1771
“Clappermen” appointed to watch the vessels in the Harbour, and prevent any fire or light being used on board.
1772
Jan. 11th. Henry Swinden, a diligent antiquary, who for twenty years collected and digested a large mass of information respecting his native town, author of “History of Great Yarmouth,” died, the same year his work was published, and while the last sheet was in the press, aged 55 years. (See 1776.)