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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

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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[ >2 ] 3«rc here, and on the Part of the noble. Prifoner. there is-not the leaf! Gbje&ion to the Whole being, 1 ai chbe fo r e. t he Court. ' The Lords then permitted the following Proceedings in the Jactitation Caufe, and -the ; Sentence pronounced in the Ecclefiaftical Court, to be .read de bene ejfe. 'SECOND SESSION. Michaelmas Term 1768. Chudleigh again ft Hervey. Libel given the 9 th of November 1768. Bijhop. bln the Name of God, Amen, before you the Worfhipful John Bcttefivorth, Dotftor of Laws, Vicar General of the Right Reverend Father in God Richard, by Divine Per- miffion, Lord Bifhop of London, and Official Principal of the Confiftorial Epifcopal Court of London lawfully conftituted, your Surrogate, or any odier competent Judge in this Behalf of the ProCtor of the Honourable Elizabeth Chudleigh, of the Pariih of Saint Margaret, IVejlminfter, in the County of Middlefex, Spinfter ; againft the Honourable Augufus John Hervey, of the Paridi of Saint James's, Weftminfter, in the County of Middlefex and Diocele of London, a Batchelor ; and againft any other Perfon or Perfons lawfully intervening or appearing for him in Judgment before you by way of Complaint, and hereby complaining unto you in this Behalf, doth lay, alledge, and in Law articu¬ lately propound as follows ; that is to fay, l 1 .ripHT A T the faid Honourable Elizabeth Chudleigh was and is free, and no way engaged in any Matumonial ConcraCt or Elpoufals with the faid Honourable Au- gufius John Hervey, and for and as a Perfon free and no way engaged, was and is com¬ monly accounted, reputed, and taken to be amongft her Neighbours, Friends, and familiar Acquaintance; and the Party proponent doth alledge and propound every Thing in this Article contained jointly and feverally. 2. That the laid Honourable Augufius John Hervey fufficiently knowing the Premifes, and, notwithftanding the fame, did, in the Year of our Lord One thoufand Seven hundred and Sixty-three, One thoufand Seven hundred and Sixty-four, One thoufand Seven hun¬ dred and Sixty-five, One thoufand Seven hundred and Sixty-fix, and One thoufand Seven hundred and Sixty-feven, and in the feveral Months therein concurring, and in this prefent Year of our Lord One thoufand Seven hundred and Sixty-eight, within the Pariih of Saint James, Weftminjler afore (aid, and in other Pariffies and Places in the Neighbourhood thereof and thereto adjoining, or in all, fome, or one of the afore-mentioned Times and Places, in the Prefence of feveral credible Witnefies, falfely and malicioufiy boaft, afiert, and report, that he was married to or contracted in Marriage with the aforefaid Honourable Elizabeth Chudleigh, whereas in Truth and FaCt not any luch Marriage was ever folemnized or ever contracted between them ; and this was and is true, publick, and notorious; and the Party proponent doth alledge and propound of any other Time or Times and Places as ffiall . appear from the Proofs to be made in this Caule, and as before. 3. - That the faid Honourable Augujtus John Hervey hath been oftentimes, or at leaft Once on the Part and Behalf of the laid Flonourable Elizabeth Chudleigh, and her Friends and Acquaintance, afked and requefted, or defired to den ft and abftain from his aforefaid p;etended falfe and malicious boafting, afferting, and reporting, as mentioned in the next preceding Article; and the Party proponent doth alledge and propound as before. 4. That the faid Honourable Augttjlus John Hervey being as aforefaid afked and requefted -to ceafe, defift, and abftain from his aforefaid pretended falle and malicious boafting, aftert- ing, and reporting, hath not in the leaft, nor cloth in the leaft at prefent, ceafe, defift, and abftain therefrom, but continually with like Malice and Ralhnefs does conftantly, falfely, and malicioufiy boaft, afiert, affirm, and report the fame, to the great Danger of his SouL’s Health, no fmall Prejudice to the faid Honourable Elizabeth Chudleigh, and pernicious Ex¬ ample of others; and this was and is true, publick, and notorious ; and the Party proponent doth alledge and propound as before. 5. That of all and fingular the Premifes it was and is, by and on the Part and Behalf of the faid Honourable Elizabeth Chudleigh, Spinfter, thinking herlelf greatly injured, ag¬ grieved, and difquieted by reafon of the aforefaid pretended falfe and malicious boafting, i-iferting, and reporting or the laid Honourable Augufus John Hervey, rightly and duly . complained 2

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