Volume 1
The trial of Elizabeth Duchess Dowager of Kingston for bigamy, before the Right Honourable the House of Peers, in Westminster-Hall, in full Parliament, on Monday the 15th, Tuesday the 16th, Friday the 19th, Saturday the 20th, and Monday the 22d of April, 1776. On the last of which days the said Elizabeth duchess dowager of Kingston was found guilty / Published by order of the House of Peers.
- Elizabeth Pierrepont, Duchess of Kingston-upon-Hull
- Date:
- 1776
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: The trial of Elizabeth Duchess Dowager of Kingston for bigamy, before the Right Honourable the House of Peers, in Westminster-Hall, in full Parliament, on Monday the 15th, Tuesday the 16th, Friday the 19th, Saturday the 20th, and Monday the 22d of April, 1776. On the last of which days the said Elizabeth duchess dowager of Kingston was found guilty / Published by order of the House of Peers. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![[ >49 ] Mr. Attorney General. At what Time was that Converfation held at your Houfe at Mile-End ? Ann Pritchard. It was on a Sunday, but I cannot particularly tell the Month. Mr. Attorney General. How long ago was that Sunday ? Ann Pritchard. It was a very little Time after fhe had been fubpoenaed. Mr. Attorney General. Do you know if it was a Week, or more Time, or lefs, after fhe had been fubpoenaed ? Ann Pritchard. It might be more than a Week. I cannot tell particularly. Mr. Attorney General. What Reafon have you to know, that it was within fome fhort Time after fhe had been fubpoenaed ? Ann Pritchard. As we were very intimate Acquaintances, (he came to dine with me. She told me, fhe longed to tell me what had happened fince the laft Time fhe faw me. Mr. Attorney General. But how long was that laft Time fhe faw you before that laft Time that fhe came to you again ? Ann Pritchard. I cannot particularly fay. Mr. Attorney General. As near as you can go ; was it a Fortnight ? Ann Pritchard. It might be a Quarter of a Year. Mr. Attorney General. Have you any Means of recollecting within a Week or a Fort¬ night of the Time of her having been examined upon the Subpoena ? Ann Pritchard. I cannot poffibly recoiled, as not expecting ever to be called upon. Mr. Attorney General. Does your Intimacy continue with Mrs. Cradock ? Ann Pritchard. It always did, until fhe has been confined at Mr. BeauwatePs. Mr. Attorney General. Did you ever mention this Converfation to Mrs. Gradock, fince the Time it happened ? Ann Pritchard. No, never. Mr. Attorney General. Will you give an Account to their Lordfhips of the whole Con¬ verfation which Mrs. Cradock held upon the Subject of that Marriage ; whether fhe told you the whole Story of the Marriage? Ann Pritchard. She told me a great deal of it. I do not know the Particulars. Mr. Attorney General. It is important, that you fhould recoiled: as many Particulars as you can, that Mrs. Cradock told you of that Marriage. What Particulars did Mrs. Cradock tell you of that Marriage ? Ann Pritchard. She told me that fhe had been examined by a Matter in Chancery, who afked her if fhe knew of the Marriage between Augujlus 'John Hervey and Mifs Chud- leigh f They afked h r if fhe was in the Church ? fhe anfwered, fhe was. They afked her who was in the Church ? fhe told them, herfelf, Mr. Merrill, and Mrs. Hanmer. They afked her, if fhe heard the Ceremony ? fhe told him, fhe did not. That was all the Particu¬ lars I heard her relate. * ' Mr. Attorney General. Had not you the Curiofity yourfelf to enquire after fome more Particulars ? Ann Pritchard. 1 had not. Mr. Attorney General. Did fhe ever tell yon, at what Time of Night it was ? Ann Pritchard. Never. Mr. Attorney General. Was any Body prefent at the Converfation about the Reward, that the Witnefs expe&ed ? Ann Pritchard. No. * Mr. Attorney General. At what Time was that Converfation had ? Ann Cradock. It was after Dinner, it might be at Two o’clock on the Sunday $ it was Summer Time I know, but I cannot particularly fay the Month. Mr. Attorney General. Was it the fame Sunday, that the former Converfation patted ? Ann Pritchard. No. Mr. Attorney General. Whether, when the Witnefs propofed, on her having a great Fortune coming to her, that fhe fhould live with Mrs. Cradock, or Mrs. Cradock live with her ? Ann Pritchard. Mrs. Cradock live with me ! Mr. Attorney General. What are you ? Ann Pritchard. In a very creditable Situation, and a pretty Fortune. I live at Mile-End. Mr. Attorney General. Do you carry on any Bufinefs at Mile-End? Ann Pritchard. No. Mr\ Qq](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b30458961_0001_0159.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
