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Executed for involvement in the Rye Houses Plot... West Indies clear of pirates...
Executed for involvement in the Rye Houses Plot... West Indies clear of pirates...
Item # 689360
November 02, 1685
THE LONDON GAZETTE, England, Nov. 2, 1685 The back page has a report noting: "This day Richard Nelthorp and John Ayloff were executed, the first before Grays-Inn, and the latter before the Temple Gate."
John Ayloffe was an English lawyer, political activist, and satirist, described as "one of the most consistently committed radicals of the century". According to his contemporary and political opponent Sir Roger L'Estrange, publisher of The Observator, there were few 'more daring men for a desperate exploit'. Their sentences were for involvement in the Rye House Plot.
The front page has a report from Madrid noting in part: "...We have an account from the West Indies that the South Sea is quite cleared of Pirates; That 1500 thousand pieces of eight had been brought to Panama on the Kings account...".
Complete as a single sheet newspaper, 6 1/2 by 11 inches, some front page foxing, good condition.
Complete as a single sheet newspaper, 6 1/2 by 11 inches, some front page foxing, good condition.
Category: The 1600's and 1700's
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