Patriots Corner on Liverymen and City Governance in Richard II
A reflection on early London governance describes how ward inhabitants chose common council members, how liverymen in the companies gained powers including parliamentary selection, and how the lord mayor’s advisors warned against ceding power to the livery. The piece notes that opponents framed the livery as a mob and that debates centered on safeguarding powers from council encroachment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Common Council
Common-Council
Westminster Con stables attend vast gathering in lobby
A large number of constables and freeholders from Middlesex gathered in Westminster's lobby yesterday. no disturbances occurred. Also reports include new MPs taking seats, Gibraltar movements, and a fever affecting the First Lord of the Admiralty.
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Westminster
Middlesex
George Osborne
Bofliney
Cornwall
Henry Lawes Luttrell
House of Commons
Col. Boyd
Gibraltar
Portsmouth
Admiral Hawke
Admiralty
Lisbon
Duke of York
Dickenson
Czarina
Cochzim
Contantinople
Prussia
Electorate of Hanover
East-Friesland
Prince Stadtholder
Prince of
Col
Young Will
Buckingham Court
Charing Cross
Keen
John Bird
Gillingham
Beccles
Norfolk
Ferret Attack Cries of a Tragic Baby Incident
A disturbing item reports a ferret entering a cradle killing a sleeping infant, with a brief note on a marriage and a death. It also mentions Miss Flushington's death and a medical advertisement for Bateman's Pectoral Drops and Radcliffe's Purging Elixir, touting cures for fevers and agues.
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Somerset
Trevon
Gunning
Radcliffe
Lincolnshire
Kent
Essex
Norfolk
Ely
N.B
Dicey and Co’s
Middlesex election fallout and royal entertainments noted
The Commons considered the Middlesex petition on Luttrell and voted him elected by 221 to 152. London liverymen plan to resist future elections, while officers of state, the French ambassador, and other dignitaries attended recent events at Lord Weymouth’s and Mrs Wright’s embroideries. Local reports detail notable society movements, public notices, and assorted curiosities across London.
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Commons
County of
Middlesex
Henry Lawes Luttrell
Lord A . Weymouth
Cleveland Row
Duchess of
Ancaster
Mrs. Wright
Newport Street
St. James's
Great George Street
Westminster
John Butler
Lower Grosvenor Street
Dublin
Earl of Jersey
Colonel Luttrell
John Wilkes
London
Recorder of
Eyre
James Eyre
Stanwell
Luttrell
Pater-noffer-tow
Royal Academy
Pullmall
Matter North
Syphax
Cato
Leicester House
Intelligence Observations On Ministers And Trade Debates
A London journal commentary notes the public decision on ministers, compares certain leaders to a curtain among Tartars, and comments on the Board of Trade. It mentions Sir James Lowther erecting a Portland edifice in Inglewood forest, and cites Middlesex freeholders opposing a new member. The piece closes with stock prices and financial notices, and lists various government bonds and annuities.
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D of Gr
Horne
Board of Trade
Scotland
James Lowther
Bart
Forest
Inglewood
Portland
Tone
Middlesex
Mr Goff Address to Public on Private Abortions
A historical notice from Pall Mall near St Alban’s Street offers privacy for women seeking discreet abortion services. Mr Goff, surgeon and man midwife, and Mrs Goff, midwife, present a careful, humane option to prevent reputation harm and preserve peace among relations and friends.
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Goff
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Thomas Harley
Mungo
Lord Bute
Charles
Philadelphia
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America
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Parkle
Pensacola
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St. Martin's Ludgate
Crypr
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Great Kill
Surry
Thames
Messrs. Ponton
Gillam, Capell, Ruffell
St. Botolph’s
Aldersgate
St. Paul’s
Shadwell
Beadle
Farringdon Without
St. James’s Market
Ranelagh
Buckingham Gate
Westminster Bridge
Adkington
Cook
Shoe Lane
Northumberland
Murgo
Eanés
Piccadilly
Bie
St. George’s Hospital
Biasover
Blackwall
Great Buffel-street
Covent-garden
John Bawden
Southmolton
Devon
Norris
Mr. Norris
Brutheford
Somersetshire
St. George’s Church
Hanover Square
Edward Hult
Efgelder
Sir Edward Hule
Bremer
Lethullier
Thomas Brice
Rupertftreet
Mr. Ford
Aldersgate Street
Mrs. Marriner
Marriner
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