Note 1362 — Chapter X · RISE OF CIVIL MARRIAGE
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In 1690 James Campbell, brother of the Duke of Argyle, caused to be abducted and then married Mrs. Wharton. For managing this abduction Sir John Johnston was executed at Tyburn: this case is in Reports of the Historical Manuscripts Commission, V, 380, XIII, App. V, 217. Cf. ibid., IV, 345, for a case of abduction in Ireland, 1801.