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The history of Lynn. Civil, ecclesiastical, political, commercial, biographical, municipal, and military, from the earliest accounts to the present time / To which is prefixed a copious introductory account of the ancient and modern state of Marshland, Wisbeach, and the Fens. By William Richards.

  • William Richards
Date:
1812
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Credit: The history of Lynn. Civil, ecclesiastical, political, commercial, biographical, municipal, and military, from the earliest accounts to the present time / To which is prefixed a copious introductory account of the ancient and modern state of Marshland, Wisbeach, and the Fens. By William Richards. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    gainst unreasonable and exorbitant exactions at Lynn constructive dis loyalty of our corporation—minister’s house in Webster’s row..........872 SECT. 4. Same continued—-pompous address to the throne in 1706 e~cut then made from Kettlewell to Gannock-gate—state of Middletom. yiver and water-miius—another notable address to the throne—execution of two childreie-state of the harbour—Dr. Hepburn and other doctors-~ medical and clerical professions more respected here then than now—ex- pulsion of Walpole—death of Anne and accession of George 1 .,...\ 882 SECT. 5. State of Lynn under George ].—sketch of his reign—attach— ment and wishes of the nation divided between him and the son of James Il. commonly called the Pretender—history of the town during this period. barren of interesting or memorable incidents—some of the most remarkable noticed=the king dies, and his son succeeds,........89% SEC:. 6. State of things here during the reignof George I]. —his ace cession attended with no inauspicious circumstances ;—-and his reign om the whole hap »y and prosperous—recital of the most notable aud promis nent acts of our municipality in the earlier partof it; ard of certain sub- sequent proceedings and occurrences—Allen, Goodwin, Taylor, Hare Wick, Browne, Bradleld S60) «ian seats ceenvesasieiovdspansauaadohis <alenin seem SECT. 1. Great chancery suit here in 1738—hurricane in 1741—da- mages occasioned by it repaired—perilous siate of the river and harbour rebellion of 1745—Jts effects on this town—its progress and suppression after the battle of Cullodenreflections thereon—-subsequent events re- lating to Lynn, to the end of that reiwn—state of the nation, and origin of Methodismernacces,ion, Of George L115. csigeegergnnspnnweniedanseewigses 918 SECT. 8 Flattering aspect of British affairs at the commence- ment of the preseut reign—ygeneral expectation then of halcyon days and a golden age, which has never yet been realized such a pros) ect bas become ever since more and more distant—view of the affairs of Lynn for the first twenty years of this reagn—contested election in 1768— further account of that in 1747—Wailkes here—American war &c.,,.938 SECT. 9. Lynn armed association—termination of the American war—-Aimerican independence acknowledged=—j eace restored; (but brought us not to our senses)—king’s iliness and recovery==view of the subsequent state of the town to this present timess..... cscs. eeseeseee ee DDT SECT. 10, Biographical sketches of the most distinguished person- ages among the natives or inhahitants of Lynn, from the reformation te the present day : Watts, Arrowsmith, Goodwin, Horne, (senr. and junr.) Phelpes, Goddard, Falkner, ..,...,..s0.essceepeesernncece govnasennss1 980 SECT. 11. Biographical sketches continued: Littel, Thomas Pyle, Fdmund Pyle, Hepburn, Browne, Lidderdale, J. Rastrick, W Rast- rick, Mayhew, Warner, SirB Keene, Edmund Keene, Chesterton, Lloyd, Hamilton: supplementary remarks and corrections... 01.01.1067