Poets Corner Extempore on the Tintts and Faction
Extempore on the Tintts laments roles shifting in court circles. I Riaes, once vilified in Brunswick’s house, now honored by the King. Scots who plotted his downfall are sending addresses in large numbers while Whigs, loyal to the famous line, fall from favor to make room for Bute’s allies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riaes
Brunswick
Wale
Hort
Clerymen
J. Bentinck
Wrighon
Somerseshire
Adlard and Browne
Fleetstreet
G. Redmayne
Creeddtane
Ludgatestreet
J. Fell
T. Evans
Chuse
Acrostilic Verse on Truth and Honor by A Lap y
A fragmentary 18th century verse piece challenges the idea of honor as a mere name. It condemns shallow schemes and calls out proud youth who hide behind appearances.
Proper Candidates and Murder Epitaphs Mentioned
A fragmentary verse and notice recounts election candidates for English counties including St Helens and references to the 1768 and 1769 killings in London and St George's Fields. It mixes past and present events with Shakespearean quotations and an epitaph dedicated to William Allen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
St. Helens
Charley Dingley
King’s Bench
Edward Bingley
William Lingley
Doodle
Nightman
Poleman
London
William Allen
St. George’s Fields
Shakespeare
Continuation of Lives Names and Behaviours of Guildball Worthies
A satirical piece names R. Deputy Robert Wilson and other London figures as figures in a shared political game. It ridicules their alleged shifts across parties, mentions Deputy Ellis and Deputy Bett as turf and woollen draper figures, and notes connections to the Pelham administration and Harley. It paints a social map of fox-hunters, packers, and merchants tied to offices and favors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Wilson
Wis
Deputy Ellis
Newmarket
Bett
Royal Exchange
Wollen Draper
K—g
Chamberlain
Thomas Burfoot
London
Packer
Buck- Aersbury
Cornhill
Tom
Pelham
Ho—e of C
Harley
Merry Harriers
Taft
The Thimble Maker of Wood Street in 18th Century
A colorful portrait of Mr. Thomas Thimble, a Wood Street resident and aspiring civic figure, who in 1745 joined royal defenders against a pretender. He rose from thimble maker to town councillor, married into a Cheapside vintner family, acquired wealth, and sought status through mansion building and a country seat, but his ambition and vanity drew ridicule from peers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas ‘Mhotna
Wood-street
St. James's
Cheapside
Tom Thimble
Brushwood
Willin
Thimble
Freehold estate sale near Litchfield Staffordshire
Auction notices advertise a freehold estate with a good house gardens and about 150 acres of arable meadow and pasture land near Litchfield in Staffordshire. Further particulars will be advertised. apply to Mr Jones, auctioneer, 45 Great Russell Street, Bloombury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Litchfield
Staffordshire
Jones
Great Ruffell Street
Bloomibury
Genuine Jesuit Drops and their claimed cures
An 18th century advertisement for Jesuit drops by R. Rock. Claims include cures for gout, glandular issues, ulcers, mouth sores, fistulas, eruptions, scurvy, rheumatism, hysteric and hypochondriac disorders. Promises long shelf life, local London shop address, and volume discounts. Mentions a Newport-pond Essex patient named Joh Brown cured of head and back pain and gravel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spains
Ludzate Hill
London
Joh Brown
Newport-pond
Essex
R. Rock
Norton
Golden-square
Donneraile
Cork
Tom
James Bourke
Piccadilly
John Norton
Fell
N. B
Maredant
Earland Countess Temple sails for Stowe summer seat
London May 22 reports the Earland Countess Temple set out for Stowe in Bucks for the season and a marriage is talked of between Lord Adam Gordon and the Dutchess Dowager of Athol with a jointure of one thousand pounds. Also noted is the interment of the late Countess of Denbeigh at Teddington and a Quebec legal official death with a fortune share, plus forthcoming legal and court intrigues and a secretive diplomat’s arrival.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Earland Countess Temple
Stowe
Bucks
Adam Gordon
Duke of Gordon
Dutchess
Athol
Countess of Denbeigh
Teddington
Middlesex
George Suckling
Fry
Gor
Quebec
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Young Allen
George
Aine
Holbourn
Red Lion-Street
Featherstone
Wilton
Kidderminster
Thomas Carter
Fleet-Street
Eader
J.H. Smyth
M.D
Ottoman Empire
Aleppo
Morgan
China-Man
Great
Arington-street
Riccadilly
F. Newbery
Ludgate-street
Turkey
Mr. Say
Matthew Howland
Jonathan Braugh
Temple-Bar
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