Norfolk Annals, Vol. 1: A Chronological Record of Remarkable Events in the Nineteeth CenturyMackie, Charles
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Norfolk Annals, Vol. 1: A Chronological Record of Remarkable Events in the Nineteeth Century
Mackie, Charles
Norfolk (England) -- History
23.*—“Died lately at Dunham, in his 85th year, Thomas Grounds, and about
an hour after, Jane, his wife, in her 83rd year. They were both buried
in one coffin.”
29.—At a public meeting held at the Guildhall, Norwich, it was resolved
on the motion of Mr. Robert Fellowes, seconded by the Rev. J. Ives, to
establish a Savings Bank. The bank was opened, with offices in St.
Andrew’s Hall, on April 29th, and on the first day £86 3s. 6d. was
received from depositors in sums of 1s. and upwards.
30.*—(Advt.) “By desire of Thomas Thurtell, Esq., and William Foster,
Esq., Sheriffs of the City of Norwich, at the Theatre Royal, on Saturday,
April 6th, the Comedy of ‘The Road to Ruin,’ the Farce called ‘The Lyar,’
and the Burlesque Opera ‘Bombastes Furioso.’”
31.—Died very suddenly at an advanced age, in the pulpit of Hales Church,
the Rev. Valentine Lumley Barnard, rector of Stockton, Norfolk.
APRIL.
3.—A meeting of merchants, manufacturers, &c., was held at the Guildhall,
Norwich, when resolutions were passed to instruct the members of
Parliament for the city to watch and oppose the intended measure for
allowing the exportation of wool free of all restrictions. The measure
was for the time relinquished.
4.—A public meeting was held at the Guildhall, Norwich, at which it was
unanimously resolved to petition Parliament for the repeal of the
Insolvent Debtors Act, as being in its operation injurious to trade and
commerce.
6.*—“A troop of the 1st Royal Dragoons arrived at Norwich from Ipswich
last week. The officers and soldiers were wearing their Waterloo
medals.”
—Edward Lea was executed on the Castle Hill, Norwich, for uttering forged
Bank of England notes.
15.—Sir Simon le Blanc, one of the judges of the Court of King’s Bench,
and many years leading counsel on the Norfolk Circuit, died in London, in
his 68th year.
—Mr. and Mrs. Bartley, of Drury Lane Theatre, commenced playing a round
of characters at Norwich Theatre.
16.—The Rev. St. John Priest was instituted to the rectory of
Billingford, on the presentation of Mr. T. W. Coke, M.P., who
“acknowledged, in a very handsome manner, the obligation he felt to that
gentleman for his exertions in the cause of agriculture, and particularly
as secretary to the Norfolk Agricultural Association, which office he had
held for 13 years without emolument.”
19.—A main of cocks of 21 battles was fought at the Feathers Inn,
Yarmouth, between the gentlemen of Norfolk and the gentlemen of Suffolk,
at five guineas the battle and ten guineas the odd. Feeders: Layton for
Norfolk, Kersey for Suffolk. The match was continued on the 20th.
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