The very interesting and remarkable trial of Mrs. Elizabeth Hankey, (formerly Elizabeth Thomson, daughter of Andrew Thomson, of the City of London, esq.) wife of John Hankey, esq. (son of Sir Thomas Hankey, knt.) for adultery, at Brighthelmstone, Worthing, and Horsham, in Sussex, at Dorking, in Surrey, and at Osburn's Hotel, in the Adelphi, with Turner Straubenzee, esq. Lieutenant-Colonel of His Majesty's Fifty-Second Regiment of Foot : in this trial is given verbatim, the articles exhibited by the injured husband against his adulterous wife, (which renders it both perfect and complete) with the depositions entire, of George Clewlow, esq. Captain of the Fifty-Second Regiment of Foot, Mr. Morloy, Master of the King's-Head Inn, at Dorking, Mr. Hills, tanner, Mr. John, cook to the regiment, Mr. Dean, Elizabeth Brett, chamber-maid, and Mary Winton, lady's maid to Mrs. Hankey, &c. &c.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hankey, Elizabeth, Mrs, defendant.

Contributor:

Cornwell, B., active 1782-1785, bookseller.

Axtell, Thomas, -1833, bookseller.

Cattermoul, John, active 1783-1794, bookseller.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Trials (Adultery)--England--London--Early works to 1800.

Trials (Adultery).

Penn Provenance:

Los Angeles County Law Library (Calif.) (bookplate) (stamp) (Kislak Center copy)

Physical Description:

[2], 38 pages ; 22 cm (8vo)

Other Title:

At head of title: Adultery

Fingerprint:

tan- e.o- onty ofal (3) 1783 (R)

Place of Publication:

London : Printed for the proprietor, and sold at no. 198, Fleet-Street, near Temple-Bar, Axtell, Royal Exchange, and J. Cattermoul, no. 136, Oxford-Street; and may be had of all the booksellers in town and country, MDCCLXXXIII [1783]

Notes:

At head of title: Adultery.

B. Cornwell was located at no. 198 Fleet Street in 1783. See his entry in British book trade index.

Signatures: [A]1 B-E⁴ F⁴(-F4).

Leaf [A]1 = F4?

"(Price one shilling.)"--Title leaf.

Local Notes:

Kislak Center copy purchased for the Penn Libraries in 2023 from Jarndyce.

Kislak Center copy stamp ("LAW LIBRARY OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY") of Los Angeles County Law Library on boards and free endpapers; illustrated bookplate ("BOARD OF LAW LIBRARY TRUSTEES LOS ANGELES CO. CAL. EX LIBRIS") with typescript shelf-mark of the same institution on front pastedown.

Cited in:

ESTC T95756

OCLC:

78817224