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 xi
... seen at Stoneley Abbey , the portraits of Christopher Leigh and two of his children who died in their infancy . Proof of such a fact would have been a reasonable presumption of a former marriage to that with Constance Clent in 1670 ...
... seen at Stoneley Abbey , the portraits of Christopher Leigh and two of his children who died in their infancy . Proof of such a fact would have been a reasonable presumption of a former marriage to that with Constance Clent in 1670 ...
Side liii
... seen by his own declaration , in the year 1812 , that the rev . Thomas Leigh assumed an inheritance as heir of designation in remainder under the will of lord Leigh , and the like title has been urged on behalf of his successors , but ...
... seen by his own declaration , in the year 1812 , that the rev . Thomas Leigh assumed an inheritance as heir of designation in remainder under the will of lord Leigh , and the like title has been urged on behalf of his successors , but ...
Side 49
... seen the stone carried into the cellar , went away up the back staircase ; that having seen Mrs. Leigh at the cellar he attempted to look in , to see whether the said John Ilett was there , but Mrs. Leigh directly shut the door in his ...
... seen the stone carried into the cellar , went away up the back staircase ; that having seen Mrs. Leigh at the cellar he attempted to look in , to see whether the said John Ilett was there , but Mrs. Leigh directly shut the door in his ...
Side 53
... seen in a later stage of the proceedings , that where a letter purporting to have been written in 1700 by a William Tayler , and said to have been found in the evidence room at Stoneley Abbey , was produced by the counsel of Mr Chandos ...
... seen in a later stage of the proceedings , that where a letter purporting to have been written in 1700 by a William Tayler , and said to have been found in the evidence room at Stoneley Abbey , was produced by the counsel of Mr Chandos ...
Side 55
... seen a pedigree in the library at Combermere Abbey ; that it mentioned the marriage of a Christo- pher Leigh with a Penelope Cotton : he added , that he had left the document in the library , where he had seen it . The registers of the ...
... seen a pedigree in the library at Combermere Abbey ; that it mentioned the marriage of a Christo- pher Leigh with a Penelope Cotton : he added , that he had left the document in the library , where he had seen it . The registers of 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.