Much like Ireland where landowners were deported on trumped up charges so the crown could steal their land.
--
don kelly
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From: Jack Fallin <[log in to unmask]>
> Dear all,
>
> Came across this gem while doing some unrelated research:
>
> "1638
>
> July 4 119. Report of Attorney General Sir John Bankes and R.
> Wanderford, Attorney of the Court of Wards, to the Privy Council.
> The custody of any idiot in Virginia belongs to the King, and is in
> his disposal, according to the laws of England."
>
> Calendar of State Papers, Colonial Series, 1574-1660, Public Record
> Office, ed. Sainsbury, Longman, Green, etc., London (1860), p.280
>
> Not sure how many of our relatives were directly endangered by this,
> but I can guess at a few that should have been a little concerned.
> As for the King's apparent desire for the idiots of Virginia -- I'm
> fairly certain it had to do with those cases where the deranged had a
> little property that might be better off in royal hands.
>
> Jack Fallin
> Walnut Creek, CA
>
>
> On May 24, 2008, at 9:00 PM, VA-ROOTS automatic digest system wrote:
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> > 1. Demimonde / Demi Monde
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> > Date: Sat, 24 May 2008 00:15:42 -0400
> > From: Westview <[log in to unmask]>
> > Subject: Re: Demimonde / Demi Monde
> >
> > As demi-mondaine was used in England in the late 18th-19th
> > centuries it =
> > referred to a woman who lived in the shadow world -- not
> > acknowledged by =
> > good society, but above a common trull or streetwalker. All =
> > demi-mondaines were prostitutes but not all prostitutes were =
> > demi-mondaines. A demi-mondaine might become a long term mistress,
> > but =
> > the term usually referred to one who was more independent in the =
> > distribution of her favors. Many demi-mondaines maintained their
> > own =
> > salons and their society was actively sought by men of the better
> > class =
> > (no lady would ever acknowledge the existence of such creatures.) =
> > Harriette Wilson was the quintessential English demi-mondaine. =20
> >
> > The term was never in general usage in the USA with the exception
> > of in, =
> > perhaps, New Orleans. I'm amazed that a census taker in Campbell
> > County =
> > in 1900 was erudite enough to use the term.=20
> >
> > FYI, my French dictionary defines demi-mondaine as a "femme de
> > moeurs =
> > l=E9g=E8res" -- a woman of light morals. =20
> >
> > Kathy
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