Weavers Riot Threats and Militia Mobilization Report
A menacing clash near Spitalfields as rival weavers threatened violence and fired a blunderbuss alarmed neighbors. The assailants forced entry, searched for a target, and left when not found. East Middlesex militia was embodied, marching from Old Street Square to Finchley for a 28 day stay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spitalfields
Middlesex
William Beauchamp Protter
Old-street-square
Finchley
Banker’s
Compton-street
Soho
Woolwich
George Bond
Queen’s Street
Lincolnvinefields
Norris
St. Martin’s In the Fields
George Heming
Frg
Jamaica
Bracebridge
Weddington
Warwickshire
Middleton
Lancashire
Thomas Egterton
Heaton
Afsheton
Ralph Assheton
Crouch End
Joshua Eamonson
Samuel Ximenes
Amsterdam
Devonshire S Square
John Atkinson
Royal Navy
Lord Camden Defends Taxation and Representation
Lord Camden speaks in the Lords on the Declaratory Bill asserting Parliament has no right to tax the Americans. He argues taxation must accompany representation, cites Locke and centuries of constitutional precedent, and denounces virtual representation while urging self-government and liberty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lord Camden
House of Lords
Great- Britain
Lord Mansfield
Great Britain
Stiuchi
Mary
Machiavel
House of Commons
Edward
Heniy
Carte
Palatinate of
Chester
Palatinate
Kcing
Wales
Ireland
Locke
Court and Royal Proceedings in London and St James's
A London summary notes a Chapter of the Garter at St James's to fill the Winchelsea vacancy, Duke of Grafton invested, and a grand Arlington Street entertainment. Other items include Scotland peers taking seats in the House of Lords, Venice and Berlin envoys meeting, petitions to royalty, naval and East India developments, and various local incidents and notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Noble Order of the Garter
St. James’s
Earl of Winchelsea
Duke of Grafton
Arlington-street
Earl of Stormont
Scotland
House of Peers
James Wright
Venice
Secretary of State
Cleveland Row
St. James's
Andrew Mitchell
Berlin
Vienna
St. James’s Palace
Duke’ of Gloucester
John Sawbridge
Langbourn
Duke and Duchess of Hamilton
Marquis of
Vansittart
East Indies
Court of Directors
Ireland
East India Company
East-Indies
Potver
Great Britain
Werhear
Thetis
Banks
Royal Navy
Lion
Irvine
Auracabeffa
Enhibition of County Privileges by Charter and Prerogative
A fragment discusses a Privy Counsellor asserting that if colonists travel from plantations to Count, they lose English privileges and benefits of common law and would be governed henceforth by the King's charter and prerogative, without Parliament intervention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brakinhib, Warhants
Lord Mas
Tfield
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James Ostorne
Laleham
Guildhall
Thomas Hays’ “the Younger
London
Worlk
Britain
Francé
Fee
Corfica
Miakés
Lider Clarke
Southwark
Ted Ieray
Wehiftéer
Baltick
Paris
Fair India Company
Dauphiny
Conns Mandant
Buxton
Derbyshirty
Free School
St. Andrew’s
Westminster-hall
Braidie
Racquet Court
Fleet-street
Hertfordshire
Hertford-river
Marvird
Robert Ladbroke
Surtees
Robert Surtees
Bedworth
Timbridge-wells
John Henry Lewis
Oxford
Melsetter
Orkney
Benjamin Moddi
Thomas Watson
Morris’s Cypleway
Lambesh
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