The Boyne Peerage Case Before the Lord Chancellor
The lengthy Irish marriage dispute over Lord Boyne's legitimacy and the Boyne title reached the Lord Chancellor at Lincoln's Inn Hall. The case traced back to a 1737 marriage under age, successive ecclesiastical and royal appeals, and decades of proceedings to determine if the union and resulting peerage were valid.
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Lincoln’s Inn Hall
Ireland
Stante
Viscount
Boyne
Elizabeth
Hadley
George the Second
Great Seal
Peter Marhh
Elq
Marsh
Lord Boyne
Mills Mooney
Church of England
Miss Mooney
Rely
Mr. Marsh
Court of Delegates
Samuel Partridge
Marth
England
Hall
Legal dispute notes with named attorneys and parties
The document lists Mr. Atte Scheel and Mr. Kelly as parties or witnesses, with Mer Be Price noted. The Attorney for the Petitioner is Mr. Tack man of Gray's Inn, opposing counsel Mr. Stokes.
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Atte Scheel
Belgit
Kelly
Mer Be Price
Tackman
Gray’s Inn
Stokes
Otahite
Hudson
England
Osman
Charlotte Jarvis
G. Robinson
Paternofterton
Contradictions and Faith in Voltaire and Struensee Debate
A fragmentary historical discussion shows M.Da Vontarre and Dr Mower debating Voltaire and Sanchoniathon on Moses, faith, and reason. It covers Struensee and Brandt’s views on Christianity, unbelief, and Voltaire’s method for spreading ideas, plus reflections on D'Alembert and moral lectures, ending with praise for Gellert's morality.
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M.da Vontarre
Dr. Mower
Count Struensee
Voltaire
Moses
Sanchoniathon
Dr. Munter
D’alembert
Paris
Christ
D”Alembert
Count Brandt
Miracles and disbelief in Christianity discussed in a historic view
The passage critiques those who doubt Christianity yet demand miracles. It cites Lord Tierbert praying for a sign, which allegedly came as a clear, thunder-like sound prompting publication. It argues infidels would sneer at such an event, noting religion holds many standing miracles like the Jews' dispersion and survival, yet belief remains elusive.
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Lord Tierbert
Iheky
Christianity and universal salvation debated by Count Struensee
The Count asks how Christianity can be the sole revealed path to happiness when it is little known and few profess it. The Decor counters that God may save the ignorant and distribute blessings unequally, while noting religion is a freedom given to beings and that prejudice and passion can blunt reason, yet Christianity has reformed mankind overall.
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Count Struensee
Ray
Munter
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Gellert
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Valentia
House of ‘Lords
Dublin
Paterrofter-row
London
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Woodhouse
Matham
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Harry Progtor
T. Lewes
Ruffel-Areet
Covent-garden
J. Cooke
Paternofter-row
T. Shepherd
Mineries
R. Mariner
Comptori-street
Soho
Town
Prattice
Oravo
Price
Byron
Wallis
Carteret
Cook
Mons. Bougainville
Commodore Byron
Sydney Parkinson
Joseph Banks
Capt
Ywitt Iam Jones
Bambridge-street
Bloomsbury
St. Thomas's Hospital
William Jones
John
Mannon-house
William Nash
Mayer
Adams
Mr. Avams
Prince’s Street
Cornhill
Thomas Otway
Jon Scott
William Sherlock
William, Wycherly
Samuel Johnson
Willana Penn
Pennsylvania
Great Britain
Edward the Third
R. Goodhy
Cripplegate
R. Baldwin
KLNG
Pallas
Wittem
Sydenham
Universal Magazine of
Numbeer
J. Hinton
King’s Arms
Warwick-lane
Universal Magazine
Twickenham
Stephen Cub
Annals of Gaming
Circle of Wits
Barry
John Lennard
G. Allen
Great- Britain
William Beckford
Kirk
Otahue
Hearfly
Fleet-street
Great-Britain
Long-Acre
Mra. Bowen
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