Naval actions and court notices from the Downs 1761
Reports outline a British capture of the Duke of York by the Hunter and the Minerva engagement with a two-deck enemy ship near 45 deg N. Also listed are convoys to Barbadoes Jamaica and provisions for war, court circuits dates, and various local notices including fires, marriages, deaths, and civic actions.
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Thane
Downs
Duke of York
Lawson
Jersey
Petersburgh
Minerva
Chevland
Spithead
Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty
Cape Pinas
Chace
Leward
Warwick
M. le Veger de Belair
King
Beffon
Pondicherry
Rochfort
Isle of France
Bourbon
George Edwards
John Dasracott
Edgars
Drake
Ecureuil
Bayonne
Kingston
Jamaica
St. Elizabeth
John Morse
England
Admiralty
Barbadoes
Leeward Islands
Prince Tom, Chilcott
Bristol
Charles Town
South Carolina
Cathtart
Smith
Glasgow
Portsmouth
His
Gosport
Aldborough
Lisbon
James Cooke
Leghorn
Dublin
David Deas
London
Hood
Industry
Whitman
Cork Packet
Evans
Cork
Prince Tom
Africa
Rose
Leigh
Downing
Dartmouth
Young
Quebec
Teneriffe
William Thompson
Poole
Mary
Martin
N. S. de Soccora E Almas
Green
Election Prospect in Surry County and Navy Proposals
A historic notice from January 22 in Epsom shows a candidate George Onslow declaring his intent to represent Surry in Parliament. Separate Navy Office notices list tender days for stores including iron hemp dyes and tallow samples at Deptford, Woolwich, and Portsmouth with morning proposals.
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Surry
Epsomy
Auith
George Onslow
Navy Office
His Majestys Navy
His
Norway
Riga
His Majesty’s Navy
Destford
Woolwich
Portmouth
His Majesty’s
Deptford
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Mansfield Ld
Bar. Smythe
City of York
York
Castle of York
Lancashire
Castle of
Lancaster
Norfolk
Willes
Clive
Bucks
Ailesbury
Bedford
Huntingdon
Cambridge
Thetford
Suffolk
Bury St. Edmunds
Midland
Baron Parker
Bathurst
Rutland
Okehany
Lincoln
City of
Nottingham
Town of
Derby
Leicester
Borough of
City of Coventry
Coventry
Northampton
Justice Denison
Justice Foster
Hertford
Essex
Chelmsford
Kent
Rochester
Sussex
East Grinsted
Phurid
Kingston Upon Fhames
Oxford
Baron Adams
Wilmot Berks
Reading
Worcester
City of Worcester
Gloucester
Monmouth
Hereford
Salop
Shrewsbury
Stafford
Justice Noel
Baron Lloyd
Southampton
Winton
Wilts
New Sarum
Dorset
Dorchester
Exeter
Devon
Cornwall
Launceston
Somerset
Taunton
Lower Pomerania
Count Tottleben
Stettin
Barwalden
Madrid
Hanover
Gottingen
Westphalia
Elphinston
Richmond
Duke of Chandos
Princess Dowager of Wales
Leicester-house
Germany
Great Britain
Hull
Humber
Pall Mall
Armine Wodehouse
New- Street
Coventgarden
Ludgate Parish
Ludgate Street
Beele
Creedlane
Warburton
Society of Lincoln’s Inn
Athburnham
Chichester
Ferring
Admiral Cotes
Trinity House
Admiral Boscawen
Edmund Pitts
Swithin’s Lane
Richard Crowther
John Ruding
Pitts
Fe’ennight
Henry Northcote
Pines
Miss Searle
Mr. Edwards
Middlewich
Cheshire
Miss Rogers
Richard Rogers
Plantation Office
Chantrell
Distaff Lane
Dinah Merman
Stamford Hill
Laft
Thirtlebee
Yorkshire
Frankland
Thomas Frankland
James Hayden
Adams
Westminster
St. James’s Street
Freeman
George Wooley
South’ Sea House
Forster
Portugal Street
Lincoln’s Inn Fields
N.B
Charing-Cross
ITH Marts, &c
Ratcliffe’s Wharf
Trinder and
Johnson’s Yard
Cuckold’s Point
William Lem
Limie-street
Lloyd's Coffee
Lombard-street
Bell Wharf
Edward Lawrence
John Hutchinson
Lloyd’s Coffee
Cecilia
West Talis
Virginia
Laucalin M'‘Lean
Jolin Hutchinson