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
27.—In the Court of King’s Bench, before Lord Ellenborough, a rule
against Mr. Thomas Hoseason, a magistrate for the county of Norfolk, for
having acted in his own cause in committing to the house of correction
his servant, General Batterby, there to be kept to hard labour, and
publicly whipped, was discharged on payment of costs.
30.*—“Mr. Angerstein has completely wound up his extensive mercantile
concerns, and retired from business with an immense fortune, most
honourably acquired. One of the last purchases which he made was a
Government annuity of £3,000 on his own life. Weeting Hall, formerly
Lord Montrath’s, was also a recent purchase.”
H.R.H. the Duke of Gloucester this month visited Holkham, as the guest of
Mr. T. W. Coke.
DECEMBER.
10.—At a meeting of the Trafalgar Lodge of Oddfellows, held at the Three
Tuns, St. Andrew’s, Norwich, the floor of the upper room gave way and
precipitated the members into a lower apartment. “One of the members on
finding himself sinking laid hold of the bars of the fire grate, but he
soon relinquished his hold and dropped on his companions.” No one was
injured. The meeting, at the time of the accident, had under discussion
the question of the desirability of removing the lodge to other quarters.
28.—An equestrian troupe, under the management of Mr. Moritz, opened for
the season at Harper’s Pantheon, Norwich.
—Bullock’s Museum of Natural History and productions of the fine arts was
exhibited in the large room at the Angel Inn, Norwich.
Prices were very high this month. Wheat was quoted at 100s. to 110s.;
rye, 46s. to 48s.; barley, 36s. to 47s.; and oats, 28s. to 32s. per
quarter. The average price of wheat was 53s. 4d. per coomb, and the
average price of flour £4 11s. 6d. per sack. Coals were 46s. 4d. per
chaldron.
1812.
JANUARY.
2.—A silver vase, of the value of 200 guineas, was presented to Sir
Edmund Bacon, premier baronet, of Raveningham, at the Swan Inn, Loddon,
by the inhabitants of the Loddon and Clavering Hundred, as a token of
their respect for him as a magistrate, and in recognition of his valuable
services in the improvement of the roads in the district.
11.*—“The East India Company, on a representation from the manufacturers
of camblets in Norwich, have raised their order from 16,000 to 22,000
pieces this season, and the manufacturers have lately advanced the wages
of the journeyman weavers.”
20.—A two days’ cocking match commenced between the gentlemen of Yarmouth
and the gentlemen of Blofield, for £5 a battle, £20 the odd, and two byes
for £10 each. On the first day Blofield won four battles, and Yarmouth
three battles and a bye. On the second day Yarmouth won four battles,
and Blofield three battles and a bye. “The pit was filled each night,
and there was much betting between the parties.”
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