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<HEAD>The Pedigree of <HI>John</HI> Lord <HI>Purbeck,</HI> the Duke of <HI>Buckingham,</HI> and Lord <HI>Angle&s;ey.</HI></HEAD>
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<ITEM>Sir <HI>George Villiers,</HI> by his Second Wife, had I&s;|&s;ue Three Sons:
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<ITEM>1. <HI>John</HI> Lord <HI>Purbeck.</HI> 1. <HI>John</HI> Lord <HI>Purbeck</HI> died without I&s;&s;ue.
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<ITEM>That one <HI>Robert Right,</HI> an Illegitimate I&s;&s;ue, claims the Title and Honour of Lord <HI>Purbeck,</HI> who had I&s;&s;ue&mdash;
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<ITEM><HI>Robert. Robert</HI> hath I&s;|&s;ue
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<ITEM><HI>John,</HI> the now Pretender.</ITEM>
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<ITEM>2. <HI>George</HI> Duke of <HI>Bucks,</HI> 2. <HI>George</HI> Duke of <HI>Buc|kingham</HI> had I&s;&s;ue,
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<ITEM>The late Duke of <HI>Bucks,</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>and Lord <HI>Francis Villiers;</HI> both dead, without I&s;&s;ue:</ITEM>
<ITEM>And the late Dutche&s;s of <HI>Richmond,</HI> who is al&s;o dead, without I&s;&s;ue.</ITEM>
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<ITEM>3. <HI>Chri&s;topher</HI> Lord <HI>An|gle&s;ey.</HI> 3. <HI>Chri&s;topher</HI> Earl of <HI>Angle&s;ey</HI> had I&s;&s;ue,
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<ITEM>One Son, and The Son is dead, with|out I&s;&s;ue; and&mdash;</ITEM>
<ITEM>One Daughter. The Daughter had I&s;|&s;ue Three Daughters.
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<ITEM>1. <HI>Frances,</HI> Wife to the Lord <HI>Brudenell:</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>2. <HI>Elizabeth,</HI> Wife to the Earl of <HI>Ca&s;tlehaven:</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>3. <HI>Mary,</HI> Wife to Mr. <HI>Cary</HI> of <HI>Torabby.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Which Three Daughters are Heirs at Law to the late Duke of <HI>Buckingham;</HI> the Pretended I&s;&s;ue of <HI>John</HI> Lord <HI>Purbeck</HI> being Illegitimate.</ITEM>
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<HEAD TYPE="sub"><HI>The</HI> CASE <HI>of</HI> James <HI>Earl of</HI> Ca&s;tlehaven <HI>and</HI> Elizabeth <HI>his Wife,</HI> Francis <HI>Lord</HI> Brudnell <HI>and</HI> Frances <HI>his Wife,</HI> Edward Cary <HI>of</HI> Torabby, <HI>E&s;q; and</HI> Mary <HI>his Wife, on the Behalf of their Wives being Heirs to the Duke of</HI> Bucks: Shewing <HI>the Illegitimacy of the Pretended Heir, being an Infant.</HI></HEAD>
<P>THAT <HI>John</HI> Lord <HI>Purbeck</HI> married the Daughter of Sir <HI>Edward Cook,</HI> that not long after the &s;aid Intermarriage (by rea&s;on of weak|ne&s;s <NOTE PLACE="marg">John <HI>Lord</HI> Purbeck <HI>Mar|ried and lived a-part from his Lady.</HI></NOTE> in Body, and Di&s;traction and Madne&s;s of the &s;aid Lord <HI>Purbeck)</HI> the &s;aid Lord and Lady were cau&s;ed to live a-part. <HI>The Lord</HI> was confined at his Phy&s;ician's Hou&s;e, Forty Miles from <HI>London,</HI> for the Cure of his Di&s;temper and Madne&s;s, and never after Co|habited with his Lady.</P>
<P><HI>That the</HI> Lady <HI>Purbeck</HI> lodged at <HI>Denmark-</HI>Hou&s;e, now called <HI>Somer&s;et-</HI>Hou&s;e in the <HI>Strand, who</HI> &s;ome time after the &s;aid &s;eparation <NOTE PLACE="marg"><P><HI>The Lady lived in Adul|tery. Two years after Sepa|ration, pretended to have a Child.</HI></P>
<P><HI>The Lady Condemned for Adultery.</HI></P></NOTE> from her Lord, held an Adulterous conver&s;ation with one Sir <HI>Robert Howard. That</HI> two years after the Lady and Sir <HI>Robert</HI> had lived together in that manner, the Lady pretended to have a Child.</P>
<P><HI>Whereupon</HI> the Duke of <HI>Buckingham,</HI> and other Relations of the Lord <HI>Purbecks,</HI> cau&s;es the Lady to be Cited into the High Commi&s;&s;ion Court for Adultery; and upon proof of the Ladies la&s;civious Life, &s;he was &s;entenced for Adultery, and enjoined Penance.</P>
<P>It was al&s;o proved, by the Depo&s;ition of &s;everal credible Witne&s;&s;es. <HI>Fir&s;t,</HI> That the Lord <HI>Purbeck</HI> had not &s;een his Lady of two Years be|fore <NOTE PLACE="marg"><P><HI>Proved her Lord had not liv'd with her of two years before the Birth of the pre|tended Child. Secondly, The Child was an unknown Child. Chri&s;tened</HI> Robert Right.</P>
<P>Robert <HI>died, left I&s;&s;ue</HI> Ro|bert.</P>
<P>Robert <HI>the Son Petitioned King</HI> Charles II. <HI>to be admit|ted into the Hou&s;e of Lords; the Petition referr'd to the Lords.</HI></P></NOTE> &s;he pretended to have a Child. <HI>Secondly,</HI> That this Child which the Lady <HI>Purbeck</HI> owned to be her Child, <HI>was</HI> the Child of an unknown Parent, <HI>Chri&s;tned</HI> by the Name of <HI>Robert,</HI> the Son of <HI>Robert Right</HI> of <HI>York&s;hire,</HI> and &s;o Entred in the Church-book at <HI>Cripple Gate, London.</HI></P>
<P><HI>That this Child</HI> (the now pretenders Grandfather) went by the Name of <HI>Robert Right,</HI> till he came of Age, then he took upon him the Name of <HI>Howard;</HI> then the Name of <HI>Villiers;</HI> la&s;tly, relinqui&s;hed the Name of <HI>Villiers,</HI> and took that Name of <HI>Danvers,</HI> who died and left I&s;&s;ue <HI>Robert.</HI></P>
<P><HI>That Robert</HI> the Son, after the Death of his Father <HI>Petitioned</HI> King <HI>Charles</HI> II. by the Name of Lord <HI>Purbeck,</HI> to be admitted into the Hou&s;e of Lords; the Petition was referr'd to the Lords in Parliament, which being Read, It was <HI>Ordered,</HI> That the Earl of <HI>Denbigh,</HI> or other Relations of the old Lord <HI>Purbeck</HI> decea&s;ed, be heard by way of An&s;wer. <HI>The Earl of Denbigh put in a Petition.</HI></P>
<P>Shewing, <HI>That the pretender to the Name and Dignity of Vi&s;count</HI> Purbeck <HI>is the Son of</HI> Robert, <HI>with the Sirname of</HI> Right <HI>in his Infancy, at</HI> <NOTE PLACE="marg"><HI>The Earl of</HI> Denbigh's <HI>An&s;wer to the Petition.</HI></NOTE> <HI>Age he took that of</HI> Howard; <HI>and then that of</HI> Villiers; <HI>la&s;tly, relinqui&s;hed the Name of</HI> Villiers <HI>and a&s;&s;umed that of</HI> Danvers. Prays <HI>that before their Lord&s;hips admit him into the Hou&s;e, that he, the pretender</HI> Robert Right, <HI>may make out his Title: And al&s;o that their Lord&s;hips would take care that the Honour of Peers may not receive deminution by any Illegitimate mixture, and to do in this ca&s;e as to their great Wi&s;dom and Honour &s;hall &s;eem meet.</HI></P>
<P><HI>That</HI> upon the reading of this Petition, it was <HI>Ordered</HI> to be &s;poken to on both &s;ides by Councel, at the Bar of the Hou&s;e of Lords, and that <NOTE PLACE="marg"><HI>The Cau&s;e heard in the Hou&s;e of Lords.</HI></NOTE> notice be given al&s;o to the Duke of <HI>Buckingham</HI> and the Lord <HI>Brudenell. That</HI> at the day appointed the Cau&s;e was heard by Council, afterwards <HI>Ordered</HI> to be debated, and the Judges and Mr. Attorney General to be pre&s;ent, where after long debate, <NOTE PLACE="marg"><P><HI>Que&s;tion put that a Bill be brought to di&s;able the Petiti|oner to claim the Title of Vi&s;|count</HI> Purbeck. <HI>Re&s;olved in the Affirmative.</HI></P>
<P><HI>The Petitioner</HI> Robert <HI>died left I&s;&s;ue (an Infant) the now pretender to be Heir to the Duke of</HI> Bucks.</P>
<P><HI>The Lady</HI> Ca&s;tlehaven, <HI>Lady</HI> Brudenell, <HI>and Mrs.</HI> Cary <HI>prays to be named as Heirs to the &s;aid Duke, in <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">he Bill for the Sale of the <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">ukes E&s;tate. The &s;aid In|<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="2 letters">nt being.</HI> Illegitimate.</P></NOTE></P>
<P><HI>The Que&s;tion was put</HI> whether the King &s;hould be Petitioned to give Leave that a Bill be brought in to di&s;able the Petitioner to claim the Title of Vi&s;count <HI>Purbeck?</HI> Re&s;olved in the Affirmative.</P>
<P>That a Petition by the Order of the Hou&s;e of Lords was accordingly prepared and pre&s;ented. <HI>Since</HI> which time there hath been no further proceedings therein, during the life of the &s;aid <HI>Robert</HI> who is dead, having left I&s;&s;ue <HI>John,</HI> who pretends to be Heir to the Duke of <HI>Buckingham,</HI> and to inherit the &s;aid Duke's E&s;tate and Honour of Earl of <HI>Buckingham.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Wherefore the Lady</HI> Elizabeth <HI>Counte&s;s of</HI> Ca&s;tlehaven, <HI>the Lady</HI> Frances Brudenell, <HI>and Mrs.</HI> Cary, undoubted Heirs to the Duke of <HI>Bucks,</HI> as by the Pedigree doth appear, <HI>doth hope</HI> that after &s;uch full proofs of Illegitimacy in the pretenders Grandfather, as by this Ca&s;e is &s;et forth, <HI>that a Clau&s;e</HI> may be incerted in the Bill for the Sale of the Duke of <HI>Buckingham</HI>'s E&s;tate, giving the &s;urplu&s;age of the &s;aid E&s;tate, after ju&s;t Debts are paid, unto the &s;aid <HI>Elizabeth</HI> Counte&s;s of <HI>Ca&s;tlehaven,</HI> the Lady <HI>Frances Brudenell,</HI> and Mrs. <HI>Mary Cary,</HI> being lawful Heirs to the Duke of <HI>Buckingham.</HI></P>
<P><HI>MEMORANDUM,</HI> That <HI>Robert,</HI> the Pretender's Father, was Arre&s;ted by the Name of <HI>Robert Villiers, alias Danvers, alias Purbeck,</HI> and was Committed <NOTE PLACE="marg">&rindx;</NOTE> by <HI>Habeas Corpus,</HI> to the Mar&s;hal of the <HI>King's-Bench,</HI> the 21th Day of <HI>June,</HI> 1679. at the Suit of one <HI>John&s;on,</HI> a Coach-maker, and many others: That he remain'd a Pri&s;oner above Seven Years, till he was kill'd, without any Relief from the Hou&s;e of Lords, tho' often importun'd to own him as a Peer of <HI>England.</HI></P>
<P>And that the &s;aid <HI>Robert</HI> did, by an In&s;trument under his Hand and Seal, together with <HI>Margaret,</HI> his then Wife, join in an Indenture Tripartite, between them and <HI>William</HI> Earl of <HI>Clanricard,</HI> for a certain great Summ of Money by him receiv'd, wherein he &s;tiles him&s;elf <HI>Robert Villiers,</HI> E&s;q; commonly called, and known, by the Name of <HI>Robert</HI> Vi&s;count <HI>Purbeck;</HI> this being his own proper Act and Deed.</P>
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