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obtain a licence. for his marriage lziiifitlli
:1, Lady Berkeley, dcnomingitcd izi.-’tlac
’. zifhdavit M21ry.,Cole, .S1Jlll‘1t“>‘l-(’).‘ ;, and
Aha; with respect to ' thcieon horn
‘after the marriage,‘-his Lordshipy in
g his own handwriting. fniituted doiv‘n -
u. A; the formfor the ‘t'egi.str.y of his bap-
‘ h,ti.szAn,,.express1y..jdeootnizizzting him
. . Lord Dursley, son of the ]‘3a1-lvhand
.. ‘Countess of Berlteley.-.. .Thc life. of
her Ladyship wasalso traced in evi-
. dance,‘ from the death of licryfatlicr,
i . L .VVilham ColcE,( who lived" at Vifootora,
,int- Gluueestershirc),.,. in December,
' N;J1789g‘or‘,lat1t1a1'.yA,,I783l;‘her com-
e ing to London ; her :going into‘ the
u -. ‘iaervice of" Lad y Talubgti ; . yaftcrivards
in March, 1784-,.into’,th‘e scrtiice of
; B11-3., '?Foot.ey, in Kent;; Llvidence ivas
,3 ‘also giveuof ydeclaratious of.Lady
V .Ber‘l;eley,, and of Lord Berkeley, at
,. .difl'ereut times; ‘between I;7)85yand
1:796, indicating that were not
.-Nrmari-ied, ',l,:l13:.pcr$o11 tirho was oiiicia
.’.,.,ati=xg’cler15 of the pariah of yllgerlgeley
- ..at the time the banus‘-were ‘alleged,
-5 was also called, who xievcrfhenrd any
': such bamis .p‘ub1is‘hed.-' -'l'l1eoamc of
f,..f-hllgllstlls "'1‘hou1as iyljfupsxngm, the
Lvicarlof Berlgeiey, signed to the regis-
-.. .try,.of,-ttlie tttat‘t'iztge, was declared by
T his wjdiglw not to“ be illiiex. his . hand‘-.
“ f.$fa:ll:ltlg,.;l1'id'Il)f3‘I‘(!3t' oftlie registry
‘ivas. proved to bein tltehattd-tyriting
$01‘. .,;.LoVf-;l;A Berl:ele"y,f itxeioding the
- .1 :1‘l‘V0l'(ij5l““ the marl; ,V9f,Tl1'hos. B;;r1:ea.”.
; ;I:;vidre1'tce . was ,,lllA'.e&EiSt ' ’adc‘1uc,cd..& to.
,.sho'vr that ;l3ord.:13erkelo3:- -.iy.-rrs‘-Jtot.
-mac-q.iz‘aiI1ted with ‘Lady i3Vci’:l;4eie.y..,t‘iil
Jiatcyin the year ‘I735.-;. 3.1; . : I
L '.l'9:;‘c-htxt the eiicct of,;this.te5ti-
. gmony, several v.jitueS5e3.yverc cxznnin.
' ed on’ the part'.of:!tl1e;claiinant,v to
print’; :1; belief and persuasgion on the
--part of the .;individuals;-'.'tiot1nccted
. with theliinxily, that Loi'd.l3erI;eley
.‘..iifJdrI';3dY.1.3Ci'ilil3‘lf'Y,"‘ at the time she‘
owns-Iivii1g.. with lxinfiaa " Miss Tudor,
b ;were' married ;’j also, to [pi-(ave. Adm;
‘from’ the mOde>'oii'pi:hIisl:iiig' banris';1t.
Bergki-lay-‘yelturcliiv V they x’ni‘ght fr;-.
‘ 43oe'm1y'-”;not. he’ ‘f.!‘9;’ uhgjwv
WA.Is'I‘iE'!E’Ql,!l.l.13El.1NIll'2y‘I‘ MAGAZINE; ' ,‘
Ia1ae'wi‘sa ‘ :rt;a=g“1a..a:- ,Ber d
Lady”Berkeley? $.vere> seen in com-
pany -tHOgCll)C“I" m tlieparly, pm of
1783. Mrs. Glossop, the mother
of Lady. Berkeley, also swore rim
tion to her, when pregnant of her
iirst.child,(the claimant), that ghg
wasyznarricd to Lord ‘Berkeley.
. I" tSo'me.vi'itnt's5es were then exam-iii".
ed, callcdibyl. the Solicitor-Genera],
.respectmg some points or contradic.
$101.1‘. f r ‘z, .‘ "Ky .
' Witnesses were then finally called
by the House of Lords, whose testi-
known intimacy between“Lord and
tumn.-of 1 735, and one ofwhom; the
.iM;n'quis of Buckingham, deposed
to repeated comrerszitions between his
Lordship ’ and Lord. Berkeley, - in
"which the latter stated himself not to
he married to the person than living
with him, now Lady, Berkeley; ‘by
actually proposed to the Noble Mar-
quis-tol bccomcua mediator with his
brother, -Admiral Bcrkelcyyto cz-1-.
gage ’ to marry his -eldest. son toian
illegitimate daughter (by Mary, now
-Colgntesa of I5e2‘l(eley);' in,.'3't'hich
choc he wotild settle the Castle -and
ihnx;ioi1rs'of Bcrkeleyfon‘ her, that
Peerage. -
by.-the resolutioni of the Hotise of
.Loijds, ‘the Berkeley Pgeiagc indis-
iputably devolvesfon the iirst‘ son of
the marriage in’ 1795. Q,-A'I"ltat may
be tlij: ultimate ’efl‘cet'i ofthe drcisgion;
" of-the Committee ‘of’ Priirileges goes
"nod; f,artheif than to , say,7thatvlae has
to him yet to :petition the, Houseyif
he.,can addut-cl IICEY proofs, or ole!-
Lthrosv‘ the L-videxice given. agaih“
hini ‘;‘and his broth‘er, Morton Fitz-
r Hons:
her daughter made a solemn declam. ,
mony went’ to.‘ show .that -the first '
Lady Berkeley was not till tlxeian. i
ivhom the had children; and that he '
tlicfy might not be separated from the-
"T It has been erron‘eo1isl;,'5‘siaid; that
but in il1o”znc.'m[time the-resTol1ition' .-
not n.Iade,"g‘ood his .Clai1n. ,. It is opcn.
hlztrdingg is only in his fiftee:1th.7.93‘’v '.
and cannot claim to be called to the V b