The Damnation of John Donellan (42 page)

and Robert Bree
225
,
226

will
226

marries Egerton leigh
227

marries Barry O'Meara
230

death (1830)
230

Onely, Robert
104

Oxford University
34
,
83
,
169
,
172
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174

P

Pace, Samuel
104

Packwood, C.P.
259
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2

Pallas, Edward
259
n
2

Pantheon Assembly Rooms, Oxford street, London
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58
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–6,
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–4,
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250
–1

pardons
216

Parker, John
88

Parsons, Dr
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,
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–4,
202

Parsons, Thomas
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,
154

Pearson, Mr (a surgeon)
46

Pell, Albert
45

Pell, Richard
104

Pepys, Edmund
73

Phillips, Charles:
Materia Medica and Therapeutics
178

Phillips, S.M.:
Famous Cases of Circumstantial Evidence
112
,
231

Pickman, Benjamin
208
–9

picrotoxin
89
,
96

Pipewell Abbey, Northamptonshire
1

Pitt, William, the Elder
69

Place, Francis
60

Polwhele, Richard
250

Portland street, London
52

Poston Hall (later Poston House), Herefordshire
37
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87
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100
,
223

Powell, Harriet
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Powell, Mr Thomas (apothecary)
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44
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232

TB's list of medicines prescribed by him
86

prescribes a new physic for TB
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10
,
119

William Frost sent to fetch him on the fateful day
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9
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126
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138
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139
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153

arrives to treat TB
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–10,
126
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127

told of TB's death
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examines TB's body with Donellan present
11

Wheler sends for him
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17
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169
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206
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242

and autopsy on TB
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–18,
19

attends Rattray's and Wilmer's examination of TB's body
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20
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22
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164

testifies at inquest
90

and Wilmer's testimony about his medicine for TB
90

first witness at the trial
125
–8,
206

not asked about laurel water
178

possible motive for murder
242

Prendergast, Mrs (brothel keeper)
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–2

Prospect Place, London
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prussic acid
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,
231
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242
,
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248

Q

Queen Street, Haymarket, London
67

R

Radcliffe Infirmary, Oxford
174

Ranelagh Gardens, London
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72

Rathbone, Captain
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Rathbone Place, London
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71
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72

Rattray, Dr David
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20

medical qualifications
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declines to open the body after examining it
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–3,
90
–1,
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124
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163
–4

fails to return to Lawford
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meeting with Wheler
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163
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165
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171

attends autopsy on TB
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91
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159
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–3,
167
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232

at the inquest
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–1,
165
–6

testifies at trial
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–69,
202
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205

animal experiments
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169
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221
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232

Hunter dismisses his conclusions
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–4

Ravensworth, 1st Baron
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Reade, Theodosius
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n
3

Resolution
, HMS
2

Reynolds, Sir Joshua
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69
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73
,
193

Richardson, Joseph
104

Richmond, Duke of
66

Robbins, William
104

Roberts, Mrs (lodging house keeper)
46

Robinson, Sir thomas
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73

Rochester, Earl of
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Roe, Mr (gaoler)
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–7,
109

Romney, George
67

Rouen, Siege of (1591)
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Rouse-Boughton, Catherine (née Hall)
262

Rouse-Boughton, Sir Charles (9th Baronet lawford and 1st Baronet Rouse-Boughton)
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–8,
99
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100
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228
–9,
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n
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262
n
23

Rouse-Boughton, Sir William St Andrew
260
n
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Rouse-Boughton family
52
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262
n
26

Royal Marriages Act (1772)
71

Rugby, Warwickshire
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100
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126
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150
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152
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227

Rugby School
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–3,
44
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45
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83
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100
–1,
242

Russell, Richard
81

‘A Dissertation on the Use of Sea Water'
81
–2

Rye, Hannah
108
–9

Rye, Robert
84
,
153
,
154
,
225

Rye, William Beauchamp
84

Rysbrack memorial, Newbold-on-Avon church, Warwickshire
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49

S

Sadlier, Miller
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n
2

St Bartholomew's Hospital, London
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St George's Hospital, London
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St Giles district, London
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St Michael's Church, Coventry
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St Orlebar, Frederica
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n
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Salisbury, Countess of
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salivation
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Santa sophia church, istanbul
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Savile, Gertrude
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Sawbridge, Mrs
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Scots Magazine
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–6,
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100
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208

self-medication
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48
–9

Shakespeare, William:
Henry IV Part II
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Sheriff, Lawrence
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Shipton, Elizabeth
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Shipton family
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Shire Hall, Warwick
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Shore, Jane
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Shropshire Archives
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n
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Shukburgh, Abigail
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Shukburgh, Sir John
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Shukburgh family
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Simmons' Medical Registers 1779–83
for Rugby
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Sitwell, Mr
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Sitwell, Mrs
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Skipwith, Sir Francis
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80

Smallage
184

Smith, John Gordon
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Smith, Mr (attorney)
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Smith, William
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n
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Smith, William (actor)
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Smollett, Tobias
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Snow, Bernard Geary , of Southam
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–3

Society of Dilettanti (later Hellfire Club)
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–3

Soho Square, London (N0.36)
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Southampton, Lord
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Sparrow, Susannah (sukey)
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–3,
146
,
215
,
234

Spectator
magazine
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Spencer, Hon. Charlotte
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Stanhope, Philip
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–60,
113

Steane, Sarah
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Stephen, James
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,
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Stephen, James Fitzjames
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–50

Stoney, Andrew Robinson
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stroke
see
apoplexy

Stubbs, Townly
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syphilis, stages of
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T

Templeton, Lord Clotworthy Upton, 1st Baron
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Templeton, Lady
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n
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Three Tuns Inn
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Tilman, Mr
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‘Toasts'
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Town and Country
magazine
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Townsend, Miss
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Townsend, William
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The Lives of Twelve Eminent Judges
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,
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Townshend, G.
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Trial

start of (30 March 1781)
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Donellan accompanied to the court by friend Walsh
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–4

jury
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,
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,
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The judge
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–8

indictment
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Donellan's plea
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Powell as the first witness
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–8

Anna Maria's testimony
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–55

Catharine Amos's testimony
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–7

Newsam's testimony
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–9

medical testimony
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–76

questions missed in the examination of the ‘Faculty'
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–8

servants' testimony
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–7

Wheler's testimony
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–90

Donellan's statement for his defence
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–2

Hunter as the final witness
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–200

Donellan found guilty of murder
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sentencing
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–10

Donellan's conviction as thoroughly unsound
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Turner, Abraham
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n
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Turner, Merice
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Turst, Philip Elias
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U

Universal British Directory for Coventry
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Upton, Elizabeth (née Boughton)
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V

Valliant, Paul
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Vanbrugh, sir John
51

Vauxhall Gardens, London
68

Verney, Diana
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W

Waldegrave, Lord
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Walford, Edward:
Old and New London
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Wallis, Albany
72

Walpole, sir Edward
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Walpole, Horace
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–70,
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Walpole, sir Robert
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Walsh, William
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–14

Waltham Black Act (1723)
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War of the Austrian Succession (1740–8)
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Ward-Boughton family
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Ward-Boughton-Leigh, Edward Allesley Boughton (TB's grandson)
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Ward-Boughton-Leigh, John
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Ward-Boughton-Leigh, Theodosia de Malsburg (née Boughton, then Donellan TB's sister)
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Ward-Boughton-Leigh, Theodosius Egerton Boughton
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Warwick
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Warwick, Countess of
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Warwick County Assizes
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Warwick Crown Court
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Warwick Gaol
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Debtors' Prison
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Felons' Prison
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Warwick Record Office
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101

Warwickshire, Parliamentarian
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Webb (Donellan's barrister)
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,
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Webb, John
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Webb, Richard
104

Webb, Thomas
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n
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Wenmans (publishers)
215

Westminster Abbey, London
30