The Leigh Peerage: Being a Full and Complete History of the Claim of George Leigh, Esq. to the Dormant Title of Baron Leigh, of Stoneley, in the County of Warwick: Comprising a Report of the Evidence Taken Before the Lords' Committee for Privileges, with Notes, Analytical and Explanatory: and Certain Additional Evidence, Forming the Ultimatum to this Very Mysterious Case ...H. K. Causton, 1832 |
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Side iii
... observed , that the public have a right to be satisfied of the conduct , ability and integrity of their judges , and the freedom of enquiry into their conduct and opinions is one of the best securities human invention could have ...
... observed , that the public have a right to be satisfied of the conduct , ability and integrity of their judges , and the freedom of enquiry into their conduct and opinions is one of the best securities human invention could have ...
Side iv
... observation , they cannot both speak the truth , however conscientiously they may discharge the obligation of their oath . In the investigation which is the subject matter of this work , a principal point sought to be established was ...
... observation , they cannot both speak the truth , however conscientiously they may discharge the obligation of their oath . In the investigation which is the subject matter of this work , a principal point sought to be established was ...
Side v
... observed , “ he never believed there had been one . ” The following observations are extracted from the very ably conducted London Journal ( and the only one ) which considered this case worthy of remark . “ The main point in question ...
... observed , “ he never believed there had been one . ” The following observations are extracted from the very ably conducted London Journal ( and the only one ) which considered this case worthy of remark . “ The main point in question ...
Side xiii
... observation the continued limitation to the issue of the devisee , in these words " the heirs of his body lawfully begotten , " and presents a difficulty , we augur , might be of fatal consequence even in the very hour of victory , and ...
... observation the continued limitation to the issue of the devisee , in these words " the heirs of his body lawfully begotten , " and presents a difficulty , we augur , might be of fatal consequence even in the very hour of victory , and ...
Side xviii
... observed , that if a daughter of Mrs. Hackett had a son , that son , having assumed the name of Leigh , would have answered the description ; and must have had the preference : but , the plaintiff being the person who answers the ...
... observed , that if a daughter of Mrs. Hackett had a son , that son , having assumed the name of Leigh , would have answered the description ; and must have had the preference : but , the plaintiff being the person who answers the ...
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affidavit appeared asked attend Attorney baptism baron Leigh believe Blackrod Causton chancel Chandos Leigh churchwarden claim claimant Combermere Combermere Abbey committee county of Warwick Darley defendant deponent descended devised directed to withdraw duchess of Dudley Edward lord Leigh entry evidence examined copy father George Leigh Haigh Handley heard heirs male honorable Christopher Leigh house of lords inscription issue James Henry Leigh James Leigh John Leigh Joseph Hill knew Lancashire latin Leigh family letters lord Chancellor lordships marriage Mary Leigh ment mentioned monu name of Christopher name of Cotton name of Leigh never parish of Stoneley person petitioner plaintiff Pyot remember repairs Robert Roger Leigh seen shew sir Thomas Leigh South wall stone Stoneley Abbey Stoneley church suppose swear taken tell testator Thomas Leigh Thomas lord Leigh told vestry Webster's monument wife Wigan window witness was directed Wrenbury
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Side 36 - Signed, sealed, published and declared by the above named testator, as and for his last will and testament, in the presence of us, who at his request and in his presence and in the presence of each other have hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses.
Side 21 - Princess, during their lives and the life of the survivor of them, and that the sole and full exercise of the regal power be only in and executed by the said Prince of Orange...
Side 19 - Good repute and well known for his knowledge piety and morality be employed by the said trustees or the survivors or survivor of them or the heirs of such survivor or their or his assigns...
Side 19 - New-Jersey, upon trust and confidence that they, and the survivors and survivor of them, and the heirs and...
Side 34 - Signed, sealed, published and declared by the testator as and for his last Will and Testament, in the presence of us, who in his presence, and at his request, and in the presence of each other, have hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses.
Side vi - Claudian's order to place his statue in their temple, Philo places in harvest, Josephus in seed-time ; both contemporary writers. No reader is led by this inconsistency to doubt, whether such an embassy was sent, or whether such an order was given. Our own history supplies examples of the same kind. In the account of the Marquis of Argyle's death, in the reign of Charles the Second, we have a very remarkable contradiction.
Side xli - ... upon and for such trusts, intents and purposes, and with, under and subject to such powers, provisoes and declarations, as...
Side 28 - Barwick and her assigns, for and during the term of her natural life, in augmentation of her jointure ; and from and immediately after the decease of the survivor of them, the said J.
Side vi - Second, we have a very remarkable contradiction. Lord Clarendon relates that he was condemned to be hanged, which was performed the same day ; on the contrary, Burnet, Woodrow, Heath, Echard, concur In stating that he was beheaded; and that he was condemned upon the Saturday, and executed upon the Monday...
Side v - KNOW not a more rash or unphilosophical conduct of the understanding, than to reject the substance of a story, by reason of some diversity in the circumstances with which it is related. The usual character of human testimony is substantial truth undercircumstantial variety.