Public House Wall Inscription Reflects Captain Digby Verses
A Middlesex Journal page quotes inscriptions found in a Kingsgate public house, praising Captain Digby with praise of bravery beauty and ingenuity. The verses mix satire and admiration referencing a will from 1766 and a codicil about a local or noble family. The piece ends noting a citizen’s reverent tribute near Temple Bar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Middlesex Journal
Ao Her
Kinsgate
Ile of
Thanet
Digby
Hanigaddré
France
Kingsgate
Mrs. Laurels
Mellon
Charles
Kent
Bob
Guy
Winnie
Printer
Beaumon I
Mig Reynoeds
Sadler's Wells
Islington
Amoite
Mathews
Cobham
Aitoire
W. Feito
Farci
Horne
Ad of October 1543 public notice sale
Fragmentary OCR note describes an October 1543 advertisement for a public sale with price six pence and a heading about lovers of their country. The legible elements mention Wilkes and Elys Frielly, but details are incomplete.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orense
Depica
Ol Wilkes
Elys Frielly
Chronicle‘of Liberty
Troithy
Friends of Liberty
Apatriotic Society
Loxpon
IL. Fell
N.B
Friends of Freedom
Norton
Scotch officers aboard Russian armament projected sailors
A September report from LO.N Don notes many Scotch officers aboard the Russian armament while a shortage of sailors is expected to be filled from England.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eader
Je Hy. Smyth
Fell’s
Paigr-notter-Row
Vallescue
Royal Exchange
Pridden
Holborn
Robinson’s Coast
Charing-cross
LO.N_DON
England
European powers knot in global conflict over Poland crisis
Reports from Senegal, Parma, Jamaica and Gibraltar describe a widening European rift as Russia’s Mediterranean move draws in major powers. French, Turkish and Swedish interests align with broader Catholic Protestant tension, while Pope aims to curb bread prices amusements and family disorders. Naval movements signal rising tension across Africa and the Americas as Britain and allies eye Poland’s fate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wrof Petri
Europe
Poland
Rota
Roshia
Fromm Seneal
Gores
Nalin
Senegal
Darty
Guinea
Parma
Jamaica
Accownt
Brest
Gibraltar
Grenada
Marcia
Soushhard
Cape Conatin
Tetters
Lisbon
St. Salvadore
Fernambuco
Fiorts
Brazils
Isle of St. Catherine's
Rome
Hague
Prussia
Neus
Stockholm
France
Sweden
Russia
Versailles
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Poets Corner
Cadicsh
Reynard
Temple-Bar
Varison
Great
E. Pristed
W. Nicol
St. Paul’s Churchyard
Freeholder’s Magazine
Linzao
Anthony Powell
George TI
Lebanon
Milton
London
Isaac Fell
Harleqga
Sancho Panca
Barataria
Scatamguche
Balvard
Don Sancho
Brentaforda
Fuld
T. Evans
Middlesex
Old Bailey
Fleet Lane
Walker
Weffells
Jew and Co
N. B
Pend
Arthur-Young, Esq
North Mims
Hertfordshire
W. Strahan
W. Nicoll
St. Paul's Churchyard
B. Collins
Salisbury
J. Balfour
Edinburgh
Mitton
D. Davis
Earl of H
Duke of Argyle
Lord Binning
Colonel Chartus
St. George’s Fields
Price
Arbor Vite
Derrick
Wits Chronicle
Samuel Derrick
Etq
Batu
Buckingham
I. Fer
Paternoster Row
Leake
Frederick
Bath
R. Rock
Golden Head and Key
Bell-Lange Gateway
Ludgate Hill
Guild Hall
Whitcomb
Fleet-Lane
Angel-Court
Snow- Hill
George Wife
Tunbridge
Chelmsford
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