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1776 JAMAICA ALMANAC

Preface

[The top half of the page with the Preface to the Almanac is torn off. There is then a list of names, which is partly torn. The title of the list is not known. They may have been subscribers.]

____ Lunan

William Smellie

Henry Aitchieson

Edward Burton

Layton S_____

Alexander Sheriff

Charles Speering

Hugh Wilson

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GOVERNOR AND COMMANDER IN CHIEF OF JAMAICA,

His Excellency, Sir BASIL KEITH, Knight

Lieutenant-Governor

His Hon. JOHN DALLING, esquire

Secretary

ALEXANDER INNES, esquire

Chaplain

Reverend THOMAS WARREN

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THE HONOURABLE THE COUNCIL

Hon. Thomas Iredell, esquire, President

Francis Cook

Rose Herring May

William Patrick Browne

John Ellis

John Palmer

William Barnett

Samuel Alpress

Thomas Hercey Barrett

Richard Welch, esquires

OFFICERS

CHAPLAIN

Rev. Thomas Warren

CLERK

Richard Lewing, esq.

Officer of the Black Road and Messenger

John Mead, esq.

Public Messenger

John Clement, esq.

Printer, Robert Sherlock

LIST OF THE PRESENT ASSEMBLY

Hon. Philip Pinnock, esq., Speaker

St. Catherine

James Lewis

James Trower

Benjamin Lyon, esquires

Port Royal

Digby Dennis

James Crean

Mathew Wallen, esquires

Kingston

Thomas French

Simon Taylor

Jasper Hall, esquires

Saint Dorothy

James Prevost

Charles Brooks, esquires

St. Thomas in the Vale

Malcolm Laing

Stephen R. Redwood, esquires

Saint John

Thomas Brooks

Thomas Wallen, esquires

Clarendon

Thomas Fearon

Wheeler Fearon, esquires

Vere

William Pusey

Archibald Simpson, esquires

Saint Elizabeth

William Witter

William Harvie, esquires

Westmoreland

John Cope

Edward Webley, esquires

Hanover

Samuel Williams Haughton

John Campbell, of Salt Spring, esquires

Saint James

James Irving

Walter Murray, esquires

Trelawny

William James Hall

James Irving, junior, esquires

Saint Ann

James R. Whitehorne

Alexander Fullerton, esquires

Saint Mary

Thomas Murphy

Thomas Bourke, esquires

Saint George

William Gray

William Elphinstone, esquires

Portland

Nathaniel Grant

Samuel Orr, esquires

St. Thomas in the East

Philip Pinnock

William Harris, esquires

Saint David

Augustine Gwyn

Robert Richards, esquires

Saint Andrew

Daniel Moore

Edward East, esquires

OFFICERS OF THE ASSEMBLY

Chaplain, Rev. Thomas Coxeter

Clerk, Samuel Howell, esq.

Messenger, William Alexander, esq.

Printer, Mr. Robert Sherlock

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HIGH COURT OF CHANCERY

CHANCELLOR

His Excellency Sir Basil Keith, Knight

MASTERS IN ORDINARY

Spanish Town

Daniel Brodbelt

Samuel Howell

John Grant, esquires

Kingston

Mark Hall

Exelbee Lawford

John Woolfrys

Robert Forrester

Edward Bowes, esquires

Saint Andrew

Noah Bere

James Kelly

J. M. Dwyer, esquires

Vere

Richard Batty, esq.

Westmoreland

Thomas Barker

George Murray, esquires

Hanover

William Catanach, esq.

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MASTERS EXTRAORDINARY

St. Mary

George Seaton, esq.

St. Elizabeth

John Watson

Joseph Royal

William Rowe

John Anderson

Robert Brown

Alexander Walker, esquires

St. James

Charles Bernard

Daniel Bernard

Colin Reid

William Plummer

James Stothert

Colin Campbell, esquires

Saint Ann

William Edwards

Thomas Rose, esquires

St. Thomas in the East

Samuel Orr, esq.

Hanover

James Millar, Esq.

Westmoreland

John Somerville

William Antrobus, esquires

Hanover

James Lewis

Thomas James, esquires

St. Thomas in the Vale

Anthony Yeates, esq.

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Register and Clerk of the Patents, Peter Ramsay, esq.

Serjeant at Arms and Mace-Bearer, John Mead, esq.

Days for motions in Chancery: Thursdays preceding every Grand court.

Week for hearing: Tuesday preceding every Surry assize.

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COURT OF VICE-ADMIRALTY

Hon. John Brownrigg, esq., Sole Judge

Hon Thomas Harrison, esq., Advocate-General

Register, Hinton East, esq.

Marshal, Mr. Hugh Polson

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JUDGES AND OFFICERS OF THE GRAND COURT

The Hon. Edward Webley, esq., Chief Judge

Assistants

Thomas French

William Blake

James Trower

Lewis Bur. Martin

Walter Murray

David Milner

Edward Foord

Thomas Hibbert, junior

William Gray

John Grant

William Jackson

John Cope, esquires

Officers

Attorney-General, Hon. T. Harrison, esq.

Clerk of the Crown, William Singer

Solicitor for Crown, Matthew Byndloss

Clerk of the Court, William Mitchell

Provost-Marshal, John Mead, esquires

Commissioners for the Grand Court

Kingston

Robert Forrester

Robert Evans

Noah Bere

Edward Bowes, esquires

St. James and Trelawny

Charles Bernard, sen.

Charles Bernard, jr.

James Lawrence

Thomas Reid, jr.

William Anglin

William Vincent

James Stothert

John Crawford

William Atherton, esquires

Clarendon

William Hewitt, esq.

Portland

Matthew Corr, esq.

St. Thomas in the East

Edward Marriott, esq.

St. Mary

William Ross, esq.

St. George

William Carmichael, esq.

Hanover

Edward Chambers, esq.

St. Elizabeth

Robert Brown

Duncan Hook, esquires

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JUSTICES OF THE SURRY ASSIZE

All the Judges of the Grand Court, and

Edward East

Lewis Cuthbert

Nathaniel Philips

Talbot O'Brien

William Elphinston

Richard Cargill

Charles Hall, esquires

JUSTICES OF THE CORNWALL ASSIZE

All the judges of the Grand Court, and

John Tharpe

John Harriott

Raby Williams

John Campbell, Salt Spring

Lewis Vassall

George Murray

Samuel Warren Foster

William Rowe

Thomas King

Richard Vassal

John Foster, esquires


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