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...dirty that no sensitive person could stay long in a crowd of them. At Brighton the young prince found congenial companions-most of them enemies of his father-and with them raced horses, chased girls, picked quarrels, went shooting at chimney-pots. He fell violently in love with Mrs. Fitzherbert, twice widowed at the age of 25. A gentle, reserved woman and a devout Catholic, she did not approve of his wild behavior. In 1785, to prove his sincerity, he married her secretly, thus establishing a royal mystery which was not solved until the discovery of the official marriage documents...
Died, Francis Edward Fitzherbert-Stafford, 12th Baron Stafford, 73; at Swynneron Hall, Staffordshire...
Among the purchases are manuscripts and volumes written by Sir Anthony Fitzherbert (1470-1538), an English jurist who served as Justice of the Court of Common Pleas for many years. The copy of his "Natura Breviu," is a sound and perfect copy (1519) which is said to be very rare. Besides this volume, there are: five samples of the work of Sir John Fortescue (1394-1476), an English lawyer who sat on the Chief Justice's bench in the King's Court in 1442; many copies of tenures written by Sir Thomas de Littleton (1407-1481), an English and legal...
Lerwin proved to be the surprise of the meet. He was at best rated a second string man in the 440 run with Fitzherbert, the best man for the English team...
...Cambridge men are getting over the effects of the heat, which troubled them considerably when they first came to this country, and are now in excellent condition. Fitzherbert gives the different events as follows: To Yale the 16 pound shot, the hammer and the broad jump; to Cambridge the mile, the half mile and quarter, and three hundred yards; in doubt, the 100 yards dash, the high jump and two hurdle races...