Inrolled in the Office of the Rolls of His Majes High Court WILLIAM DEANE, D' Clerk & Mr. Lewis stated, That, to prove that Mary Verney (No. 21. in the Pedigree) was created Baroness Fermanagh of the Kingdom of Ireland, he would put in the Letters Patent. Then the Witness was further asked : What do you produce? The Letters Patent in the Thirty-second of George the Third, conferring the Title of Baroness Fermanagh upon Mary Verney. From whence do you bring that Patent? From the same Place, Sir Harry Verney's. The Witness produced the same. Have you a Copy of that Patent? I have. The same was delivered in, and read as follows: GEORGE the Third, by the Grace of God, of Great Britain, France, and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, and so forth: To all and singular Archbishops, Dukes, Marquisses, Earls, Viscounts, Bishops, Barons, Knights, Mayors, Free Burgesses, and other our Officers and Ministers, and Subjects whatsoever to whom these Presents shall come, greeting. Know ye, that We, of our special Grace, certain Knowledge, and mere Motion, by and with the Advice and Consent of our right trusty and right well-beloved Cousin and Counsellor John Earl of Westmoreland, our Lieutenant General and General Governor of our said Kingdom of Ireland, and according to the Tenor and Effect of our Letters under our Privy Signet and Royal Sign Manual, bearing Date at our Court at Saint James's the Fourteenth Day of May One thousand seven hundred and ninety-two, in the Thirty-second Year of our Reign, and now inrolled in the Rolls of our High Court of Chancery in our said Kingdom of Ireland, have advanced, preferred, and promoted, and by these Presents for Us, our Heirs and Successors, We do advance, preferr, and promote Mary Verney, Daughter and Heiress of John Verney eldest Son of Ralph Baron Verney of Belturbet in the County of Cavan, and Viscount Fermanagh (afterwards Earl of Verney) in the Province of Leinster, in our said Kingdom of Ireland, to the State, Degree, Title, Stile, Dignity, and Honour of Baroness Fermanagh, of the County of Fermanagh in our said Kingdom of Ireland; and her the said Mary Verney Baroness Fermanagh, of the County of Fermanagh in our said Kingdom of Ireland, We do constitute, make, and create by these Presents, and to her the said Mary Verney the Name, Degree, State, Title, Stile, Dignity, and Honour of Baroness Fermanagh aforesaid We have given and granted, and by these Mr. T. 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Presents for Us, our Heirs and Successors, We do give and grant, and her the said Mary Verney with the Name, Degree, State, Stile, Title, Dignity, and Honour of Baroness Fermanagh We do really and fully invest, distinguish, and make noble by these Presents; to have, hold, and enjoy the Name, Degree, State, Stile, Dignity, and Honour of Baroness Fermanagh aforesaid to her the said Mary Verney, and the Name, Degree, State, Title, Stile, Dignity, and Honour of Baron Fermanagh of the County of Fermanagh in our said Kingdom of Ireland, to the Heirs Male of her Body lawfully begotten, with all and singular the Seats, Places, Voices, Privileges, Pre-heminencies, Honours, Immunities, Commodities, Advantages, and Emoluments to such State, Degree, Stile, Title, and Honour belonging or appertaining: And our further Will is, and by these Presents for Us, our Heirs and Successors, We do grant unto the said Mary Verney Baroness Fermanagh, that she the said Mary Verney Baroness Fermanagh aforesaid the Name, Stile, Degree, State, Title, Dignity, and Honour of Baroness Fermanagh aforesaid may bear and have, and by the Name of Baroness Fermanagh may be called and named, and in all Things as Baroness Fermanagh aforesaid may be held, treated, and reputed, and that the said Mary Verney may enjoy and use the Name, State, Stile, Title, Degree, Dignity, and Honour of Baroness Fermanagh aforesaid, with all and singular such Rights, Privileges, Pre-heminences, Immunities, Commodities, and Emoluments to the State of a Baroness of our said Kingdom of Ireland of Right or by Custom belonging or appertaining, in such Manner as the other Baronesses of our said Kingdom of Ireland have heretofore honourably and magnificiently used and enjoyed or at present use and enjoy the same; and that the Heirs Male of the Body of the said Mary Verney Baroness Fermanagh lawfully begotten as aforesaid the Name, Stile, Degree, State, Title, Dignity, and Honour of Baron Fermanagh aforesaid, successively as aforesaid, may bear and have, and each of them may bear and have, and by the Name of Baron Fermanagh successively may be called and named, and in all Things as Barons Fermanagh aforesaid may be held, treated, and reputed, and each of them successively may be held, treated, and reputed; and that the Heirs Male of the Body of the said Mary Verney Baroness Fermanagh lawfully begotten as aforesaid, and each of them successively, may have, hold, and possess a Place and Voice in the Parliaments and public Assemblies and Councils of Us, our Heirs and Successors, in our said Kingdom of Ireland; and that the Heirs Male of the Body of the said Mary Verney Baroness Fermanagh lawfully begotten as aforesaid may enjoy and use the same as Barons of our said Kingdom of Ireland by the Name of Baron Fermanagh of the County of Fermanagh in our said Kingdom of Ireland, with all and singular such Rights, Privileges, Pre-heminences, Immunities, Commodities, and Emoluments to the State of a Baron of our said Kingdom of Ireland of Right and by Custom belonging or appertaining, in such Manner as the other Barons of our said Kingdom have heretofore honourably and magnificiently used and enjoyed or at present use and enjoy the same; and our Will is, that these our Letters Patent, or the Inrollment thereof, may be sufficient and effectual in the Law to distinguish, invest, and make truly noble her the said Mary Verney Baroness Fermanagh, and the Heirs Male of her Body lawfully begotten as aforesaid, with the Title, Stile, State, Dignity, and Honour aforesaid, and that without any investing Rites, Ornaments, or Ceremonies whatsoever in this Behalf due and used, and which for certain Reasons We could not perform and execute; any Ordinances, Ordinances, Uses, Customs, Rites, Ceremonies, Prescriptions, or Provisoes in conferring the like Honour used, had, made, or performed, or any other Thing to the contrary thereof notwithstanding: Provided always, that these our Letters Patent be inrolled in the Rolls of our High Court of Chancery in our said Kingdom of Ireland within the Space of Six Months next ensuing the Date of these Presents. In witness whereof We have caused these our Letters to be made Patent. Witness our aforesaid Lieutenant General and General Governor of our said Kingdom of Ireland, at Dublin, the Thirteenth Day of June, in the Thirty-second Year of our Reign. Exd LUCIUS P. BRIEN, Cike of the Crown & Hanaper. BRIEN. L. S. Mr. T. Hearn. Inrolled in the Office of the Rolls of His Majesty's High Court of I. T. COLLIS and W. FRANKS, Det Gran. & Rep. The Witness was directed to withdraw. The Counsel were directed to withdraw. Proposed to adjourn this Committee to Tuesday next, at Ten o'Clock; Accordingly, Adjourned to Tuesday next, at Ten o'clock. Die Martis, 22° Martii 1836. Evidence on the of Peerage. The Earl of SHAFTESBURY in the Chair. E. Parratt, Esq. No. 28. THE Order of Adjournment was read. The Minutes of the last Committee were read. The Counsel and Parties were called in. Mr. Solicitor General appeared on behalf of the Crown. Sir Harris Nicolas stated, That since the former Proceedings in the Case the Minutes of Evidence in the Wentworth Case had been discovered, and that he proposed to put in the same. The Counsel were informed, That they could not be used as Evidence, but that they might be printed with the Minutes for the Information of the Committee. Then EDWARD PARRATT Esquire was called in; and having been sworn, was examined as follows: (Sir Harris Nicolas.) Do you produce the Minute Book of the Evidence in the Wentworth Case in the Year 1702? I do. Will you be good enough to read it? The same was read as follows: Die Mercurii, 1o Aprilis 1702. The Councell and Heralds upon Sir H. JohnBarony of Wentworth. son's Claim to the Barony of Wentworth. Sir Thos Powis opens the Case for the Petitioner, the Wife of Sir H. Johnson. She is the lineal Heir to Lord Wentworth in the 21 Yeare of Hen. 8th. He cites the Pedigree as in the printed Case. We are the Daughter and Heir of that Family lineally descended; this hath not been in Abeyance; this Lady is the single Person; we hope that will be allowed us. Sir Thomas appeals to the Journals. He is entered in the Journals, 25 Hen. 8.; 28 Hen. 8. L. Wentworth was present, as appears by the Journals; and so the several Days after. They produce the Records of the Petty Bag to show the Writs of Summons, 30 Hen. 8.; they read L. Wentworth's Summons to Parliament; t; they read Summons, 1o Ed. 6th, 6th Edwd 6th, 15 Car. 1. The E. Cleveland is summoned, and his Son brought into Parliament, and so admitted. We have the Evidence from the Heralds Office. They produce the Herald's Herald's Books. Sir Henry St. George : he says, --This Book hath been in my Office ever since his Time, and looked upon to be very good. Mr. Grimes jun1:-I have serch'd the Rolls, and find no Patent at all; I never knew any Writs filed in our Office. Counsel and Heralds withdraw. Mr. Attorney General heard; says,-I am satisfied; I cannot controvert; but if he was called by Writ it creates a Barony in Fee. Ord and Adjudged, That the Claim to the Barony of Wentworth be allowed. Sir Harris Nicolas stated, That he should now call the Keeper of the Parliamentary Records of this House to show there is no Writ summoning Lord Braye to Parliament in the Reign of Henry the Eighth. Then Mr. GEORGE JOHN DIKE was called in; and having been sworn, was examined as follows: (Sir Harris Nicolas.) You are Keeper of the Parliamentary Records of this House? I am. Have you made a Search for Writs in the Reign of Henry the Eighth ? (By a Lord.) Are they classed, or in Bundles, or loose? They are in Bundles. In Bundles according to Date? Yes. Who classed them, do you know ? I do not know; it was done at the Time, I suppose. (Mr. Solicitor General.) Is there any thing else kept there besides those Writs? Yes, various Papers are found in the Presses of the different Years. I have. Not confining your Search to those which were Writs of Summons? Oh, no; I have made diligent Search from the Year 1584, being the earliest Date we have Papers in our Repository. Did you find them in separate Presses, or mixed together? They are in the Press of the Year 1603, distinct from other Papers. Is there a Press for every Year from 1603? Yes, and some of the Presses contain Two or Three Sessions when there are very few; but there are separate Presses for every Period from 1584 up to the present Time. (By a Lord.) The Papers for the Year are put into the Press of that Year? Yes. Were they removed during the Fire? A great Number of the Papers were removed into the Court-yard. E. Parratt, Esq. Mr. G. J. Dike. |