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some expedient might be found out. Lord Godolphin said as 'twas thought a matter of such weighty consideration 'twou'd require some time, and therefore he proposed the house might to morrow go into a' committee of the whole house for that business, wch the house came readily into. Then Lord Notingham desired leave to bring in a Petition of the Executors of Francis Lord Anglesea, wch was read setting forth that they cou'd not perform the Will of the Dead by reason the Duke of Buckingham stood upon his previledge, and as they were advised by council, the Duke cou'd not make use of his previledge, therefore they pray'd the opinion, and the order of the house that no use might be made of Previledge. Then Lord Angelsea laid the case before the Lords, wch in short was that his brother* had left his Daughter in Lord Haversham's Guardianship, and besides the twelve thousand pound, left her by settlement, he had left her 3000/. more and three hundred a year mentainance, with a proviso that she never saw her mother nor the lady Dotchester. If it cou'd be proved she had been in either of and the 300 mentenance. He expressed the great concern he had for his brother's memory, and how desirous he was to perform his Will according to law, wch he was prevented by a pretended Previledge. Here the Duke of Buckingham said never any man stood less upon Previledge then he did, and in this case 'twas the better time, the sooner 'twas de- cided ; if so, Lord Angelsea desired he wou'd declare before the house he wou'd wave his previledge. The Duke said no, as they said he had none he was of opinion he had, and therefore he wou'd have the determination of the house. Then

Lord An related how the Duke got his Neice from Lord

H Executor, he had an habeas corpus brought into the

Queen's Bench to produce the child before the judges, imd when she was there the Dutchess stood of one side of the child and the Duke of t'other cokesing on't, and when the

Anglesey, brother of the present Lord. She was a natural daughter of James II. by Lady Dorchester.
 * The Duke of Buckingham had married the widow of the late Lord

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