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
3.—At a quarterly assembly of the Norwich Corporation, Mr. A. A. H.
Beckwith was elected Speaker of the Common Council.
5.—Four prisoners made their escape from the city gaol at Norwich. Each
prisoner was wearing his leg irons, and their escape was observed. One
was apprehended immediately, another was captured at Wymondham, a third
at St. Augustine’s gates, and the fourth surrendered.
10.—Died at Cheltenham, aged 57, Major-General Sir Haylett Framingham,
K.C.B., colonel of the Royal Horse Artillery and commanding officer of
Royal Artillery in Ireland. He was the eldest son of Mr. C. Framingham,
of Swaffham, and served under Wellington in the Peninsula.
14.—The Bishop of Norwich commenced his Ordinary Visitation at Thetford,
where he confirmed 1,500 persons. The numbers confirmed in other centres
in the diocese were:—At Newmarket, 2,900; Sudbury, 2,400; Bury St.
Edmund’s, 4,320; Stowmarket, 2,200; Ipswich, 2,300; Woodbridge, 1,400;
Framlingham, 1,900; Halesworth, 1,300; Lowestoft, 600; Beccles, 700;
North Walsham, 1,370; Holt, 1,200; Fakenham, 2,000; Lynn, 2,000; Downham,
1,300; Swaffham, 1,600; and Dereham, 1,230. The Visitation concluded on
July 1st, and was said to have “redounded highly to the honour of the
clergy of this extensive diocese, as the number of persons confirmed
greatly exceeded all former visitations.”
—Died at King Street, Norwich, in her 104th year, Mrs. Laney, widow of
the Rev. Benjamin Laney, formerly rector of Mulbarton.
20.*—“The depredations on the river Yare during the last five years have
amounted to £25,000.”
24.—At a meeting of the clergy of the county of Norfolk and of the
diocese of Norwich, held at the Swan Inn, St. Peter Mancroft, Norwich,
under the presidency of Archdeacon Bathurst, it was decided to petition
Parliament against the claims of “the Roman Catholic persuasion.”
29.—Pitt’s birthday was celebrated by a public dinner at St. Andrew’s
Hall, Norwich, at which 350 noblemen and gentlemen were present. Lord
Bayning presided.
JUNE.
1.—A detachment of the 10th Light Dragoons, commanded by Major Stapleton,
arrived at Norwich to relieve the 14th Light Dragoons, who on the same
day left on their route to Canterbury.
4.—Died at his house in the Close, Norwich, Mr. Thomas Tawell, aged 57,
“who, having been deprived of his sight for some years, founded the
Hospital and School for the Indigent Blind in Norwich, in 1806.”
13.—Died, aged 84, at her house in Surrey Street, Norwich, Mrs. Holland,
“formerly and for many years a respectable actress in the Norwich
company.”
14.—Died at the Great Hospital, Bishopgate Street, Norwich, aged 70, John
Dale, “who for many years travelled the circuit with the Norwich company
as dresser to the actresses, and whose skill and ingenuity in that
capacity stood unrivalled, for the taste and excellence which he
manifested in his profession. By his industry he was enabled to support
his father and mother in their extreme old age.”
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