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An Extraordinary Cheap Lot of Fancy Silks, at 2s 9d & 2s 11 1/2d the yard, Any Length Cut: Patterns Post Free, from Pinsent & Co.’s Devonport:
[see also other issues and dates]
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Devonport: The Queen’s Birthday: Yesterday being the Queen’s birthday, Messrs. Pinsent & Co., drapers, closed their establishment in the afternoon, thereby enabling their employees to enjoy a timely relaxation from their duties.
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Madam, – We beg to announce that the Premises 31, 32, 33, Market Street, Devonport will be re-opened on Saturday Next, April 30th, with an entirely new stock, embracing the leading novelties of the season in Silks and Shawls, Fancy Dresses, Ribbons and Laces, Parachutes, etc. etc, and on the same day we shall make our First Grand Display of Millinery, Mantles, Straw Bonnets and Hats, selected from the first Parish and London Houses: Soliciting the favour of a call: We are, Madam, your most obedient Servants, Pinsent & Co. 31, 32, 33, Market Street, Devonport, April 28th, 1864.
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Last Week!!! The Remaining Portion of the Stock-in-Trade of General Drapery, Carpets, etc. etc. of the Late Mr. R. S. Pinsent, will be offered For Sale this Day and Following Days till Thursday Next, April 27th, After Which the Premises will be Closed: 31, 32, 33 Market Street, Devonport: … … also … … 31, 32, 33, Market Street, Devonport: We beg to inform you that we have purchased of the Administratrix of the Estate of the late Mr. Richard S. Pinsent the Entire Business, which will be carried on by us (as formerly) under the firm of Pinsent & Co. We trust to merit a continuance of the support and confidence with which this establishment has so long been favoured: Your obedient Servants: T. Pinsent Horton (Nephew of the late Mr. Pinsent), John D. Collins: April 27th, 1864:
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GRO0119 Devonport: Catherine Agnes Ross: 1830 – 1906
GRO0741 Devonport: Richard Steele Pinsent: 1820 – 1864
Royal Naval and Military Free School: Devonport: At the annual general meeting of the friends and subscribers of this institution, held in the school room, King Street, on Tuesday the 26th instant, Charles Row, Esq., Mayor of Devonport in the chair, the following report and resolutions were unanimously adopted. … Report … (description of school) … Your committee have therefore drawn up an appeal to the generosity of the public to remedy this deficiency, which of all other sources, they desire to see increased rather than diminished. They have to lament the loss the institution has sustained during the last year of three of its principal and much respected supporters and annual subscribers, the late Admiral W. B. Mends, Col. Harris, of Mount Radford, and Rd. Pinsent, Esq., … …
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GRO0741 Devonport: Richard Steele Pinsent: 1820 – 1864
Housekeeper: A lady wishes to recommend, as Housekeeper, in a private family or house of business, one who has had the entire charge of a large establishment for 15 years. The best references and recommendations will be given – Apply Mrs. Pinsent, 34 Ker Street, Devonport.
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GRO0119 Devonport: Catherine Agnes Ross: 1830 – 1906
General Drapery, Carpets, Furnishing, Woollen Cloths, Fancy Trouserings, Etc. Etc. The remaining portion of the Stock of the late Mr. R. S. Pinsent will be sold off today and the following days, on the premises, 31, 32, 33, Market Street, Devonport.
[see also through to Western Daily Mercury: Tuesday 26th April 1864]
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GRO0741 Devonport: Richard Steele Pinsent: 1820 – 1864
Pinsent & Co. Find it Absolutely Necessary to Close Their Establishment on Friday Next, April 8th, for the purpose of rearranging and marking stock. Open Saturday Morning, April 9, at ten o’clock: 31, 32, 33 Market Street, Devonport: April 6th 1864.
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GRO0741 Devonport: Richard Steele Pinsent: 1820 – 1864
Sale of £17,950 worth of Drapery Goods Previously Announced, The Entire Stock-in-Trade of the Late Mr. R. S. Pinsent, deceased, will be Sold Off, on the premises, 31, 32, 33, Market Street Devonport: At an Immense Reduction in Price, for Cash Only: This will commence on Saturday April 2nd, and continue until the whole is disposed of: The Premises will be closed for three days prior to the first day of sale: Devonport: March 26th 1864.
[see also following dates and issues]
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GRO0741 Devonport: Richard Steele Pinsent: 1820 – 1864
Richard S. Pinsent, Deceased: NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that all persons haring Claims or Demands against the estate of Richard Steele Pinsent, late of Market-street, Devonport, Mercer and Draper, who died on the12th day of February last, are hereby required forthwith to send In the particulars of their claims and demands to us, the undersigned In order that same may examined, and If found correct discharged. Dated this 19th Day of March, 1864: Little, Woolcombe & Venning, 26 Ker Street, Devonport, Solicitors for the Administratrix: … … also … … Richard S. Pinsent, Deceased: Notice is hereby given that all persons indebted to the estate of Richard Steele Pinsent, of Market Street, Devonport, mercer and draper, who died on the 12th day of February, 1864, are hereby required forthwith to pay the amount of their respective debts at the Counting-house, Market Street, aforesaid, where attendance will be given from 10 to 4 o’clock, daily for the purpose of pursuing the same: Dated this 19th Day of March 1864, Little Woollcombe & Venning: solicitors for the Administratrix.
[see also Western Daily Mercury: Wednesday 23rd March 1864 and other issues]
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GRO0741 Devonport: Richard Steele Pinsent: 1820 – 1864