustus
Paris
South Sea
New South Sea Annuities
Qrs- Bank
India
Royal Exchange Assurance
Enelith
Welch
Ditto, Backshoe
Ditto
Houss
Shires
George’s Coffee-House
Devereux-Court
Ngr Temple-Bas
Upton
North Luffenham
Peterborough
Northampton
Fobbing
Essex
Vange
Bollille
John Digby
Nehemiah Lodge
Norwich
Mr. Cotterell
Furnival
Holbourn
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