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May 12. Aged 81, Mrs. Agnes Gibbs, youngest dau. of the late Sir P. Gibbs, Bart. May 13. In Castle-st. East, Oxfordst. aged 80, Mr. John Tolkenton. For upwards of half a century he carried on the business of a hair-dresser a few doors from Berners-street, having succeeded his master at that period of George III.'s reign when his occupation was in great request. He also carried on a thriving business in money-lending; and one of the attics was literally crammed full of paintings and other valuable property, which had been placed in his hands as security for loans, and which, strange to say, he had suffered to rot and perish from damp, &c. He accumulated upwards of 60,000l. which will be inherited by his nearest relative, the daughter of a niece and her family.

May 14. In Holloway-place, Edward Garland, esq.

Major Charles Callagan M'Carthy, late of the 36th regt.

May 16. At Holloway, aged 82, Mr. John Hopkins, Vestry Clerk of St. Dunstan's-in-the-West.

May 17. At Clapham, aged 72, David Davidson, esq.

At Blackland's House, Chelsea, aged 60, Charles Carey Sumner, esq.

May 18. In Lower Brook-st. aged 85, Elizabeth, relict of Thomas Parry, esq.

At Stockwell, aged 44, Mr. J. T. Haines, of the English Opera-House. He was the author of many dramatic pieces that were very profitable to the various minor theatres. His melodrama of "My Poll and My Partner Joe," acted some years ago at the Surrey Theatre, under the management of the late Mr. Davidge, yielded a profit of 40007. was the stage manager of the English Opera-house at the time of his decease.

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In Fitzroy-st. aged 76, Eliza Ann, relict of John Ross, esq. late of Jamaica.

May 19, At Kentish-town, Miss Susanna Stanley, niece of Lady Blizard.

In Upper Belgrave-pl. aged 65, Charles James Apperley, esq. the well-known sporting writer under the signature of "Nimrod," and second son of the late Thomas Apperley, esq. of Wootton-house, Gloucestershire. May 20. At Croom's Hill, Black heath, aged 84, Mary Hyde, widow of the Rev. William Panchen, late Rector of St. Mary's, Huntingdon, and eldest dau. of the late Rev. Francis Wollaston, Rector of Chiselhurst, Kent.

At Rosslyn House, Hampstead Road, aged 53, Lady Colville, relict of Gen. the Hon. Sir Charles Colville, G.C.B. Her death was caused by her clothes catching fire whilst in her drawing-room on the

day previous. She was Jane, eldest daughter of the late William Mure, esq. was married in 1818, and left a widow in the 27th March last, (see the memoir of Sir Charles Colville in our May number, p. 532.)

At Hoxton, aged 48, Elizabeth, eldest dau. of the late Mr. Nathaniel Catherwood. May 21. In New Burlington-st. in consequence of falling from the bannisters, Ernest, youngest son of Richard Bentley, esq. bookseller to her Majesty.

At Kensington, aged 55, Lieut.-Col. Henry Herbert Manners, K.H. late 37th Reg. He was appointed 2d Lieut. 1807; Lieut. 1809; Captain 1819; Major 1825; brevet Lieut.-Colonel 1838. He served in the Peninsular war.

At Clapham, aged 76, Mary, wife of the Rev. William Foster.

In Charlotte-st. Bedford-sq. John Jortin, esq. one of the Directors of the London Life Association.

In Cork-st. Burlington-Gardens, Richard Stonier Gamon, esq. Assistant Commissary-Gen. to the Forces; son of the late Rev. William Gamon, Rector of Bramdean, Hants. and of Ham, Suffolk.

In Albany-st. Regent's Park, Mrs. Deane F. Walker.

May 22. At Clapham Common, Thomas Adlington, esq. late of the firm of Adlington, Gregory, Faulkner, and Follett, solicitors, of Bedford-row, London.

In Church-st. St. John's, Westminster, John F. A. Wadman, esq.

May 23. Aged 17, Elizabeth Waterfall, eldest dau. of John Linnet, esq. Argyll-place.

At Merchant Tailors' School, Charles, youngest son of the Rev. J. W. Bellamy. Emma, wife of C. F. Futvoye, esq. of Gray's-inn-terr. Gray's-inn-lane.

Aged 46, Frederick Tyrrell, esq. the very eminent surgeon and oculist. He was one of the surgeons of St. Thomas's Hospital. Mr. Tyrrell was one of the sons of the late Timothy Tyrrell, esq. city remembrancer, and grandson of the late John Dollond, esq. of St. Paul's Church-yard.

Capt. Lancey, retired full pay of the Royal Engineers.

At her residence in Harley-st. the Dowager Viscountess Anson.

May 25. Aged 23, Louisa Adelaide, eldest surviving dau. of James F. Saunders, esq.

In Leicester-pl. aged 79, William Clifton, esq.

In Great Portland-st. aged 74, John Bowring, esq.

May 26. Anna Mary, eldest dau. of J. Ireland Blackburne, esq. M.P.

At Endsleigh-st. Tavistock-sq. aged 70,

Anna Maria, relict of John Horner, esq. of Grove Hill, Camberwell.

May 27. At Pimlico, Mary Anne, youngest dau. of the late Rev. William Humphry, Vicar of Seal, Kent.

In Gloucester-pl. Kentish Town, aged 21, Fanny Henrietta, only child of Henry Schultes, esq.

At Blackheath, aged 33, Charles Parr Montagu, esq. son of Basil Montagu, esq.

May 28. At Brompton, aged 63, Percy Farren, esq. brother to Mr. William Farren, of the Haymarket. He was stage manager of the Brunswick theatre, near Goodman's-fields, at the period of its destruction in 1826. He was also stage manager under the late Mr Morris, at the Haymarket.

In Coldharbour-lane, Camberwell, Lydia, relict of Joseph Harvey, of Gracechurch-st. bookseller.

In Brompton-sq. Anne, wife of Sir James Wellwood Moncrieff, Bart. She was the dau. of Capt. George Robertson, R.N.; was married in 1808, and leaves issue.

May 29. At the Royal Hospital, Chelsea, Elizabeth, wife of Lt.-Col. Le Blanc.

May 30. In Harley-st. aged 75, Mary Bridget Lady Petre, relict of Robert-Edward 10th Lord Petre. She was the eldest dau. of Henry Howard, esq. and sister of the late, and aunt to the present, Duke of Norfolk. Her Ladyship married, 1786, the late Lord Petre, by whom she had thirteen children, eight of whom are living.

May 31. At Greenwich, aged 71, John Carttar, esq.

Lately. At the house of her son the Rev. Dr. Stebbing, aged 83, Mrs. Mary Stebbing.

At Brompton, aged 23, Henry Thomas Sannemann, esq. of Lincoln Coll. Oxford.

June 1. In Chester-sq. Pimlico, aged 32, Edward William Brightman, esq. In King-st. St. James's, aged 51, Benjamin Davies, esq.

In York-pl. aged 82, Miss Sainsbury. June 2. Aged 21, Miss Jessie Emma Rayment, niece of Mr. Frederick John Taylor, of Wilson-st. Gray's-inn-road, and youngest dau. of the late D. W. Rayment, esq. solicitor.

At Chelsea, aged 62, Ashburnham Bulley, esq. Chief Clerk of Her Majesty's Exchequer.

June 3. In Upper Harley-st. aged 74, Samuel Bosanquet, esq. of Dingestow Court, Monmouthsh. and Forest House, Essex.

At Claremont Cottage, Regent's Park, Ellinor, widow of the Hon. Charles S. Putnam, of Fredericton, New Brunswick, British North America, Member of the Legislative Council of that province.

In London, Thomas Cosway, esq. of Tiverton.

In Bedford-sq. Amelia, relict of Charles Warren, esq. Chief Justice of Chester. Aged 57, Samuel Mitan, esq. of the Polygon, Somers Town.

Maria, youngest dau. of William Fox, esq. of Chester-ter. Regent's Park.

June 4. Aged 38, William Bertram Bishop, esq. solicitor, of the firm of Hall, Bishop, and Mourilyan, of Verulam-buildings, Gray's-inn.

June 6. Aged 85, Thomas Bagnall, esq. of Barnsbury Park, Islington.

In Upper Gower-st. Martha, wife of William Northage, esq.

At Clapham, aged 65, Ann, wife of George Heathcote, esq.

In Torrington-sq. aged 71, E. A.Whyte, esq. He committed self-destruction by hanging himself. He possessed large landed estates, and had resided in the square many years.

June 8. At his residence, Burton-cresc. aged 36, Mr. H. Younge, of Drury-lane Theatre. He enjoyed considerable reputation in pantomime and spectacle writing for the theatres royal, and few men have contributed more to the stock of harmless amusement during the last ten years. His pantomimes of "Harlequin Guy Fawkes,"

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Georgy Barnewell," "Great Bed of Ware," "Duke Humphrey," &c. will be long remembered by the juvenile frequenters of the theatres.

Ann, wife of Richard Knight, esq. of Tavistock-sq.

At Thistle Grove, Old Brompton, aged 56, Elizabeth, wife of James Lockhart, esq. of Lanhams, Essex.

Aged 72, John Windus, esq. First Secondary of her Majesty's Court of Exchequer.

In St. Martin's parish, Westminster, Capt. Thomas Meldrum, half-pay 96th Regt. formerly of the 2d Foot.

June 9. In Holles-pl. Abel Adolphus, esq.

June 10. At Westcombe Park, Greenwich, aged 68, Thomas Brockelbank, esq. He had been all his life engaged in active business as a lighterman, barge-owner, timber-merchant, and lastly, as managing director of the General Steam Navigation Company, a situation of great responsibility. His practical knowledge of the navigation of the river, and of everything connected with nautical matters, was of great service to the Company, and he saved them many thousands in avoiding litigation. He had amassed a large fortune, and has left a numerous family to inherit it.

June 11. In Chester-terrace, Regent's Park, aged 47, Griffith Richards, esq.

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M.A. one of her Majesty's counsel. He was the fifth son of the late Sir Richard Richards, knt. Chief Baron of the Exchequer. He was called to the bar at the Inner Temple Nov. 24, 1820, practised as an equity draftsman, and was formerly a Commissioner of Bankrupts.

In Grosvenor-pl. aged 35, Fortescue, eldest son of T. S. Horner, esq. of Mells Park, Somerset.

In Manchester-sq. Capt. Arthur James Caldwell, only son of Major-Gen. Sir James Caldwell, K.C.B.

June 12. At Chelsea, aged 18, Elizabeth Ann Phillips, late of Guildford.

In Harley-st. Cavendish-sq. aged 80, Meliora, wife of Deliverance Dacre, Esq.

June 14. In Stratton-st. Piccadilly, aged 87, Anna, widow of Samuel Pepys Cockerell, esq. of Westbourne Green. Aged 54, Margaret, wife of Daniel Dixon, esq. of Mark-lane.

In Wilmington-sq. Sarah, widow of Nathaniel Keantish, esq. of Sandy River, Clarendon, Jamaica.

In Grosvenor-pl. aged 20, Sarah Ellen, second dau. of Charles Allen Young, esq.

June 16. Louisa Rachael, second dau. of Thomas De la Rue, esq. of Bunhill

BEDS.-May 16. At Copt Hall, near Luton, aged 65, Miss Isabella M'Douall, younger dau. of the late John M'Douall, esq. of Glasgow, younger brother of the late Patrick M'Douall Crichton, fifth Earl of Dumfries.

May 24. At Ampthill, aged 79, Samuel Davis, esq.

June 7. At her house, Linden, Eversholt, aged 66, Miss Lucy Monoux, youngest dau. of Sir Philip Monoux, the 5th Bart. of Wootton, and of Sandy, same county, on the death of whose son, in 1809, the title devolved on the Rev. Philip Mo. noux of Sandy, who died in 1814, when the Baronetcy became extinct. The loss of this lady will be severely felt by the inhabitants of this agricultural village; she employed several in the improvement of her grounds, besides affording charitable assistance to many of her poor neighbours. To her benevolence the parish is indebted for the establishment of a coal and clothing club; and to her exertions it is mainly owing that the school now erected on ground given by her for that purpose was built. Her estates are left, after the death of two ladies to whom she was much attached, to the Honourable George Ongley, brother of Lord Ongley, of Old Warden, in the same county.

BERKS.-May 27. At Wantage, aged 72, Mr. John Davis, late Superintendent of the Religious Tract Society. GENT. MAG. VOL. XX.

May 31. In Park-st. Windsor, aged 92, Sarah, widow of George Clode, esq.

Lately. At Bradfield-place, near Reading, aged 61, Lt.-Gen. John Le Mesurier. He entered the service in Aug. 1794, and served in the 89th Foot; was made Major 17th Foot 1802; he took his rank of Lieut.-Col. by brevet, in July, 1810, and that of Colonel in Aug. 1819; his last commission, that of Lieut.-General, is dated Nov. 1841. He was on half-pay of the 17th Foot.

Lately. At Reading, aged 75, Mr. John Piercy, formerly of St. James's, Westminster.

June 11. At his residence in the Upper Foundation, Windsor Castle, aged 59, Capt. J. J. Cumming, an old and deserving officer. He served many years on the Staff in the West Indies, and succeeded the late Col. Bassett, in 1842, in the appointment of Governor of the Military Knights of Windsor. He has left a widow and also two sons and three daughters, and was buried in St. George's Chapel with military honours.

BUCKS.-June 15. At Chenies, Harriet Lucy, wife of Frederick Augustus Hyde.

CAMBRIDGE.-June 1. Aged 28, Thomas Oslar, esq. of Fulbourn.

June 8. At Landbeach rectory, Maria Sarah, second dau. of the late Rev. L. Addison, of Saxthorpe.

CHESHIRE.-May 22. At her residence, Greenfield, in Thelwall, in the 66th year of her age, Anne, widow of the late James Stanton, esq. (whose death we noticed in our Obituary for March, 1842; see vol. XVII. N. S. p. 338.) Mrs. Stanton was daughter of John Harrison, esq. of Derby, and sister of the present John Harrison, esq. of Snelston Hall, in that county. She has left surviving issue James, now of Greenfield; Henry, of Warrington, a magistrate for the county of Lancaster; and Margaret. For some time past Mrs. Stanton had been in declining health, and since the decease of her hus band in December 1841 she was almost entirely confined to the house.

June 7. Aged 72, William Twemlow, esq. of Northwich and Hatherton, surgeon, second son of the late William and Phebe Twemlow, of the latter place. He practised the healing art in Northwich with credit to himself and advantage to his patients, for the long period of fifty years, and closed his earthly career amidst the grief and regret of an extensive circle of acquaintance. He was interred in the family vault at Wybunbury.

CUMBERLAND.-May 14. Aged 63, Sarah Penelope, relict of John Tomlinson, esq. of Brisco Hill, and Blencogo.

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At St. Bees college, aged 23, James, eldest son of the Rev. James Coats, Perpetual Curate of Chelmorton and Sheldon, Derbyshire.

DERBY.-May 11. In Derby, aged 65, Joseph Talbot, esq. formerly of the Stock Exchange.

DEVON.-May 15. At Lympstone, James West, esq. youngest son of the late Lieut.-Col. James West, Royal Art. May 25. At his residence, Marineplace, Plymouth, J. Broderick, esq.

May 26. At Exeter, Mary, wife of Henry Leslie Grove, esq.

May 29. At Exeter, aged 97, Benjamin Walkey, esq.

June 1. At Hayes, Broadclist, aged 69, Mark Ayshford, esq.

June 2. Philip Gould Whitlock, esq. surgeon, late of Sidmouth, and fifth son of the late George Whitlock, esq. of Heavitree.

June 5. At Torquay, Caroline, wife of John Sillifant, jun. esq. of Coombe.

June 6. At the Royal Dockyard, Devonport, Maria Antonia, second dau. of Dr. Tobin, of Brussels.

June 9. At Sadborow house, Thorncombe, aged 80, John Bragge, esq.

At Torquay, John N. Smart, esq. for. merly of Bristol.

June 14. At Ilfracombe, aged 80, Mary, relict of the Rev. J. Blackmore, Rector of Combmartin.

June 15. At Tiverton, aged 46, T. Leaman, esq. late Mayor, and one of the Councillors of Castle Ward.

DORSET.-May 21. At Weymouth, Sarah, widow of W. Drayton, esq.

June 9. At Abbotsbury Castle, Geraldine Margaret, youngest dau. of Edward St. Vincent Digby, esq. and granddau. of the Earl of Ilchester.

DURHAM.-May 25. At Darlington, aged 39, Christopher Wetherell, esq. solicitor. He was 6 feet 2 in. high, and weighed upwards of 30 stone. His coffin was 7 feet 6 in. long, 2 feet 5 in. deep, and measured 3 feet 2 in. across the breast. The weight of the corpse and coffin was 58 stone, the depth of the grave 10 feet, the length 9 feet. In order to remove this immense burden to the tomb it was found necessary to take out of the deceased's house a large bow window, and the coffin was placed on a platform, mounted on the springs and axles of his own carriage.

ESSEX.-April 14. Aged 22, a daughter of R. Moorhouse, esq. one of the magistrates for Essex, residing at Trincomalee Villa, near Romford. She was betrothed to Mr. Mather, of Antigua. Since the earthquake there, by which that gentleman's property was almost entirely

destroyed, she had become dejected, and
was found drowned in a cistern of water
at the back of the house.

May 13. Aged 71, William Freeborne,
esq. of Mistley.
May 19. At Colchester, aged 75,
Charles Thorley, esq. Capt. in the East
Essex Militia.

At St. James's rectory, Colchester, aged 48, Anne, wife of the Rev. M, Seaman, D.D.

June 7. At Rochford hall, aged 62, Ann, wife of John Lodwick, esq.

At Bocking End, near Braintree, aged 54, Martha, wife of the Rev. Alexander Fletcher.

June 8. Frances, wife of R. C. Haselfoot, esq. of Boreham.

June 13. At the Convent, New Hall, near Boreham, aged 72, Elizabeth Mary Regis, eldest dau. of Sir Robert Gerard, of Garswood, a professed Nun of the Order of Sepulchrines 53 years, and Prioress of the Convent for 27 years.

GLOUCESTER. May 2. At Clifton, aged 83, Lieut.-General Thomas Foster. He was appointed Ensign 1795, Lieut. 1796, Cornet First Dragoon Guards 1798, Lieut. 1800, Capt.-Lieut. 1801, Major h. p. York Hussars 1802; Lieut.-Colonel 1810; Major 3rd Garrison Battalion 1815, Colonel 1819, Major-General 1830, and Lieut.-General 1841. During the war he was employed as an Assistant Adjutantgeneral on the home staff.

Lately. At Bristol, Job Harril, esq. He has made the following bequests to To the Bristol charitable institutions. Orphan Society, contingent on the death of an elderly person, 4007.; to poor men and women in Temple parish the interest of 2001. for ever; to the Bristol Infirmary, 1007.; to the Bristol General Hospital, 1007.; and to the Bristol Strangers' Friend Society, 1007.

At Bredon house, near Tewkesbury, the relict of George Strickland, esq.

At Cheltenham, aged 64, the relict of David Kennedy, esq.

At Newland, aged 42, Capt. William Henry Rogers, late of the 58th Inf.

At Cheltenham, at an advanced age, Thomas Scott, esq. cousin to the Earl of Clonmel.

June 4. Aged 23, Sarah Anne, eldest dau. of the Rev. C. E. Birt, of Bristol; and on the 15th March, on board the Sumatra, on his voyage to Ceylon, his son, the Rev. O. J. Birt, of the Baptist Mission.

June 5. At Clifton, Eliza, widow of Major-Gen. Sir Amos Norcott, C.B.

June 7. At Clifton, Blanche Bridget, widow of John Digby Newbolt, esq. of the Hon. E.I.C. Civil Service at Madras.

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HANTS. May 14. Walter Morrice, esq.

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May 18. At Little Green, near Gosport, Daniel Quarrier, esq. M.D. Inspector of Fleets and Hospitals, a Deputy Lieut. of the County, and an active Magistrate. His body was interred at Steep near Petersfield.

At Twyford, near Winchester, aged 89, the wife of the Rev. George Coxe, rector of St. Michael's, Winton, and mother of the late Gen. Sir James Lyon, G.C.B.

Lately. At Winton, aged 86, Mrs. Jane Warton, of Morley's College, relict of the Rev. Joseph Warton, Rector of Tunworth, near Basingstoke.

June 4. At Romsey, aged 29, Sabina Mary, wife of Charles John Tylee, esq. June 5. Near Gosport, Lionel Hervey, esq.

June 6. At the Priory, I. W. aged 75, Edward Grose Smith, esq.

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HEREFORD.-May 27. House, Leominster, the wife of Capt. Wheeley.

Lately. Aged 27, John-Havard, eldest son of William Havard Apperley, esq. of Withington, near Hereford.

At Ledbury, aged 12, William Henry, second son of William Dugmore, esq. barrister-at-law.

HUNTS.-May 8. At Kimbolton, Lucy, youngest dau. of the late Charles Bloodworth, esq.

KENT.-May 16. At Deal, on her birthday, Martha, eldest dau. of the late William Hulke, esq. M.D. of that town.

At Sevenoaks, aged 81, Charles Willard, esq. Clerk of the Peace for Kent.

May 24. At Sandgate, aged 20, Mary Frances, dau. of Francis Turner, esq. of Queen-sq. Westminster.

May 25. At Lamberhurst, Lydia Catharine, wife of William Alexander Morland, esq. of Court Lodge, and eldest dau. of the late Rev. James Marriott, LL.D. Rector of Horsemonden.

May 29. At Ashford, aged 83, Peter Dobree, esq. third son of the late Peter Dobree, esq. of Beauregard, Guernsey.

May 31. Aged 46, Major Henry Knight, late of the 8th Hussars, son of Edward Knight, esq. of Godmersham Park.

June 5. At Rochester, David Hermitage Day, esq. banker, and Justice of the Peace for Kent.

June 6. At Lewisham, aged 73, John Penn, esq. one of the firm of Penn and Co. civil engineers, at Greenwich. His death was caused by ossification of the heart; and a verdict to that effect was

returned. He was highly respected in Greenwich, where he had an extensive manufactory of steam-engines, particu larly for steam-vessels.

June 8. Ann, relict of Robert Wissett, esq. of Forest Hill.

June 12. At Woolwich Common, Lady Savage, relict of Major-Gen. Sir John Boscawen Savage, K. C.B. K.C.H. having survived him only three months (see our May number, p. 534.)

At Forest Hill, aged 69, John Howe, esq. of St. Dunstan's-hill. June 15. Aged 91, Thomas Lewin, esq. of the Hollies. LEICESTER. May 4. At Melton Mowbray, aged 78, Charles Latham, gent. May 21. Aged 70, the wife of the Rev. Wm. Foster, Vicar of Ashby Folville.

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MIDDLESEX.-May 18. At Finchley, Charles Ventris Field, esq. surgeon, of Rotherhithe, Surrey, and eldest son of the late Charles Ventris Field, esq.

May 19. Sarah, relict of Charles Turner, esq. of Hanwell Park. She survived her husband only two months. See our Magazine for May, p. 550.

May 21. At Sunbury, aged 61, Killingworth Richard Hedges, esq.

May 24. At Winchmore Hill, aged 75, Richard Child, esq.

May 27. At Twickenham, aged 60, John Hovenden Alley, esq. barrister-atlaw. He died so suddenly that a coroner's inquest was held on his body, which returned for their verdict, Natural Death. He was called to the bar at Lincoln's Inn, Nov. 25, 1815, and practised as a special pleader, and in the Home Circuit.

May 31. At Whitton, aged 65, Benja. min Gostling, esq.

June 10. At Sutton, Hounslow, aged 83, Elizabeth, relict of Mr. W. Martinson, of Davies-st. Berkeley-sq.

MONMOUTH. Lately. At Pant-yGoitre House, William Morgan, esq. only surviving son of the late John Morgan, esq. of Graigwith House.

NORFOLK.-April 10.

At Norwich, aged 69, Mr. J. T. Patience, architect and surveyor, who had filled the office of City Surveyor since 1836, and formerly of Bury St. Edmund's.

April 19. Elizabeth, relict of Thomas Cooke, esq. of Bergh Apton.

May 6. Aged 38, Elizabeth, wife of Christopher Carter, esq. of Wiggenhall St. Germans, near Lynn.

May 15. Aged 28, Nicholas Henry, youngest son of Sir Edmund Bacon, Bart. of Heveningham Hall.

May 24. Horatio-Pettus, youngest son of the late Rev. Robert Ficklin, Rector of Crostwick.

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