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A63501 The true Countess of Banbury's case relating to her marriage rightly stated in a letter to the Lord Banbury. Price, Elizabeth, 17th cent. 1696 (1696) Wing T2667; ESTC R12414 29,409 37

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he could not do it but caused the Cancellier or Secretary to be sent for upon whose coming the Vicar Swears further That he caused their Qualities to be first set down in the Acts of their Court upon Oath and what they had said by Word of Mouth touching their being Free and Single the Promises of Marriages that had passed between them to be affirmed again in Writing and having administred Oath to them upon the Holy Evangelists on which they both laid their Hands upon the Truth of the Matters by them related Then Swears That he delivered them to Father Gasparino to the End he might hear their Sacramental Confession and give them the Communion And that he gave them a Licence directed to the Reverend John Baptist Picolati Parish Priest of the Church of St. Quirico and Julica and in the Licence ordered him to assist at their Marriage and to keep an exact Note thereof in the Books of their Church because it was an Extraordinary Matter and concludes his Evidence in these words The Licence for Marrying was granted by me as Vicar of the Bishop and they did depose upon their Oaths that they were free and clear from all Ingagements of Marriage with any others and upon that ground the Licence was granted by me This is the Substance of his Examination The next Witness is Antony Rotaro 3 Antony Rotaro Cancellier Cancellier or Secretary to the Bishop and mentioned by the last Witness who being Examined by the Bishop himself deposes in these words That one Evening late in April 92. he was sent for by the most Reverend Victor Gera. When he came to his Chambers which he has as Vicar in the Episcopal Palace he found there a Gentleman and a Lady Foreigners not known to him and they said they were come on purpose to get a Licence to Marry and then the most Reverend the Vicar gave him Order to take their Depositions as to their State and Condition being free or single That thereupon they went with him into the Office of the Bishop where being placed and separately interrogated they answered him That they were by Country English and that they had made Promises and Contracts to take each other for Husband and Wife and came from Mantua to Verona to celebrate the Marriage and that they were clear and free from any Ingagements of Marriage with any other Persons and upon the same they took their Oaths upon the Holy Evangelists as may be exactly seen by the Acts of Court in the Registry where the Originals are kept and after they were Sworn and Examined the Licence was granted and directed to the Arch-priest Picolati and the Order and Decree was made by him and Subscribed by the Vicar and then the Earl and Lady were delivered to Father Gasparino to separate them and Administer the Holy Sacrament to them And they called themselves at that time Earl of Banbury and Elizabeth Price and the Marriage was actually celebrated in all the Forms Orders and Ceremonies required and commanded by the Church The next Witness is Tonato the Arch-priest's Servant 4 Joseph Tonato the Arch-priest's Servant and he deposes being asked the Question whether he knew the Earl and Lady and answers Not otherwise than by having seen them once in the House of my Master the Arch-priest when they came to be Married and then heard the Gentleman called by the Name of the Earl of Banbury but doth not remember the Lady's Name Being interrogated whether they were Married answers thus I say they were well Married for I saw the Marriage celebrated in manner as all other Christians are Married and as the Holy Church doth Order and Command Confirms the Testimony of the Arch-priest in every particular and swears That they were received at the Church Door by the Arch-priest and the Fathers Gasparino and Donati and that they all Kneeled before the Tabernacle of the Holy Sacrament and made short Prayers and then came into the Parochial House of his Master who order'd him to prepare a Table and place a Crucifix thereon and lay Cushions for the Gentleman and Lady to kneel upon And then his Master asked them if they were willing to take each other for Husband and Wife calling them distinctly by their Names one after the other and they separately answered Yes Then they gave each other their Hands and the Arch-priest blessed the Ring and then gave it to the Gentleman who put it on the Lady's Finger and then he said the Words of the Ritual and registred the Marriage and the married Couple gave him Thanks and as I waited on them to the Calash the Earl said Come hither Young-man and taking a Silver Cup out of the Seat of the Calash delivered it to me saying Give this to the Jesuits to keep in Memory of this Marriage which he did accordingly and says then they departed and drove towards Mantua Nicolas Picolati 5 Nicolas Picolati Cousin to the Arch-Priest Cousin to the Arch-priest deposes That he did not know the Earl and Lady otherwise than as he saw them married by his Cousin the Arch-priest the Seventh of April 1692. about the Hour of Vespers and says that the Marriage was valid because it was celebrated according to the Rites of the Church And being interrogated whether Charles Earl of Banbury and Elizabeth Price did rightly and lawfully contract Matrimony and how in what place at what time and before what Witnesses he answered Yes That Charles Earl of Banbury and Elizabeth Price did contract Matrimony and it was done in this manner In the Morning of the second Holy-day of Easter in 1692. which was on the Seventh of April his Cousin the Arch-priest Picolati going to the Church of the Nuns of St. Daniel for the Solemnity which is made that Day there to celebrate Mass as Confessor in Ordinary of the said Monastery he found there the most Reverend the Vicar-General of the Bishoprick who told the Arch-priest that he was to celebrate a Marriage between a Gentleman and a Lady Foreigners for that he caused the Licence or Order to be directed to him who coming Home to Dinner told me this and accordingly about the Hour of Vespers or something sooner there came to the said Parochial House the Reverend Father Decio Gasparino with Father Francisco Donati of the Company of Jesus and gave Notice to the said Arch-priest that Two Foreigners a Gentleman and Lady of the English Nation would be there immediately in order to be married And the said Fathers gave him the Episcopal Order or Licence The Arch-priest having read the same and observed the Contents thereof said he was ready to celebrate the Marriage In the mean time a Calash stopped at the Court-Door near the Church-Yard of the Church of St. Quirico and Julica on the via nova with a Man and Woman And that he by order of the Arch-priest went to receive them and then the Arch-priest himself and the Two Fathers the Jesuits