1736
Elizabeth Thompson hanged for the murder of a Dutchman in the Gaol-row.
1737
Jan. 14th. George II. landed a few miles south of Yarmouth.
1739
Sir R. Walpole sent 50 guineas to be expended in coal for the poor.
Robert Ferrier appointed Town Clerk, and eleven years afterwards he filled the civic chair.
1740
Chris. Bernard, Esq., elected Mayor, but died before completing his term of office.
Expenses of Yarmouth Haven were £3,299 15s. 9d.
Amelia Sophia de Walmoden, presumed to have been the mistress of George II., was created Baroness and Countess of Yarmouth for life. She died in 1750.