H88> A: a; 0; 9 6 1 5 7 gSTC THE APPEAL OF Ati INJURED WIFE AGAINST A CRUEL HUSBAND. [PRICE TWO SHILLINGS.] CITY OF LONDON, (To Wit:) MARTFARRER, the Wife of Henry Farrer, of the Inner-Temple, maketh Oath, that the Contents of the Narrative, to which a printed Copy of this Affidavit is annexed, is, in every Refpeff, to the beji of this Deponent's Knowledge, Recolleclion, and Be- lief, firiftly true in every Part, MARY FARRER. Sworn before me this 17 th Day of May, 1788, John Burnell, Mayor. y THE A P P E A L OF A N INJURED WIFE AGAINST A CRUEL HUSBAND. WRITTEN BY MRS. [FAR RE R. DEDICATED TO LADV STRATHMORE. :..:..::..;* \£p\ './•'■:" ';* LONDON: PRINTED FOR THE AUTHORESS; AND SOLD *Y C. STALKER, STAT IONE r's-COURT LUDG ATE-HILL. M,DCC,LXXXVIII. , • ■ - t , "7 i i . ■ .11 i ■ TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE THE Countefs Dowager of Strathmore. CO CO I CANNOT adopt the common place flattery of dedications in addrefling a work tc you, the contents of which, would make tie moir, fervile adulation filent, inftead of pleafing your vanity— This detail of my rriferies will wring your heart, if it be made of " penetrable fluff;" and if there be : but one nerve of fenfibility in it, will 3= awaken that nerve to anguijh. 300957 yet> <■■* ( vi. ) Yet, believe me, Madam, nothing but a fenfe of that duty which I owe myfelf— - and the vindication of that character, which is the firft object of my life, could have urged me to give thefe meets to the world. Under any of the common influences of the human paflions, I mould have difdained to publim a narrative, which mull: give a fatal ftab to your reputation— or, rather add ano- ther wound to the many already given it by yourfelf in the courfe of your notorious life, The very confpicuous figure which your X-adyfliip makes in the following pages jufify entitles you to this mark .of diftinction—Ym ought to know the truth of what I have related., and will, I doubt not, permit the fidelity of my narrative to compenfate fox the faintnefs of my colouring, and error of my pen. ■ I remain a depreffed and miferable being. ftruggling with calamities of which you are i the ( vii. ) the principal caufe and origin ;— but I fhall add no more,— and leave the reader to beflow his pity, and deal forth his execration on the objects who refpe&ively deferve the one or the other. M. FARRER. An APPEAL AN APPEAL, &g. \ FTER a long and fevere ftruggle be- tween pride and delicacy — after long .fubmitting to a feries of infults the moll: mortifying, to a female heart — fenfibility and honor urge me to a vindication of my character,— force me to a publication of my wrongs. The caufe of an oppreffed wife will not be confidered with apathy,— will not be rejected with fcorn. It is the caufe of humanity, B and ( * ) and muft create pity, though it may not procure relief: 1 appeal from the fallacious afperfions of an ungrateful hufband wl^o, to palliate his own vice, has meanly and bafely attempted to flam my virtue. I ap- peal againft an abandoned woman, who has feduced that Hufband from the converfa- tion of a chafte and honefl love, to the meretricious impurities of a libidinous and adulterous paffion. — I appeal from fubtle fraud to candid truth. — I appeal from the malign fentence of private calumny, to the rectified judgment of public juftice. • Mr. Farrer has audacioufly attempted to im l pofe himklf on the world as a fingle man —but, alas ! my marriage with him was the foundation of thofe miferies I am forced to relate. The clearing of my re- putation will not depend on bare aflertion, every fact will be fupported by the indi im- putable evidence of truth. My ( 3 ) My marriage with Mr. Farrer took place on the 20th of July, 1781,* and I can aver, with fincerity, that never did woman beftow upon man a more difinterefted heart : — of fortune Mr. Farrer was deftitute ; his family had always been dependent ; — his father died a bankrupt ; his whole de- pendence was on the expectation of an ap- pointment to an Eaft India packet, in the foliciting for which he experienced many difappointments, and from the poverty of his circumftances at the time of his marriage, was obliged to refide at my mother's, who lived at Nonfuch-park, in Surrey, fifteen miles from London- * No. 420, 1781. St. Botolph, Bifliopfgate, London. This is to Certifie, that Henry Farrer, batchelor, of this Parim, and Mary Goldsmith, of Ewell, in the County of Surrey, fpinfter, was married in this church, by licence, and by the Rev. Mr. Thomas Shrigley, July the twentieth, one thoufand fevCn hundred and eighty-one, by me Thomas Shrigley, Curate. Henry Farrer. Mary Goldsmith. This marriage was folemnized between us in the prefence of Samuel.Thatcher. "I John Evans. J i 4 ) Bufinefs neceffarily calling for Mr. Far- rer's frequent attendance in town, this re- fidence, as winter approached, became ex- tremely inconvenient ; I therefore propofed, and he confented, that I mould remove to town ; and accordingly, I left my mother's houfe, and all its comforts, to dwell with him in an obfcure lodging, in Newgate- ilreet, at the rent of fix millings per week. We were not long in this humble fitua- tion, when I difcovered that my hufband's finances could not fupply even the neceffary wants, of a family, much lefs the conveni* ences of life : but I neither injured his feelings withmyapprehenfions, norinfulted his pride by complaints. To render him happy was the object of every thought, and as a principal means I determined on adopting a plan, not only of rigid ceconomy, but of fedulous induftry. To facilitate thefe purpofes I fent for one of my fillers ; I could confide in her affection, ( 5 ) affection, and found in her a chearful affift- ant and companion. At this time too, Mr. Farrer was attentive and fond — His anxiety on my account was apparently diftreffing to him ; to alleviate his diflrefs was my conflant ftudy, and often have I privately wept in bit- ternefs of forrow, from the reflection that I could not relieve his wants without hum- bling his confequence. Neceffity, however, prefled hard ; and after confulting a few friends, I refolved on working as a milliner and mantua-maker : but my fituation being difttant from the few acquaintances I had in London, my endeavours proved fruitlefs, This difappointment, however, did not produce defpondency, but rather Simulated my zeal to ferve a hufband whom I loved ; J had cards printed, and diftributed among die neighbouring fhops, offering my fervices in cleaning filk {lockings, and clear-ftarch- ing muflin and gauze. B 3 This ( « ) This bufmefs, mean and humiliating as it was, fucceeded at firir, tolerably well ; but a violent cold, caught by warning Mr. Farrer's linen, in a 'damp place, rendered me incapable of purfuing it for feveral weeks, and terminated in a rheumatifm, which fet- tled in my left fide, where it continued, 'al- mofl without intermiflion, for upwards of two years. Notwithstanding this weakly and painful ftate of mind and body, I determined on getting into employment at the weft end of the town ; and as money was efTential, I dif- pofed of a few valuable trinkets, and a filver tea pot, and having procured lodgings in Old Bond-flreet, Piccadilly, by indefatiga- ble perfeverance, I obtained the cuftom of three or four refpectable families. In this fituation, I continued, till change of feafon called my principal employers into the country, and left me nothing to depend on, ( 7 ) on, except the profit of chance-cuftom, which being very trifling, obliged me to leflen my expences, particularly in the ar- ticle of lodgings, and accordingly I became tenant to a fingle room in StafFord-ftreet, at three millings and fix-pence per week. Bufinefs, however, daily decreafing, and my health becoming continually worfe, my fituation was truly pitiable.— My phyfician having affured me that the Bath waters were effential to my recovery, I wrote immedi- ately to Mr. Farrer, who was then, and had been for fome time in Sunderland, a candid account of my fituation, and the necemty there was of my following the medical ad- vice I had received ; in anfwer he prefled me to wait his return, and in ten days after arrived in town. His prefence, however, encreafed my wretchednefs ; for whatever his inclination might have been at that time, he had not B 4 ability ( 8 ) ability to render me the mod trifling affifU ance ; yet, if I may judge from his declara- tions and conduct, his heart laboured with bitter pangs, and he felt more from his po- verty on my account, than on his own. Thus fituated, there was but one refource from which relief could be hoped, and it was adopted. I applied to a friend, who lent me a fum fufficient to carry myfelf and my fifter to Bath. At Bath I met with feveral perfons whom I had previoufly known, and having by their means procured fome work, I continued drinking the waters for three months ; and though I received confiderable benefit from them, yet I returned to town in December, on hearing that Mr. Farrer was appointed to the command of the True Briton Eaft- Indiaman. In February he received his failing orders, and having fent for me from Portsmouth, ( 9 ) Portfmouth, I remained with him there till within a week of his leaving England. To elucidate the events I am now about to relate, it is neceflary 1 mould mention that my marriage with Mr. Farrer had al- ways been concealed from the knowledge of his family ; and that it was his particular requefl: that, during his abfence, I mould never divulge it. To his ungenerous re- quefl I acceded; and this circumflance will account for feveral events which occurred during his abfence. Mr. Farrer, at his departure, prefented me with thirty pounds, and allured me he had given orders to a relation of my own, at Deptford, to take up at the Jndia-Houfe, for my ufe, ten pounds every fix months ; and with this and my induftry, he made no doubt, but 1 mould be able to fupport rnyfelf till his return. It is true that, on this occafion, he expreffed, with flrong ( 'O ) tfrong emotions, his wifh to double the money left me, and his hope, that if at any time I mould be in want, Mr. Norman, who was my own relation, would advance me a fmall fum. The moment of our parting now arrived, - — the fcene may be more eafily conceived than defcribed — the conflidl was fevere on both fides — for my part, I can fincere- ly declare, I fuffered under the mofr. poignant grief — he appeared equally dif- treffed. When the rage of forrow abated, calm melancholy fucceeded, and my mind an- ticipated innumerable difficulties, which arofe and tormented my imagination, and which time proved tohavebeen prophetic of future fuffe rings. Mr. Farrer had not been fix months abfent, when I was afrli&ed with a violent pleurify I in ' II ) in my fide, which confined me to my bed. I applied to my relation, who had promifed Mr. Farrer to procure me money, but he peremptorily refufed me afiiilance. I, how- ever, repeated my folicitations, and pleaded for relief in faithful reprefentatiori of the dif- trefs I had experienced and fuffered under ; but though my requeft was only for a few guineas, to be returned when the reftoration of my health would enable me to attend to bufinefs^, it was cruelly rejected. On my re* covery I waited on him at Deptford, to de- mand the caufe of his refufal, when, to my inexpreffible aftonifhment and difappoint- ment, he anfwered,that the authority 'Mr. Far- rer had left him to receive money at the India- Houfe was infufficient, and he did not chufe to advance any on his own account where the rilk of never being reimburfed was fo great. There was a means, however, by which, he told me, I might be relieved: — His family wanted a fuperintendant, and I was wel- come to refide at his houfe ; but that I might not ( I* ) not miftake the return he expected for his generofity, he rudely proceeded to attempt taking thofe liberties, which every woman of virtue considers the grofTeft infults, and repels with fcorn and indignation. I returned to town melancholy and de- jected, friendlefs, and in want— From my cuftomers I could procure no money, and my creditors became clamorous. To avoid their perfecution I left my lodgings ; and refolving to feek an afylum in the country, parted with the little remaining plate I pofTeffed, and all the cloaths I could poffibly fpare, which made up a fum fufficient to bear my travelling expences and to fubfiffc on, till I could get into employment, As feveral of my cuftomers had gone to Southampton, I fixed on that town for the place of my retreat. There I remained for two months, earning a tolerable living, and returned to town with an encreafe of * cheer* ( '3 ) cheerfulnefs ; which was, however, imme- diately on my arrival, imbittered by a fevere misfortune. Previous to my journey to Southampton, I had employed an attorney to collect the amount of my bills. In this man I had con- fidence; but on applying for the money he received, I found, to my confufion, difap- pointment, and lofs, that he was a nefa- rious wretch, from whom I mould never obtain a milling. Mr. Farrer having promifed to write the firit opportunity, and to direct to Mr. Nor- man, I went again to Deptford, in hope of receiving a letter, and found one which had been laying there for fome time. In this letter Mr. Farrer informed me, he had writ- ten Mr. Norman, requeuing him to ad- vance me twenty-five pounds every fix months, till his return. The date of this letter C 14 ) letter was the 20th of October, 1 784, but 1 did not receive it till after Chriftmafs, 1 785* Mr. Norman, on my requeuing of him to comply with my hufband's defire, refufed to advance twenty-five pounds without Security, but let me have ten pounds on giving him 2, receipt. In three months after, Mr. Norman re- ceived another letter, dated from Bombay, enclofing a draft on a gentleman in London ; but this circumftance did not come to my knowledge till within two months of my arrival ; for the unfeeling wretch, to whom the draft was remitted, though confciousof my diftrefc, never prefented it till advice was received that the. True Briton was in the Channel — Then, indeed, he advanced •me twenty pounds, advifing me to retire into the country ; and accordingly I went to my brother, who refided at Ramfgate^ and ( '5 ; and remained with him till the mip came into the Downs. The fliip arrived 29th of October, and the next day I fet off with my brother for Deal, where I met my huiband, who received me with the moft cordial affection : and by his directions I went the enfuing morning for London to procure proper lodgings for his reception, where, in about a week he ar- rived — the fhip taking that time to get round. In a few days after Mr. Farrer came to town, he related to me feveral circumftances refpedting a Mrs. Parks, whom, about feven years before, he had taken out to India^ and who had been feduced from him by Captain Parks ; a condutt which, even foon after our marriage, he had often reprobated as unmanly treatment, and had repeatedly declared he would relent. At At this time me had returned to England with Captain Parks ; but though me had fix children by him, he had deferted her, as Mr* Farrer told me, to the calamities of poverty and fhame. On hearing of Captain Farrer' s arrival, me flew to him for relief and protection ; of which he made no fecret to me, but, on the contrary, painted the miferies of her fituation in fuch colours* that I could not but fympathize in her dif- trefs, and even folicited him to interfere, and endeavour, if poflible, to obtain for her a fettlement from the father of her children, Mr. Farrer feemingly approved my con-* duel:, and declared he would force Parks to acl: with generofity, or call him to an ac- count; and he certainly interefted himfelf fo effe&ually in the lady's favour, as to ob- tain her an independence. This negocia- tion took up a confiderable time, but whe- ther Mrs. Parks was fupported by Mr. Far- rer during the courfe of it, I cannot tell, though ( '7 ) though I have ftrong reafons to fuppofe he pafled the greateft part of his time in her company, or that of fome other woman ; as in the nrft fix months after his arrival in England he never dined at home but once, and feldom lay there above once or twice in a week ; and befides our lodgings, which were at Kenfington, he had chambers in the Temple, where I was never permitted to intrude without his invitation or giving previous notice : yet thefe circumftances ne- ver gave me any alarm or raifed fufpicions of jealoufy. Having, bufinefs, however, in town, one afternoon, I called at the chambers, and was admitted by the laundrefs, who fhew- ed me into an outward room, faying the Captain had company with him in the drawing - room ; but upon opening the door, I faw a cloak, which convinced me that my hufband's companion was a woman. I now felt thzfirjl pangs of jealoufy, but refolved to fupprefs every evidence of my C feelings. ( i« ; feelings. Mr. Farfer came out, and requeu- ed I would go away till his company de- parted. I acquiefced, and returned at eight o'clock, when I found he had left chambers. This was a mortifying circumftance — a cir- cumftance which accounted for his neglect ; but I determined upon attempting to regain his affections by the influence of mildnefs, and refolving not to upbraid him, returned home with an aching heart. To accommodate my fituation to the in- cidence of his circUrhflances, I confidered my duty ; and immediately engaged for board and lodging, with my fitter, for the fame money I had before paid for lodgings only ; I alfo retrenched every other fuper- fluous expence, and took upon me the la- bour of getting tip all his linen, which I ufed to convey backwards and forwards from the Temple to St. John's Street. This cir- cumftance will furely fatisfy the world that I was not an expenfive wife, and the whole of my conduct will, I hope, prove that I was an obedient and affectionate one ; ( '9 ) —what chara&er Mr. Farrer deferves as a hufband, the anecdotes I am now going to relate will fhew. Soon after I had taken up my abode with my fitter, her family increafing, I was obliged to deep at chambers* which I per* ceived made Mr. Farrer extremely uneafy* fretful and^ capricious. Indeed, from this inftant I may date my future mifery* for now I was convinced my converfation was difagreeable, and my perfon an impediment to the private purfuits of my hufband. He delired I mould quit my lifter's and procure a cheap lodging, which I accordingly did, by hiring one at five millings a week, on a fecond floor in Fetter Lane. Qne morning as I Was looking over Mr. Farrer' s linen, I found a note in his waift- coat pocket directed to Mrs. Parks, and written as follows : " Capt. Farrer would " be glad to fee Mrs. Parks this afternoon, " if convenient) to eat a bit of dinner at C % " four ( 20 ) " four o'clock to-day. Wednefday morn- " ing." On the back of this note was a me- morandum, which mewed it had been deli- vered and returned again to the pofleffion of Capt* Farrer, and alfo gave me reafon to fuf- pect that he fupplied her with money — it was a memorandum of a debt which flie owed* I concealed this difcovery till opportuni- ty mould enable me to make a proper ufe of it, and in a few days I was indulged* Mr. Farrer told me he was going out of town for a mort time, and requefted I mould not call at chambers in his abfence ; but fuf- pe&ing Mrs. Parks was his companion on his excurfion, I went that evening to the houfe where fhe lodged, to which the note I had found gave me the direction. The people of the houfe were as polite and communicative as I could have wifhed* They told me Mrs. Parks had deceived them, that me came to lodge at their houfe in the character of a widow, and that Capt. Parks ( 2' ) Parks viflted her as a relation ; but that Capt. Farrer, to whom me had written on his arrival from India, they had reafon to believe, had become her^keeper, for though he had never flept in the houfe all night, he frequently went into the country with her, accompanied her to Vauxhall and other public places, and often kept her out till two, three, and four o'clock in the morn^ ing. They alfo aflured me, that he made her confiderable prefents, frequently fent her in wine, and paid her every poffible attenti- on ; at which they exprefled their furprize, as her manners mowed her to be both ig-p norant of politenefs, and grofsly iliterate j and that her fervant had a fhort time before, in the prefence of Capt. Farrer, upbraided her for encouraging the vifits of a married man. This information affected me exceeding- ly, but collecting my fpirits I went up flairs, where I underflood he was ; intend- ing, however, to ftifle every ember of re- sentment, and only requeitof him to return C 3 home. ( 22 ) home.— But notwithftanding my afTured re- folution, when, on opening the door, I found him fitting with Mrs. Parks, my fpi- rits failed me, and I had nearly fainted. He appeared confounded, and feveral mi- nutes elapfed in filence, till on my fitting down he recovered from his confufion, and allured me if I would go home, he would follow me in a few minutes : I obeyed, and he was punctual, for he returned almoft immediately, and declared in the mofh fo- lemn manner, that though appearances were againft him, his vifits to Mrs. Parks were dictated folely by friendship : a decla- ration, which, though it flattered my mind, by no means leffened my doubts— or foften- ed the poignancy of my feelings. But, fe-? vere as thefe feelings were, they were ftill to be encreafed by infults.the moft cruel that can wound the fenfibility of a female bofom f I had now to experience, that Mrs. Parks was not the only perfon to whom my hufr t>and facrificed the attention he owed to me, but ( *3 ) but that he carried on an intrigue of a* frill more nefarious and degrading nature— that he was connected with a married woman, and for purpofes the mod: wicked. The perfonage I allude to is no lefs than the Right Honourable the Countefs of Strath*- more, who, at this Time, I difcovered had written feveral epiftles and billet-deux to my hufband, too long for me to tranfcribe, but the tendernefs, of which a flight iketch of contents will fufficiently evince. Thefe letters confided of tender upbraid- ings for abfence and neglect — gentle infmu- ations that her paramour's time was better employed than in a repetition of thofe plea- fures fhe had contributed to entertain him with — and warm folicitations to vifit at her houfe, or other places of affignation. In fhort, they not only breathed the ardent ftile of an amorous fpirit, but {trongly in- dicated a rapturous retrofpect of part, favors. Soon after this event, Mr. Farrer went to Margate, with his brother, an Attorney, C 4 and ( 24 ) and during a fortnight's abfence I never had a line from him. On the day of his return he called on me, in Fetter-lane ; it was nine in the evening, he complained of being ve- ry much fatigued, and faid he would go to bed at chambers. I would have perfuaded him to remain with me, or permit me to accompany him, and procure him fupper ; but he rejected the profered fervice of my affection, and next day, when he called, told me he was engaged to go out of town with Lady Strathmore and one Mrs, Morgan, on the enfuing morning, and was to dine at her Ladyfhip's houfe in Bloomf- bury fquare, to fettle the time of their de- parture. He alfo infifted I mould not think of lying in chambers that night, as he did not intend being home till late, and fliould go out very early in the morning. Though, at that time, 1 was not ac- quainted with the conduct of Lady Strath- more, yet, her thus making aflignations with my hufband, raifed fufpicions in my mind ( *5 ) mind not very favourable to her reputation ; retrofpeclive ideas corroborated thofe fufpi- cions, and convinced me I had not been neglected and deferted for one woman ; I recollected that Lady Strathmore had often been the fubjecl: of Mr. Farrer's converfati- on ; he had often reprefented her as an ami- able virtuous woman, who had been cruel- ly and unjuftly ufed ; and when I com- plained of his ill treatment to me, it was his frequent cuftom to abufe me with ap- probious language, draw invidious compari- fons between me and her Lady (hip, of whom he fpoke with tendernefs and warmth ; nay he would often damn me, and with the fouleft terms of execration, wifh I had been married to Captain Stoney . that I might know the difference between the good treat* ment I received from him, and the cruel ufage, the poor dear woman, meaning La- dy Strathmore, had experienced from Cap- tain Stoney, whom (lie had married ; but, from whom, he foon hoped to fee her di- vorced. The ( 26 ) The interefr. which my hufband tookia Lady Strath more's affairs, made at fir$ no impreflion on me, as he told me he had been long acquainted with her family, and had known her when a child, which I find now was a falfhood ; I therefore, imputed to friendfhip and pity, what, I have mice difco- vered, refulted from an illicit commerce ; and on his part, I believe, a mercenary con- wit h an ambitious profpeft. On Mr. Farrer's return from Tunbridge- wells, where he had gallantly efcorted La- dy Strathmore, as her Cice/beo, his averfion to me was evidently increafed, and he took fome pains to convince me that my prefence was difgufting. At this, I cannot be fur- prized— the Captain had now two ladies to attend, and one of them a Countefs— in fuch a iituation he could not but confider that houfe-hold plague a wife, an impediment to his pleafures, and a drawback on his in- tereft. To remove her was a deferable and prudent object, and I have no doubt but he had ( *7 ) had determined on meafures for that purpcfe before his return from Tunbridge with La- dy Strath more. Whether this refolution was the refult of a conference with her Ladyfhip, and her Ladyfhip's fervant, Mrs Morgan, I cannot take upon me to determine, but I have flrong grounds for fuppofing they were confult- ed on the occafion, as Mr. Farrer on his way from Tunbridge to town, had viewed a fmall houfe, in which he propofed I mould refide, from an apprehenfion, as he faid, that his brother mould difcoverour marriage. I faid little on the fubject at that time, my mind wavered between refufmg and ac- quiefcing, but a circumftance which foon after occurred, determined me to accede to the propofal. Though convinced, by Mrs. Park's landlady, that my hufband continu- his illicit connection with that ftrumpet —though I had ftrong reafon to believe that he ;* ( 23 ) he carried on an amour with Lady Strath- more, who, from refpect to nobility, I will not difgrace with that epithet, yet thefecir- cumftances, aggravated by the perfonal ill- ufage I had experienced from him had not entirely alienated my affection. Time and fatiety, I trufted would reclaim him from vice, and I refolved to wait the hour of his repentance with resignation and pati- ence. But an event now occurred fuffi- cient to kindle the warmer!: refentment, to infure even implacable hatred, and to create ineffable contempt. I had three unmarried fitters, with each of whom Mr. Farrer had, at feveral times, prefumed to take very unwarrantable liber- ties : returning one evening he met one of them in the ftreet, who told him me was go- ing to take tea with me in Fetter-lane. He informed her I was at chambers, that he was going there to meet me, and would accompa- ny her. On their entering the chambers, Mr. Farrer locked the door, and, in a refolute tone ( *9 ) tone of voice, declared, it would be of no effect for her to oppofe his defires, he was determined (he was in his power, and had better fubmit quietly ; my fitter re- fenting his conduct with fpirit, my huf- band immediately proceeded to violence, and from fix till nine o'clock, continued, by the moft favage attempts and brutal force, to perpetrate his purpofe ; happily, how- ever, fhe defended her chattity from violati- on, when he being fatigued with the conteft, gave it up, and leaving her in the chambers came to me. His agitation was not to be concealed— he told me with a quivering voice, that my fitter was at chambers, and would fpeak with me ; I, without enquiring into the caufe, yet trembling -with appre- henfion of fome evil, attended him. What a fpe&acle of dittrefs did I behold ! The poor girl was drowned in tears, her cloaths were nearly torn into fhreds, and her back and arms were covered with bruifes— I en- ( 3° ) I enquired into the caufe of her diftrefs— » grief deprived her of utterance— but he ex- claimed " Damn you ! are you jealous of " your own fifter,becaufe I have been romp- " ing with her ?" As this was not the firft attempt he made upon the chaftity of my filter, I could not but blame her credulity* though I knew it was the confequence of in* nocence ; and as it is my duty in this ap- peal to mew Mr. Farrer, and thofe profti- tuted women, (for whom he has abandoned me,) in their proper colours, I mull: obtrude upon thofe who indulge me with a hearing, another anecdote of a fimilar kind, which mould have been flated before. The fame fifter having fupped with us one night at chambers, by his defire re- mained all night, and ilept with me in an inward room, he fleeping in an outward one. At five in the morning, he came foft- ly to the door, which from precaution I had locked, and on my fpeaking he retired. Some time ( 3* )• time after, on rny opening the door, he forced in and rufhing forward, immediately leaped into bed, where my fitter lay. The poor girl terrified at his brutality, got be- hind the curtain, when like a difappointed favage, he not only raved, curfed, and fwore, but was guilty of the moil: mock- ing and extravagant indecencies. I follow- ed him to his room, and venturing to ob- ferve that his behaviour looked like mad- nefs, he became outrageous, reproached me with fevere invectives, and curfed me with the moft horrid imprecations. The Saturday after his laft incefhious at- tempt upon my fifter, I went to chambers, and became home about ten o'clock, which was very unufual, as he generally diffipated till morning, with either Lady Strathmore, or Mrs. Parks. He declared himfelfmuch offended at rinding me in chambers, defired I mould not in future be fo frequently there, but flay in my lodging, and not come a- gain ; < m ) gain, untill he called upon me, as he wa3 going out of town. I remained, however, that night, but at fix o'clock in the morn- ing, he awoke me, and infifted on my re- turning to my lodgings, as he expected com- pany to breakfaft. I obeyed without ex- poftulation ; but, being miferable the whole day, about nine o'clock in the evening, I walked into the Temple, and feeing a light in the rooms, went up ftairs. When at the door, however, I became extremely faint, and though I had a key, yet dared not let myfelf in, fo returned to Fetter-lane almofl frantic. At about eleven o'clock, I came back to chambers, and ventured in. There was then no light, but from the diforder of the rooms, and feveral empty bottles on the tables, it was clear that Captain Farrer had been entertaining fome company at dinner ; and a pair of cloggs, which lay un- q der ( 33 ) der the fettee, convinced me, there had been one or more females of the party. The next morning at eight o'clock, I Went again to the Temple and found Mr. Farrer in bed. He was much confufed at having been thus palpably detected in a grors falmood ; but after taking fome time for re- collection, meanly attempted to account for it by the invention of another. He told me, that the company he was engaged with into the country, had poftponed their excurfion to a future day ; and then looking on me, with rage, and hatred ftrongly marked in his countenance, became extremely abultve ; fwore he would infiantly put an end to my coming to chambers by fending me into the country, where if I refufed to live, I might chufe my own place to ftarve in, for unlefs I confented to refide at the houfe he had been to look at in Kent, he would not ad- vance a milling for my fupport. D Such ( 34 ) Such was the afcendency this man had gained over my mind, — fuch was the effect of habitual fubmiffion to ufurped tyranny, that I dared not claim or vindicate the rights and privileges of a wife, but weakly and implicitly fubmitted to the defpotic com- mands of this unfeeling— this ungrateful hufband. Accompanied by my brother, I went the next day into Kent, and took the houfe which my hufband and Lady Strathmore had been looking at, by the name of Smith, which name he infifted I Ihould go by ; and having received twenty pounds from him, I purchafed fome fecond-hand furniture, and in the courfe of a week took poflbtfion of my dreary manfion. The evening previous to my leaving London, Captain Farrer was remarkably favage and ill-tempered, which, with the oppreflion of my mind, had fuch influence 3 o» ( 35 ) on my nerves, that I could not aflume courage to inform him of my wants, though what he had given me, was nearly exhaufted ; indeed, I knew he was himfelf very poor at that time, and therefore fet off the next morning in the ftage with a heavy heart, diflracled mind, and empty purfe, and after being a few days in Kent, found myfelf deftitute of common necefTaries. Is it poflible that human nature could be reduced to deeper diftrefs than I now expe- rienced ? Repudiated by my hufband with- out caufe ! that hufband living in adultery with the wife, of another man !— Secluded from the world and without means of fup- port. From the feelings of this hufband I had little to expect, they had been long callous to the folicitations of my miferies I However, I wrote him a letter, which be- ing dictated by forrow, was tender and pa- thetic-— it defcribed my fituation, my wants and my fears — it implored his affiflance, k D 2 and ( 2* ) and exprefled my regret at my being forced to apply for relief even to him, whofe duty it was to afford me fupport. What was his arifwer ? cruel, ungrateful man ! In a ftyle of apathy and contempt he informed me, he was going to Cheltenham with a friend, mould be gone about a month or fix weeks, and if I could not make Jbtfi till he returned, I mufl borrow. This ahfwer diftra£ted my heart ; and muft fhock every human creature who hears it. — A hufband fays to his wife, " I cannot fpare from the expences of my vicious pleafures, a portion to fupply your actual wants-— you muft borrow, or if you cannot borrow you muft farve, or you muft w . The alternative is too grofs for ex- prerHon---yet there is no doubt but, Captain Fairer, would not have objected to any means, however vicious or difgraceful, by which ( 37 ) which he could havebeen relieved from my importunities. As it was impoffible for me to comply with his requeft, as I could neither live upon the air, nor barter my virtue for bread, I went early next morning to town ; but Captain Farrer was not at the Temple. In the evening, however, I met him, and after receiying from him the moft illiberal and unmanly abufe, he gave me a bill for twenty pounds, a circumftance which fur- ther evinced his cruel difpofition, as it pro- ved his anfwer was not the confequence of abfolute necefiity, notwithstanding his in- digent circumftances, This money he gave me conditionally that I mould return to Kent the next morning. Where he procu- red money, I was then at a lofs to account for, but I have now reafon to believe he was amply paid for the dedication of his perfon and time to the fervices of his Right Honpurable Miftrefs. 300957° 3. it ( 33 3 It was then eleven o'clock at night, and I intended to remain in chambers, but he pofitively refufed me that indulgence, and infifted I fhould feek for a lodging with fome of my friends, as he expected com- pany in the morning to breakfait. I plead- ed the late hour, the fcandal and danger of walking the ftreets fo late and alone, and the probability that I might not find a place to lie in ; moil of my friends being then out of town, and my fitter's houfe being full ; on which he confented, though with reluctance, I mould remain till fix o'clock, By his permiffion I then went to bed, as I had often done before, not as a wife, but like a wretch upon the fufTerance of cha- rity—and at the fixed hour in the morning left the chambers. His injunction to quit town, I was deter- mined, however, not to obey ; fo went to my filter's, and, at about ten o'clock, called 3t the houfe of Mrs. Parks, where I was ( 39 ) informed, that from the morning I had left town, me had gone out every day by eight o'clock, as (he had done that morning. I now determined to convince my inhu- man huiband, that I was acquainted with his didipated life, and at ten in the evening went to his chambers, expecting I mould find either Mrs. Parks, or Lady Strathmore there. I liftened for fome time, and heard Mrs. Parks difcourfing with the laundrefs ; 1 knocked repeatedly, but not being admit- ted, forced the door open, and found Mrs. Parks in the room. Such was the agitation of my fpirits, on feeing this woman, that I fainted, and juft as I recovered, Mr. Far- rer came in. A fcene of triumph to my rival was the confequence of my hufband's appearance— the unmanly wretch ftruck me violently and knocked me down— but his blows were not fo cruel as his words— with barbarous ma- D 4. lignity ( 40 ) lignity he uttered expreffions of the bitter- eft kind, damning, my fham fits and croco- dile tears, (as he called them,)— and with the utmoft tendernefs he intreated his miftrefs not to be diftrefled, for that my behaviour was not worth her notice. At twelve o'clock he went away with his {trumpet ; leaving his wife overwhelmed with mifery. Weak, and feverely injured from blows and ill ufage, I was unable to quit the chambers, fo crawled to bed, tortured with pain of body and anxiety of mind. At three in the morning Captain Farrer returned—returned to repeat his ill ufage and increafe my agonies. With horrid oaths he threatened to drag me out of bed, and horfewhip me through the Temple— I feared the confequences of provoking him to an execution of his threats, fo arofe, left the chambers, and went to my fifter's, from, whence - ( 4i ) whence after taking a few hours reft, I pro- ceeded to the country. This cruel and undeferved treafment was not new,I had repeatedly experienced the like from Captain Farrer. He had frequently threatened me with inftant death, and had often feized his piftols, which hung over the fire-place, and prefented them at me, fwearing with horrid oaths, he would take my life. Heaven knows my anfwers to him were fin- cere, my miferable exiftence was not worth, foliciting for, and I told him from the bottom of my heart, I would willingly re- fign it— that death was preferable to tor-r ture, and that with my dying breath I would forgive "him if he put his threats in execu- tion. On thofe occafions fear would arreft his hands— and with daftardly meannefs, he would at one o'clock in the morning drive me by force from my lodgings, when I muft have ( 4* ) have walked the ftreets, liable to every grofs infult, if an affe&ionate fifter had not afforded me an afylum. Wet or cold never foftened -his temper— -he would thruft me out to encounter the fevereft inclemencies of winter nights— neither could entreaties or tears affe<5t him, for fuch was the paflion of this unfympathyfmg monfter, that he was equally deaf to the dictates of humanity, and the force of reafon. Nothing material occurred till the fol- lowing March, when I applied to my uncle, to enquire of Mr. Farrer, if he intended to make any provifion for my fupport. The anfwer I received was, that he intended to allow me fifty pounds a year, to be paid half yearly, but not being convenient for him to advance the firft, inftallment then, he would in a few days, pay it to my uncle. J therefore remained in town at the houfe of Mrs. RufTell, a widow lady, whom I had knpwn fome time, and there at the begin- ning ( 43 ) ning of April I was taken ill, and confined for fix weeks, under the care of Dr. Lett- fom. When my fituation became ferious, if was communicated to Mr. Farrer, who came one evening, about nine o'clock, and with a fupercilious coolnefs, faid to Mrs. RuvTell, that hearing my diforder was dan- gerotis he wifhed to be informed what was the matter with me; me told him, I was extremely ill, with a fever, and he accom- panied her up-ftairs to the chamber where J lay. As I was very low, at that time, his ap- pearance deprived me of fpeech— the recol- lection of his repeated ill treatments revi- ved—and melted by forrow, 1 burft. into tears. He remained about ten minutes in the room, but never fpoke till his depar- ture, when he aiked me if I wanted any thing, and wifhed me a good night. Mrs? ( 44 ) Mrs, Ruflell attended him down ftairs, h,e went into the parlour with her, and re- mained there till twelve o'clock. I had fent for Mrs. Ruflell to requeft me would extort from him ]iis reafons for ufing me ill. She attempted to execute my com- miffion ; but foon found fhe had a caufe of her own to defend, Mr. Farrer infifting he mould be permitted to remain fecret- \y with her all night. To thofe who are acquainted with Mr, FarrerVchara&er, this event will not appear extraordinary ; — but furely fuch conduct muft meet with reprobation from every perfon of humanity. Can nature produce fuch another monfter ? For the honour of mankind, it is to be hoped, that this inftance of hard heartednefs is unparalleled ! How profligate muft that wretch be, who, while his wife languifhed under pain and difeafe, could, in the very houfe with her, and to her ( 45 ) her friend and protector make overtures erf a. fenfual paflion ? I am now to apologize to Lady Strathmore. —Her Ladyfhip may feel offended that I mould fo long have made her a fecondary character in this melancholy memoir Her Ladyfhip may be hurt, that I mould have neglected allowing her that precedence which her rank calls for, and her conduct merits, in the detail of my hufband's profligate connec- tions.— Her Ladyfhip may feel her pride piqued, that, being the principal caufe of my miferies, me has not been brought for- ward with early and particular attention; but (he will recollect, that tho' the firft he- roine in the drama, fhe had not a part in every fcene, and was referved to ftrengthen the cataftrophe. I will now, however, introduce a few anecdotes, perhaps flatter- ing to her Ladyfhip's vanity as a woman of intrigue, though they would difgrace a woman who pretended to what her Lady- fhip ( 46 ) fhip feems to difregard— honour and reputa- tion. Long before my reparation from Captain Farrer, Lady Strathmore frequently called on him at Chambers, a place where few modeft. women venture to vifit, even their lawyers or counfel, unlefs under the pro- tection of fome male friend — a place where no woman, who regards delicacy, would appear fo late as the hours of ten or eleven at night. Yet, at fuch a place, and at fuch hours, Lady Strathmore often vifited Cap- tain Farrer. It washer Lady (hip's cuftom alfo frequent- ly to call in her carriage and take him from Chambers. A wife's prefence would have damped the feftivity, and marred the joys of fuch a party ; and there was a probability fhe might have intruded and fpoiled the pleafures of a tete-h-t£te. On ( 47 ; On thofe occafions it was ufual for Cap- tain Farrer to take his fword or piflols with him. The excufe of this conduct was, that it was dangerous for her Ladyfhip to be abroad without fome one to guard her, as {he was fearful Mr. Bowes, her hufband, would carry her off by force, which would be materially injurious to the intereft of his brother, he ladyfhip's attorney. But if Lady Strathmore's apprehenfions were fuch, was there not as much danger in her coming to the Temple unguarded as in going from it ? Was not the protection of Captain Farrer as neceffary to her fafety in one cafe as in the other ? On thefe occa- fions, a woman, named Morgan, often at- tended, as I prefume, for the purpofe of keep- ing up appearances. This tractable compani- on to her Ladyfhip the Captain defcribed to me as a perfon of fafhion ; but I now find fhe is Lady Strathmore's convenient friend, pre- ferred from the kitchen, where fhe offici- ated ( 48 ) ated as cook, to private confidence and a feat in the carriage* Thofe who know Lady Strathmore's character, w r ill no doubt be furprifed that Captain Farrer mould form an attachment to her; but there was a golden profpect in view which influenced him, and to the at- taining of which his marriage with me was the principal impediment. Lady Strath- more was, at this time, fuing Mr. Bowes for a divorce ; and the gallant Captain had commenced a fiege upon her heart, where, the garrifon being corrupt, he foon obtain- ed a furrender, and looked forward to the plunder of thofe treafures which would come into her pofleffion^ the moment fhe fucceeded in her attempt of being divorced from her hufband* To the attaining of this great and defired end I was a material obftacle ; to remove me, of ourfe, was an object of confe- quence* ( 49 ) quence. Though Captain Farrer's conduct might fupport a fufpicion that he had a de- fign on my life— yet I will not exhibit fo black a charge againft him.— I am convinced, from his ill ufage, that my death would have been a pleafure, as well as a convenience to him; andlaccufehim and his Coadjutors of con fpi ring to rob me of my reputation, by a fcheme as weak as it was wicked. My marriage with Captain Farrer was liifinterefted — from his family I could ob- tain no honour — from his fortune no refpec- table (ituation in life— he had nothing to boafr. in pofleffion or expectancy— His fa- ther had been a bankrupt trader, and he had been born and educated in indigence and obfcurity— Yet this man, for fome caufe, I could never difcover, (except an appre- henfion of offending his brother, an attor- ney, in Bread-Street-Hill,) had prevailed on me to keep my marriage fecret, and from time to time induced me to continue under a myfterious cloud. E The ( 5° ) The right of a wife, however, I am now determined to eftablifh, and if he dare, let him produce the fradulent inftrument he ob- tained* from me in a public court ; I will meet it with the certificate and proof of my marriage. This article, which I have annexed, was witneiTed by Mr. Lacy, an attorney, and partner to Captain Farrer's brother ; a circumftance, from which I have a right to conclude, that Captain Far rer had acquainted his brother with our marriage, and that with his aiTent, and in- deed under his advice, for the^ reafons al- ready afligned, this article was drawn up.— By this article I was to receive que hundred pounds-— but what was I to give up ? every claim a wife has on her hufband, and to banifh myfelf one hundred miles from London, or forfeit one thaufand pounds—and. for what purpofe ? to enable my hufband to marry Lady Strathmore, on the contingency of her being divorced— It was to fatisfy Lady Strathmore's delicacy and ( 5' ) and confcience— and the ambition and avarice of the Farrers, that I was thus impofed up- on to fign this article in my maiden name — being told that the fignature of my hujbana"s name would be illegal.--* But the fraud by which it was obtained, is too palpable,— the wickednefs and the folly too glaring to bear animadverfion— Captain Farrer had before agreed with my uncle to allow me fifty pounds annually, and now impofes upon the world that I had given up every claim to character— every right of fupport from him, for one hundred pounds! But Captain Farrer will find he has deceived himfelf — he will be convinced to his fhame and cofl: that this article, upon the ftrength of which he hopes to be freed from a law- ful wife, and to throw her upon the world without fupport, is not onlv voidable, but void ; that the rights I acquired by mar- riage are unalienable, and that my claims upon him for maintenance, or for divorce, E 2 as ( 5* ) as I may chufe, are founded in the law of the land, and will be fupported by it. But to return to Lady Strathmore— from whatever motive my husband became her Ladyfhip's protector, it is to her I mult attribute the decreafe and total lofs of his affections. Confcious of this I cannot re- flect on her conduct, without emotions of refentment-— To her a husband was no ob- ject-— fhe hadnorelifh for connubial felicity. When women deviate from the paths of vir- tue, and launch into the indifcriminate in- dulgence of vice, " every rank fool goes " down ;"— but as Lady Strathmore's at- tachments were not the refult of love or the offspring of fentiment, as the fex and not the particular individual, was the object of her pafTion, fhe might have confined that paflion to fingle men ; and though fhe left her own husband, and brought difcredit on her own family, fhe might have fpared mine. With Mrs. Parks, it is true, he had I a pre- ( S3 ) a previous intimacy ; but I never fufFered under abufe, or blows, till he became the guardian of Lady Strathmore's perfon. It is to Lady Strathmore, I owe total neglect. It is to Lady Strathmore, I owe feparation from my husband. It was on his excurfion with Lady Strathmore to Tunbridge, that my husband refolved on my banimment. It was on his return with her from that excurfion, that he fixed on the place of my imprifonment. To break my heart was the great object — the fiand of Lady Strathmore and her eftates, if (he fucceeded againft her husband, were to be the rewards. From my firft acquaintance with this Right Honourable Dowager, I became a continual fubject of invidious comparifon. in his eyes I loft every attractive power. I had neither the beauty, the elegance, the goodnature, nor the politenefs of Lady Strath- more : but, thank heaven, I preferved that which he could never call in queftion. I pre- ( 54 ; preferved my loyalty to my husband, and this is an attribute not to be entered upon the catalogue of Lady Strathmore's quali- fications. Indeed, I am convinced, that notwith- ftanding Captain Farrer's regard for Mrs. Parks, he would never have parted from me, if it had not been for Lady Strath more ; by the one he was duped,— by the other he was fafcinated. Time and experience would have weaned him from Mrs. Parks, but Lady Strathmore held forth fortune and equipage to ftimulate his pride, and flatter his vanity, While connected with Mrs. Parks, he at leafl kept up the appearance of regard to me ; her he vifited occafionally, but Lady Strathmore monopolized him, and my endeavours to reclaim him, from his firfr, connection, I do iincerely believe would have fucceeded, if his fecond had not fo contaminated him with vice, as to era- ( 55 ) eradicate every generous fentiment from his heart. Mrs. Parks did not entirely deprive me of my husband's company— but after Captain Farrer became protedior to Lady Strath more, I can fafely lay, my ftate was that of widowhood-, for in no refpedi what- ever, did Captain Farrer conduct himfelfto me as a husband. Lady Strathmore, however, has not been without her difappointment. Her Knight- errant has become recreant when his courage was put to the teft, he forgot the object of his gallantry, he loft fight of his ambition, he fled at the appearance of her husband, and though he had the law to fupport him, and arms in his hands, fur- rendered his fair and virtuous charge to Mr. Bowes, and applied for redrefs to magif- tracy. Even ( 5« ' ) Even I, felt for the contemptible fitua* tipninto which this difgrace plunged him-— notwithstanding his cruelty, his ungenero- fity— and falfhoods— he was my husband ; and I was forry for his difgrace, meannefs, and pufilanimity. I cannot conclude my narrative without wifhing that Captain Farrer would enter in- to a vindication of his conduct towards me; and I call upon him to ftate, if he had any honeft and defenfible motives for his ingra- titude, and favage behaviour. My reafons for thus obtruding my pri- vate grievances on the public attention are founded on felf prefervation, the univerfal principle of human nature ; my character and exiftence are at flake. I am informed that ( 57 ) that Lady Strathmore will certainly fuccecd inner law fuits depending between her and her hufband, and that fhe will alfo obtain a divorce in the Ecclefiaftical Courts. I am convinced that Captain Farrer looks for- ward to that event with anxious hope, and ftedfaft reliance that he will obtain her Ladyfhip in marriage — and if that fhould be the confequence, what is to become of me — without money, without friends ! To prevent this union, is a duty I owe to Hea- ven and to myfelf ; and, therefore I fland forward thus early, and thus publicly, to forbid the unhallowed banns. I know there is a legal punifhment for fuch tranfgremons ; but what fatisfaclion would it be to me to profecute this profligate hufband, fhould he dare violate the Laws of God and Man, by cdmmitting the perjury and falfhood of a fecond marriage during my life ? My re- putation and my confcience, therefore, call upon me to prevent the perpetration of fuch a crime ; and though he may curfe me now F m ( 5« ) in the bitternefs of fhame and difappoinN ment, yet the hour will come when he will blefs, and confider me his Guardian Angel, for thus interfering between him and per- dition. M. F . INSTRU- C 59 ) INSTRUMENT referred to in Page 50. €©3IJ> 3J82D<£jaC rclcafed, and for ever quit claimed, and by thefe prefents doth remife, releafe, and for ever quit claim, fully and abfolutely un- to the faid Henry Farrer, his Heirs, Exe- cutors, and Administrators, all and all Manner of Action and Actions, Suit and Suits, Allowances, Annuities, Debts, Ac- counts, Reckonings, Claims, and De- mands whatfoever, or of what Nature or Kind foever, which me, the faid Mary Goldfmith, now have or hath, upon or againft the faid Henry Farrer, from the beginning of the World to the Day next before the Date of thefe Prefents. AND for the Considerations aforefaid, fhe, the faid Mary Goldfmith, Doth hereby for herfelf, her Executors and Adminiftrators, Covenant, Promife and Agree to and with the faid Henry Farrer, his Executors, Ad- miniflrators and AfTigns, that me, the faid Mary Goldfmith, mall not, nor will at any Time hereafter, apply to, or make any Claim, or Demand of Money or other ( 62 ) Other Thing of, from or upon him, the faid Henry Farrer, or any other perfon on his Account, for the Support, Mainte- nance or Cloathing, of her the faid Mary Goldfmith, or for any other Purpofe what- soever, but on the contrary, that fhe the faid Mary Goldfmith fhall and will, for ever hereafter, maintain, and wholly pro- vide for herfelf, in every refpecl, both in flcknefs and in health, and in no wife make, or caufe to be made, any application to him the faid Henry Farrer, or his Friends, for any Sum of Money, or Allowance for that Purpofe, or otherwife attempt to become chargeable, or a Burden to him the faid Henry Farrer. AND ALSO, that the faid Mary Goldfmith, (hall not, nor will, at any Time hereafter, difturb or molefl the faid Henry Farrer, or affume, or take upon her the Name of Farrer, or contract any Debt or Debts in that Name, with a View or in order to make him the faid Henry Far- rer, liable to the Payment thereof, or with, or ( «3 ) or for any other View or Intereft whatfo- ever, but fhall and will pay and difcharge herfelf all fuch Debt or Debts, as fhehath, or fhall, or may hereafter contract. And alfo that (he the faid Mary Goldfmith fhall not, nor will at any Time hereafter, live within One Hundred Miles of the City of London. AND the faid Henry Farrer doth hereby for himfelf, his Executors and Adminiftrators, covenant, promife and agree, to and with the laid Mary Goldfmith, her Executors, Adminiftrators, and Affigns, That it fhall and may be lawful to and for the faid Mary Goldfmith > at all times hereafter, to live, refide, and be, and in fuch place and places, and in fuch Family or Families, and with fuch Relations, Friends, and other Per- fons, as fhe the faid Mary Goldfmith fhall think fit and proper, fo as the fame be at the diftance of One Hundred Miles from London, and that he the faid Henry Farrer mould not, nor will at any time hereafter, fue, moleft, difturb, or trouble her, the faid ( 64 > faid Mary Goldfmith, nor viiit her, or knowingly come into any houfe, or place where me mould or may dwell, refide, or be. AND ALSO, that the laid Henry Farrer fhall not, nor will not, at any Time or Times hereafter, claim or demand any of the Eftate, Effects, or Things, which (he, the faid Mary Goldfmith, hath, or which me is poflefTed of, or which mall be given to her, or me mail otherwiie acquire. AND for the due Performance of the feveral Covenants and Agreements aforefaid, by and on the Part of the faid Mary Gold- fmith, to be fulfilled and performed, (he, the faid Mary Goldfmith, doth hereby bind herfelf, her Heirs, Executors, and Admini- strators unto the faid Henry Farrer, his Executors, Adminiftrators, and Affigns, in the penal Sum of One Thoufand Pounds of lawful Money of Great Britain. AND for the like due Performance of the feveral Covenants and Agreements aforefaid, by and and on the part of the Henry Farrer, to be fuU 3 filled 1 ( 6s ) filled and performed, he, the faid Henry Far* rer, doth hereby bind himfelf his Heirs, Exe- cutors and Adminiftrators, unto the faid Ma- ry Goldfmith, her Executors, Adminiftrators and Affigns, in the penal Sum of OneThou- fand Pounds of like lawful Money. 3fn tOitnefS thereof the faid Parties to thefe Prefents have hereunto fet their Hands and Seals, the Day and Year Firft above written. . (Signed) Signed and delivered I HENRY FaRRER. (being firfl duly y ~ I (Signed) StamptJinthcPre- v h fenccof J Mary Goldsmith. (Signed) Samuel Fletcher, Fleet-ftreet. (Signed) Thomas Lacy. * Received ( 66 ) Received the Day and Year firft above written, of and from the above- mentioned Henry Farrer, the full Sum of One Hundred Pounds, be- ing the Confideration Money a- bove mentioned, to be paid by him to me,— I fay received by me, Mary Goldsmith. £'°o Witness, (Signed) Samuel Thatcher. (Signed) Thomas Lacy. UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LIBRARY Los Angeles This book is DUE on the last date stamped below. Ik ma rkt>jlb w1 MAY 2 6 MM A NOVO OCT 1 5 19S|l i\ W Form L9-100m-9,'52(A3105)444 BMIVERSITY ( LOS ANGELES ii in i nil ii in i i) 3 1158 00042 5784 K GT 788 P24 8A1 UC SOUTHERN REGIONAL LIBRARY FACILITY A A 000 096157 3