Grain laws, exports, and prices in 18th century Britain
The article recounts historical grain policy from Elizabethan times to 1688 when free grain export was allowed with a bounty and later adjustments. It notes how the system stabilized prices, led to a wheat glut, and spurred trade, with further discussion of wartime shocks, mob action, and policy shifts that kept bread affordable amid supply fluctuations. It also references contemporary political commentary and notices from London and Cambridge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth
Ireland
London
Parliament Rights of Free-Tenants in England
Literary Chronicle from August 17 presents a continuation on parliamentary rights. It argues that any deviation from the realm's fundamental laws is a crown-power grab and urges Free-Tenants to demand a full restitution of their right to be summoned to Parliament in person, opposing modern constraints and criticising Atticus and Lord Bute for scurrility and poor education.
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Lord Bute
William Rous
Riley
Guildford
Laff
Lord Mansfred
Bishop
Bromley
Mills Greentree
Cathhall
King’s Bench
Stephen
King
Mavbey
Sr J. Mawbey
John Overan
Baron Smythe
James Hopkins
Newington
Thomas Priest
Thomas Rhodes
John Smallwood
Kennington Common
Portsmouth
Wimering
Thames
Spithead
Albion
Plymouth
Wells
Edward Columbine
Mjefty
Dover
England
William the Conqueror
Atticus
Cure for scurvy drops advertised by London surgeon
A testimonial letter from Nathaniel Lane of Covent Garden praises Norton’s Drops for curing a severe scurvy with widespread skin ulcers fevers and rapid recovery. The note urges publication and cites wide distribution points in London offering the medicine at six shillings a bottle, warning against counterfeits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Feve
Nathaniel Lane
Buffel Court
Covent-Garden
Norton
Golden Square
Piccadilly
London
Jon Norton
N.B
John Norton
Maredant
Crosby Square
Bishopsgate Street
Evers
Paradise Street
Rotherhithe
Keen
Fleet Street
P. Shatwell
Adelphi
Balsamic Tincture for the Scurvy A Public Cure
An 1772 testimonial invites readers to trial six to seven bottles of Balsamic Tincture for a verified cure of inveterate scurvy. The note, dated March 25 1772, promises public testimony at No 6a Colsman Street and lists wholesale and retail availability by F Newbery at St Pauls Church Yard. It notes the doctor’s house in Soho and a price of 3s 6d per bottle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rysseeg
Colsman Street
F. Newbery
St. Pauls Church Yard
Little Chapel-Street
Wardour-Street
Soho
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Public Ledger
the Morning Chronicle
Matthew Margin
Westminster-hall
Dr. Faustus
Beaureaus
Lori’s
Candal
Doctors Commons
Sarah B
G . XC
London Gazette
St. James’s
William Earl of
Dartmouth
St. James's
Augustiz
Allen
Lord Bathurst
Kingdom of Great Britain
Earl Bathurst
Bathurst
Kent
Wills Hill
Earl of Hillsborough
Lord Harwich
Baron of
Harwich
Essex
Earl
Earl of Great-Britain, By the Titles of Viscount Fairford, and Earl of
Hillsborough
Gloucester
Robert Murray Keith
Bath
Vienna
Ralph Woodford
Copenhagen
Emanuel Mathias
St. Fames's
Horace St. Paul
Versailles
Petersbourg
Empire
Holland
Flanders
Warsaw
Waddick
Count de Haddick
Warsaww
Danube
Foczany
Paris
Marquis of Fleury
Duke of Fleury
Tourraine
M. Fleury
Constantinople
Fuly
Syria
Ali Bey
St. Jean D’acre
Jaffa
Osman
Seide
Chiek Daher
Chiek
Egypt
Joseph York
States-General
Hague
Hanover Square
Board of Works
Carlton-house
Pall Mall
Gibraltar
Ceu‘a
Duke of Cumberland
Duke of Bolton
Cannons
Hampshire
Princess of
Charlotte Maria
Prince of
Horne
Languedoc
Brenthall
Hastings
Greenland
Hope
Peacock
Whitby
William Strachan
Benjamin Rogers
Robert Ladbroke and Co
Newgate
Old Bailey
Country News
Cambridge
Baron Perrot
Serjeant Whitaker
Whittlesea
Literary Chronicle
the Gazetteer
In the
Public Advertiser
Cupid
Theatre Royal i
Haymarket
John Bell
Exeter Exchange
Strand
Mr. Norton
Goldensauare
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