12th September the Revd Mr Chapill died of Cancer
Mr Lander married Miss Collins 8th September
Receiving a letter cost money in the 18th century - one of the reasons for not prepaying was to ensure that the postboys had an incentive to actually deliver the post!
"Mr Chapill" is Edward Chapell the vicar of St Peter's Nottingham from 1725-1767 wikipedia entry for St Peter's and there is a monument to him in the S Chancel (no20 on linked page Page showing monument to Edward Chappell and his sister. He married Thomas & ElizabethThomas tells us this in his entry for his wedding day
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