Much like Ireland where landowners were deported on trumped up charges so the crown could steal their land. -- don kelly -------------- Original message ---------------------- 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: > > > There is 1 message totalling 32 lines in this issue. > > > > Topics of the day: > > > > 1. Demimonde / Demi Monde > > > > To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the > > instructions at > > http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-roots.html > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > 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 > > > > To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the > > instructions at > > http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-roots.html > > > > ------------------------------ > > > > End of VA-ROOTS Digest - 23 May 2008 to 24 May 2008 (#2008-103) > > *************************************************************** > > > To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions at > http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-roots.html To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-roots.html