Prince of Wales Attends Music Meeting at St Pauls
The Prince of Wales accepted the office of steward for the Cathedral music event and attended the service at St Pauls with the Archbishops and bishops present. The collection for the charity exceeded eleven hundred pounds. Also noted are appointments, naval movements, and a Hill town incident involving a boat capsize and a pocket theft at St Pauls Churchyard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prince of Wales
Cathedral of St. Paul
Temble Bar
St. Dunstan’s Church
St. Paul’s
Canterbury
York
Arnold
Moss
Matthew Xie
East India House
Henry Holland
Jupp
William Petrie
Fort St. George
Lord Clive
Hugh Seymour
Leeward Island
Aadmiral Harvey
Ascension
Southampton
Ireland
Dun
Fle of Wight
Isle of Wight
Cow
Hyde Park
Geo
N. Neyle
M. Threipland
John Hill
Will
Elias Taunton
Rich
Kentiff
Eigrs
Honourable Society of Lincoln’s Inn
Benham
Lawless
Tower
Walton Association
Hounslow
Haines
Sunbury
Thames
Walton
University doctors and notable steerage in 17th century notices
Friday May 16 marked the last day of term with the admission of Rev James Freeman John Forbes and Edward Drak as Doctors in Divinity at St Johns College Also William Lushington agent for Grenada remitted 4463 pounds 14s and civil aid contributions While other items report a conclave of cardinals a Gravesend tunnel start deaths in Swaffham silk mills fire and a Norfolk water incident with a woman rescue The various events reflect administrative religious scholarly and local disasters of the period
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Freeman
John Forbes
Edward Drak
St. John’s College
William Lushington
Grenada
Bank of England
John Lea Heyes
Exeter College
Oxford
Whitehall
W. and
F. Bentinck
Mr. Harris
Clinton
R. and
H. Swinburne
Yarmouth
Germany
Gravesend
Swaffham
Norfolk
King appoints Leven to High Commissioner to Scotland Assembly
From the London Gazette Whitehall May 10 reports the King appoints the Earl of Leven and Melvill as High Commissioner to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland. Also named is William Macleod Bannatyne to the Lords of Session in Scotland in place of John Swinton de E. Helis of Oldham. Several London tradespeople have late notices with Guildhall postings and June dates for various matters including merchants, drapers, tailors, and carriers.
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Whitehall
Earl of Leven
Melvill
General Assembly
Church of Scotland
William Macleod Bannatyne
Scotland
John Swinton
Local Apprentices and Tradesmen list with town notes
June 27 to July 26 entries record numerous Bath Holborn Covent Garden and London tradesmen including brokers linen-drapers oilmen grocers and vintners. A mail from Lisbon notes British naval force at the Tagus while two drowning deaths near Limehouse and St Helens, Bishopsgate are reported alongside a confectioner’s suicide attempt and a child’s body recovered near Sadler's Wells.
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C. Spackman
Bath
Somersetshire
Tr. T. Pierce
Holborn
G. Downing
New-street
Covent-garden
W. Burlin
Bishopsgate-street
E. Roberts
Chandos-street
X. J. Woolafton
F. Upjohn
G. Turher
Weary-hall
Cumberland
Fime
B. Law
Stamford
Lincoln
Draper
E Hardson the Younger
Leicester
Money-Scrivener
Jof. Phillips
Bristol
Jane
Mat. Hall
Newcastle-upon-Tyne
X. R. Dale
T. Martin
Little Britain
Commission
Jof. Hill
Wood Ftreet
J. Simpson
Great Coggleshall
Edlex
W.townson
Clappersgate
Westmorrland
J.fielder
H.railton
Newgate-Jr. Linen-Drapers
J.C. Bagthaw
Savage-ga. Dens
G. Davis
Linvister
Somerset
J. Frost
Beefton
Norfolk
Lisbon
Falmouth
King George
Tagus
Lord Nelson
Lord St. Vincent
Limehouse
Mark Howard
London Infirmary
Whitechapel Road
Tesday
St. Helens
Law
St. John’s-street
New River
Islington
Sadler’s Wells
Fire at Clerkenwell and executions at Newgate
A blaze at Mr Lowe pawnbroker’s Clerkenwell green gutted two houses and damaged neighbors despite water shortages. Clerkenwell Volunteers and St George Hanover Square corps aided, with flames controllable by midnight. Morning execution at Newgate of John Sullivan Patrick Holland and Timothy Brian for Bow Street murder. Thunderstorm raged in Southampton during Sunday service with vivid lightning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitfondsy
St. George's Chapel
Windsor
Dr. Northey
Jit Tehidenges
Lowe
Sessions House
Clerkenwell Green
Pentonville
Clerkenwell
St. George Hahover Square
Islington
Newgate
Old Bailey
John Sullivan
Patrick Holland
Timothy Brian
Duncan Grant
Bow-street
Castle Street
Turnmill-street
Southampton
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THE
London Gazette
E. Helis
Oldham
Lancathire
Money Scrivener
Guildhall
J. Bloore
Bow Lane
London
J Scott
Manchester
Lancashire
J. Grundy
Horwich
Whitster
W. Knight
Tewkesbury
Wilson-street
Finsbury-square
Middlesex
T. Ramsay
Bedale
Yorkshire
P. Oliphant
George-yard
Lombard Ftr
D. Lewis and
R. Potter
Mansion-house-street
D. Troup
Goodman’s-yard
the Minories
T. Bates
Bedfordbury
Man’s Mercer
J. Thrall
J. Davis
Wapping
High-street
C. Harrison
Great Surry-street
Christ Church
Guildhalk
W. Whalley
Blackburn
Victualler
St. John’s Tavern
J. Buckley
North Moor
Star Inn
T. Williams
Caite-street
Bloomsbury
Money
Rathfield
Rathfeld
Cannonestreet, Brathmakers