The arraignment, tryal, and conviction of Robert Feilding, Esq. : for felony, in marrying Her Grace the Dutchess of Cleaveland, his first wife Mrs. Mary Wadsworth being then alive : at the sessions-house in the Old Bayly, on the 4th day of December, 1706 : before the Rt. Honourable Sir Robert Beddingfeld, Kt. Lord Mayor, Sir John Powel, Kt., Sir Littleton Powys, Kt., two of Her Majesty's justices of the Court of Queen's Bench, Sir John Blencow, Kt., one of the justices of Her Majesty's Court ofCommon Pleas, and several others of Her Majesty's justices for the Gaol-delivery of Newgate.

The arraignment, tryal, and conviction of Robert Feilding, Esq. : for felony, in marrying Her Grace the Dutchess of Cleaveland, his first wife Mrs. Mary Wadsworth being then alive : at the sessions-house in the Old Bayly, on the 4th day of December, 1706 : before the Rt. Honourable Sir Robert Beddingfeld, Kt. Lord Mayor, Sir John Powel, Kt., Sir Littleton Powys, Kt., two of Her Majesty's justices of the Court of Queen's Bench, Sir John Blencow, Kt., one of the justices of Her Majesty's Court ofCommon Pleas, and several others of Her Majesty's justices for the Gaol-delivery of Newgate.

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Author / Creator:Feilding, Robert, 1650 or 1651-1712, defendant.
Imprint:[Buffalo, NY] : William S. Hein & Co., [2007]
Description:1 electronic text (27 p.) : PDF file.
Language:English
Series:HeinOnline world trials
World trials library (Buffalo, N.Y.)
Subject:
Feilding, Robert, -- 1650 or 1651-1712 -- Trials, litigation, etc.
Cleveland, Barbara Palmer, -- Duchess of, -- 1640-1709
Trials (Bigamy) -- England -- London.
Electronic books.
Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7530165
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Varying Form of Title:Arraignment, trial, and conviction of Robert Feilding, Esq.
Other title:Proceedings against Robert Feilding, Esq., in Doctors Commons.
Other authors / contributors:Great Britain. Court of Oyer and Terminer and Gaol Delivery (London and Middlesex)
Notes:Title from PDF title page, viewed December 7, 2008.
Print version published: London : Printed for John Morphew , 1708.
"With copies of the several letters between Mr. Feilding and his first wife Mrs. Wadsworth, by the name of Anne Countess of Feilding, as also all the learned arguments of the Queen's Council perused by one of the judges present at the tryal : to which is added, an account of the proceedings against the said Mr. Feilding in the Spiritual Court at Doctors Commons, and the sentence given against him there."
This trial was noteworthy because the Duchess of Cleveland was the former mistress of Charles II.--Cf. DNB.
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