Insolvent Debtors 1756

Articles from the London Gazette

Provided by Lindsey Withers

The under-mentioned Persons claiming the Benefit of the Act lately passed for the Relief of Insolvent Debtors, the following Notices have been brought to the Printer of the London Gazette, to be inserted in this Paper, and are herein inserted in Obedience to the said Act.

London Gazette - Issue 9552 published on the 3 February 1756

The following Person being a Fugitive for Debt and beyond the Seas on or before the first Day of January 1755, and having surrendered himself to the Keeper of his Majesty's Prison of the Fleet, hereby gives Notice, that he intends to take the Benefit of the late Act of Parliament made in the Twenty Eighth Year of the Reign of his present Majesty King George the Second, intituled, An Act for Relief of Insolvent Debtors, at the next General or Quarter Sessions of the Peace to be held at the Guildhall of the City of London, or at the Adjournment of that, or of the last General or Quarter Sessions, which shall happen next after Thirty Days from the Publication hereof, viz.

First Notice.

Roger Goodwin, formerly of Portsmouth in the County of Hants, late of Plymouth in the County of Devon, Mariner.

London Gazette - Issue 9558 published on the 24 February 1756

The following Person being a Fugitive for Debt, and beyond the Seas on or before the 1st Day of January 1755, and having surrendered himself to the Keeper of the Sheriff's Ward or Prison in the Parish of St. Thomas the Apostle, in and for the County of Devon hereby gives Notice, that he intends to take the Benefit of the late Act of Parliament made in the Twenty Eighth Year of the Reign of his present Majesty King George the Second intitled, An Act for Relief of Insolvent Debtors, at the next General or Quarter Sessions of the Peace to be held for the said County of Devon, or at the Adjournment of that, or of the last General or Quarter Sessions, which shall happen next after Thirty Days from the FIRST Publication of the undermentioned Name, viz.

Third Notice.

James Robinson, late of Tiverton in the County of Devon, Labourer.

London Gazette - Issue 9559 published on the 28 February 1756

The following Person being a Fugitive for Debt and beyond the Seas on or before the 1st Day of January 1755, and having surrendered himself to the Keeper of Saint Thomas's Prison in the County of Devon hereby gives Notice, that he intends to take the Benefit of the late Act of Parliament made in the Twenty Eighth Year of the Reign of his present Majesty King George the Second, intitled, An Act for Relief of Insolvent Debtors, at the next General or Quarter Sessions of the Peace to be held at the Castle of Exon, in and for the said County of Devon, or at the Adjournment of that, or of the last General or Quarter Sessions, which shall happen next after Thirty Days from the Publication of the undermentioned Named, viz.

First Notice.

Thomas Grimes, late of the Parish of Brixham in the County of Devon, Fisherman.

London Gazette - Issue 9562 published on the 9 March 1756

The following Person being a Fugitive for Debt, and beyond the Seas on or before the first Day of January 1755, and having surrendered himself to the Keeper of he Sheriff's Ward or Prison of and for the County of Devon, hereby gives Notice, that he intends to take the Benefit of the late Act of Parliament made in the Twenty Eighth Year of the Reign of his present Majesty King George the Second, intitled, An Act for Relief of Insolvent Debtors, at the next General or Quarter Sessions of the Peace to be held in and for the said County of Devon, or at the Adjournment of that, or of the last General or Quarter Sessions, which shall happen next after Thirty Days from the Publication of the undermentioned Name, viz.

First Notice.

Richard Passmore, late of Exmouth in the County of Devon, Mariner.

London Gazette - Issue 9566 published on the 16 March 1756

The following Person being a Fugitive for Debt and beyond the Seas on or before the First of January 1755, and having surrendered himself to the Keeper of the Sheriff's Prison, in the Parish of St. Thomas the Apostle for the County of Devon hereby gives Notice, that he intends to take the Benefit of the late Act of Parliament made in the Twenty Eighth Year of the Reign of his present Majesty King George the Second, intitled, An Act for Relief of Insolvent Debtors, at the next General or Quarter Sessions of the Peace to be held in and for the said County of Devon, or at the Adjournment of that, or of the last General or Quarter Sessions, which shall happen next after Thirty Days from the Publication of the undermentioned Name, viz.

First Notice.

William Bagwell, late of Bridge Town, in the Parish of Berry Pomery, in the County of Devon, Cooper and Mariner.

London Gazette - Issue 9596 published on the 29 June 1756

The following Person being a Fugitive for Debt, and beyond the Seas on or before the first Day of January 1755, and having surrendered himself to the Keeper of Newgate in the City of Bristol, hereby gives Notice, that he intends to take the Benefit of the late Act of Parliament made in the Twenty Eighth Year of the Reign of his present Majesty King George the Second, intitled, An Act for Relief of Insolvent Debtors, at the next General or Quarter Sessions of the Peace to be held for the said City of Bristol, or at the Adjournment of that, or of the last General or Quarter Sessions, which shall happen next after Thirty Days from the Publication of the undermentioned Name, viz.

First Notice.

John Butler, formerly of Plymouth, late of the City of Bristol, Musician.

London Gazette Issue 9622 published on the 28 September 1756

The following Person being a Fugitive for Debt, and beyond the Seas on or before the 1st Day of January 1755, and having surrendered himself to the Keeper of Saint Thomas's Prison in the County of Devon hereby gives Notice, that he intends to take the Benefit of the late Act of Parliament made in the Twenty Eighth Year of the Reign of his present Majesty King George the Second, intitled, An Act for Relief of Insolvent Debtors, at the next General or Quarter Sessions of the Peace to be held at the Castle of Exon, in and for the said County of Devon, or at the Adjournment of that, or of the last General or Quarter Sessions, which shall happen next after Thirty Days from the FIRST Publication of the under-mentioned Name, viz.

Third Notice.

Thomas Marshall, late of Exeter in the County of Devon, Mariner.

London Gazette - Issue 9625 published on the 9 October 1756

The following Person being a Fugitive for Debt, and beyond the Seas on or before the 1st Day of January 1755, and having surrendered himself to the Keeper of Saint Thomas's Prison in the County of Devon hereby gives Notice that he intends to take the Benefit of the late Act of Parliament made in the Twenty Eighth Year of the Reign of his present Majesty King George the Second, intitled, An Act for Relief of Insolvent Debtors, at the next General or Quarter Sessions of the Peace to be held at the Castle of Exon, in and for the said County of Devon, or at the Adjournment of that, or of the last General or Quarter Sessions, which shall happen next after Thirty Days from the FIRST Publication of the under-mentioned Name, viz.

Third Notice.

John Williams, late of Tiverton in the County of Devon, Shoe-maker.

London Gazette - Issue 9637 published on the 20 November 1756

The following Person being a Prisoner for Debt in his Majesty's Prison at Bodmyn in the County of Cornwall, hereby gives Notice, that he intends to take the Benefit of the late Act of Parliament made in the Twenty Eighth Year of the Reign of his present Majesty King Ge3orge the Second, intitled, An Act for Relief of Insolvent Debtors, at the next General or Quarter Sessions of the Peace to be held in and for the County of Cornwall, or at the Adjournment of that, or of the last General or Quarter Sessions, which shall happen next after Thirty Days from the FIRST Publication of the undermentioned Name, viz.

Third Notice.

Richard Musgrove, formerly of Holsworthy in the County of Devon, but now of the Borough of Bodmyn in the County of Cornwall, Barber and Peruke Maker.

London Gazette - Issue 9639 published on the 27 November 1756

The following Person being a Fugitive for Debt and beyond the Seas on or before the First of January 1755, and having surrendered himself to the Keeper of the Ward or Prison of the Sheriff of Devon, in the Parish of St. Thomas the Apostle, hereby gives Notice, that he intends to take the Benefit of the late Act of Parliament made in the Twenty Eighth Year of the Reign of his present Majesty King George the Second, intitled, An Act for Relief of Insolvent Debtors, at the next General or Quarter Sessions of the Peace to be held in and for the said County of Devon, or at the Adjournment of that, or of the last General or Quarter Sessions, which shall happen next after Thirty Days from the Publication of the under-mentioned Name, viz.

First Notice.

William Fortune, late of Plymouth in the County of Devon, Shipwright.