Josiah Curtis appointed town crier, an office which he held for 32 years.
1788.
Martha Stanninot, a peculiar woman known as “Queen Martha,” who fancied she should be Queen of England, lived and died in Row 28.
1789.
Nov. 1st. Forty vessels driven ashore between Yarmouth and Southwold; 80 fishing boats wrecked, and 120 bodies washed ashore between Yarmouth and Cromer.
An appointed day of thanksgiving for the King’s recovery, and the town illuminated.
Seven hundred lasts of herrings taken by 180 boats.
1790.
June 18th. Right Hon. Charles Townshend and Henry Beaufoy, Esq., returned to Parliament. Votes—T., 632; B., 455; J. T. Sandys, 182.
A pottery established at Yarmouth.