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and to all who stumbled upon it...!

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Marriage Allegation

Marriage Allegation of Fitzwilliam Brougham Cartwright, of Leyland Manor, Leath, to Emmeline Grace Porter, of Wortham Hall, Allerdale below Derwent

Dated 15th May 1763

On which day appeared Personally Fitzwilliam Cartwright of the Parish of Leyland in the County of Leath, gentleman -- and Thomas Porter of the Parish of Wortham in the County of Allerdale below Derwent, gentleman and did jointly and for themselves depose as follows to wit the aforesaid Fitzwilliam Cartwright for himself deposed that he is of the Age of Twenty four years and upward and a Batchelor and that he doth intend to intermarry with Emmeline Grace Porter of the Parish of Wortham in the County of Allerdale below Derwent aforesaid Spinster a Minor of the Age of Twenty Years and upwards and under the Age of One and Twenty Years by and with the Consent of Thomas Porter Father lawfully chosen and appointed and that he knoweth of no lawful Let or impediment by reason of any Precontract, Consanguinity, Affinity, or any other lawful means whatsoever to hinder the said intended Marriage of the truth of which he made oath and prayed a Licence for them to solemnize the said Marriage in the Parish Church of Wortham in the County of Allerdale below Derwent or Leyland in the County of Leath And he the said Thomas Porter for himself deposed that she the said Emmeline Porter Spinster the Minor aforesaid to the best of his Knowledge and that he is her Father and appointed by virtue of an Instrument under hand and seal and hereunto signed and as such that he is consenting to the above intended Marriage.

Fitzwilliam Cartwright

Thomas Porter

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Quite a Coincidence

Feb 28, 1763

... Went with Dyer, Russell and Master after dinner down to the Castle to see the Prisoners; where we drank two Bottles of Port and for Wine etc., pd 0.1.6. William Cartwright, a young, good-looking Fellow, who is in the Castle for a High Way Robbery, drank with us the last Bottle, and smoaked a Pipe with us, and seemed very sorry for what he had committed. We gave him between us 0.2.0. ...

James Woodeforde, Diary of a Country Parson 1758 - 1802, pg. 14

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Characters and Settings

Address Book

at Leyland Manor
Lady Emmeline Cartwright, youngest daughter of the Porters, former fiancée of Frederick Cartwright, writer of this diary
Lord Fitzwilliam Brougham Cartwright, husband of Emmeline, owner of Leyland Manor in Cumberland (Leath), younger brother of Frederick George Cartwright, son of John Sargent Cartwright and Edyth Broughton
Lt.-Gen. Gerald Cartwright, older brother of John Cartwright and uncle of Fitzwilliam
Frances Reeves, wife of Gerald Cartwright and mother of Francis 'Frank' Cartwright
Francis 'Frank'Cartwright, cousin of Fitzwilliam

Leyland Village and neighbourhood
Mrs. Higgenbotham and daughter
Miss Bentham,Emmeline's friend
Sir Atherfold
Mr. Barrett, his wife, his mother, his sister and his brother-in-law Mr. Kettle
Sir Humberdross, his wife

at London
Topper, the butler
Mr. Tredwell, the lawyer

at Harmondsworth Village
Maxwell Fairweather, Harriet's older brother
Sarah, her baby-girl

at Clarington House
Harriet Osberton, formerly of *** Park, Cumberland (Allerdale below Derwent)
Clive Osberton, husband of Harriet, owner of Clarington House, Gloucestershire

at Wortham Hall and neighbourhood
Mr. Thomas James Porter and his wife Emily (née Lawrence) of Wortham Hall, Cumberland (Allerdale below Derwent), parents of Emmeline Cartwright
Jeremiah Porter, only son of the Porters of Wortham Hall
Mrs. P, (née Annabella Woodbridge) wife of Jeremiah Porter
Timothy, their son
Patricia 'Patsy' Christie, née Porter, oldest daughter of the Porters of Wortham Hall, her children
George Christie, husband of Patsy
Lady Violet Tilbrington, nee Porter, mother of a son
Sir Harry Tilbrington, husband of Violet

Mr. Walker, friend of the Porters
Mrs. Drawing, her daughter Emmanuelle, friends of the Porters

Arthur Fairweather and his wife Jemima (née Pellington), Harriet's parents
Hester Fairweather, Harriet's younger sister

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Emmeline Cartwright

My name is Emmeline Cartwright. I was born in 1742 at Wortham Hall, in Cumberland.

You can view my complete profile here.

I have two sisters, Patricia, Patsy, and Violet. Patsy is five years my senior and married Mr. George Christie in 1756. They already have four children. The youngest was born 1762. Violet is two years my senior and got married when she was twenty to Sir Harry Tilbrington. She also had a child in '62. My brother Jeremiah is the oldest, born 1735. He is married since '61 and they have one son, Timothy, who was born 1763.
I'm the youngest in the family and presumably the black sheep. Well, at least from that point on when I heard who I was supposed to marry...

In 1763 I married Lord Fitzwilliam Cartwright of Leyland Manor. He is the younger brother of my former fiance Frederick, who died 25-year-old in '62.

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Fitzwilliam Cartwright

Lord Cartwright by (c) Cl. Rothe

My Name ist Fitzwilliam Brougham Cartwright. I was born in 1739 in London as the second son and youngest child to my honourable father John Cartwright and my humble mother, Edyth Brougham.

I have a brother, Frederick, who is two years my senior. My father is a second son, as I am, but unlike his brother, Gerald, he married a well-endowed woman. My uncle Gerald, who had to hand over his estate Leyland to my brother by force, has already lost his wife, Frances. After my grandfather's death, my parents assured him of their affection and he and Frank came to life with us; the happiest years I can remember.

But as the younger son, I had to leave to earn my living and decided for the army. Here I am, returning home from Quebec after a too long journey on sea and now, that I am back home in England, I will try to keep up this journal and turning its content from experiences in war to hopefully brighter ones... like this:

In 1763 I married Miss Emmeline Grace Porter of Wortham Hall. She is the former fiancée of my brother Fred.

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