Celebrated Claimants from Perkin Warbeck to Arthur OrtonGood Press, 16. des. 2019 - 322 sider Celebrated Claimants from Perkin Warbeck to Arthur Orton is a book that recounts the stories of known claimants or persons who have appeared out of the blue claiming hereditary titles and fortunes for themselves. Excerpt: "In 1585 a man appeared who personated the dead king. He was a native of Alcazova, and a person of low birth and still lower morals. In his earlier days he had been admitted into the monastic society of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, but had been expelled from the fraternity on account of his misconduct. Even in his later life, when, by pretended penitence, he succeeded in gaining re-admission, his vices were found so far to outweigh his virtues and his piety that it was necessary again to confide him to the tender mercies of a sacrilegious world. He fled to the hermitage of Albuquerque, and there devotees visited him. Widows and full-blooded donnas especially frequented his cell; and the results of his exercises were such that the Alcalde threatened to lay hands upon him. Once more he disappeared, but only to turn up again in the guise of Don Sebastian. Two of his accomplices who mixed among the people pointed out his resemblance to the lost monarch: the credulous crowd swallowed the story, and he soon had a respectable following. Orders from Lisbon, however, checked his prosperous career. He was arrested and escorted by 100 horsemen to the dungeons of the capital. There he was tried and condemned to death. The sentence was not, however, carried into effect; for the imposture was deemed too transparent to merit the [26]infliction of the extreme penalty. The prisoner was carried to the galleys instead of the scaffold, and exhibited to visitors as a contemptible curiosity rather than as a dangerous criminal. So ended the first sham Sebastian." |
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DON SEBASTIANTHE LOST KING OF PORTUGAL | |
JEMELJAN PUGATSCHEFFTHE FICTITIOUS PETER III | |
OTREFIEFTHE SHAM PRINCE DIMITRI | |
MOHAMMED BEYTHE COUNTERFEIT VISCOUNT DE CIGALA | |
JOSEPHTHE FALSE COUNT SOLAR | |
JOHN LINDSAY CRAWFURDCLAIMING TO BE EARL OF CRAWFURD | |
PIERRE MÊGETHE FICTITIOUS DE CAILLE | |
THE BANBURY PEERAGE CASE | |
JAMES PERCYTHE SOCALLED EARL OF NORTHUMBERLAND | |
ALEXANDER HUMPHREYSTHE PRETENDED EARL OF STIRLING | |
THE SOCALLED HEIRS OF THE STUARTS | |
JOHN HATFIELDTHE SHAM HONOURABLE ALEXANDER HOPE | |
HERVAGAULT SOIDISANT LOUIS XVII OF FRANCE | |
MATURIN BRUNEAU SOIDISANT LOUIS XVII OF FRANCE | |
JAMES ANNESLEYCALLING HIMSELF EARL OF ANGLESEA | |
CAPTAIN HANSFRANCIS HASTINGS CLAIMING TO BE EARL | |
AUGUSTUS MEVES SOIDISANT LOUIS XVII OF FRANCE | |
RICHEMONT SOIDISANT LOUIS XVII OF FRANCE | |
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afterwards Altham Anne Allard appeared arrived Arthur Orton asserted Banbury believed birth brother brought called Charles child claim Claimant Comte de Chambord countess court daughter dauphin death declared died documents Doughty Duchess Duke of Cumberland Duke of Kent Duke of Normandy Earl Edward England English estates evidence father favour France French friends gave gentleman George Gomin Gosford Hannah Lightfoot heir honours House of Lords Howard Hugh Smyth husband impostor Ireland James John king Lady Tichborne letters lived Louis XVI Madame Marchioness of Bath marriage married Martin Guerre Melipilla mother mysterious Naündorff never Olive Wilmot once Paris person possession pretender prince Princess prisoner proceedings Pugatscheff recognised returned Roger Tichborne royal Ryves secret sent Serres Sieur de Caille sister soldier story succeeded Table of Contents Temple throne Tichborne told took trial uncle Verré Wagga-Wagga Warwick wife William witnesses