Note 339 — VARIOUS QUESTIONS CONNECTED WITH THE FOREGOING SUBJECTS, ELUCIDATED BY PHYSIOLOGICAL RESEARCHES.
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In 1697 the Countess of Macclesfield declared the child with which she was then pregnant to have been begotten by the Earl of Rivers; in consequence of which confession, without any previous proceeding in the ecclesiastical court, an Act of Parliament was passed annulling the marriage and declaring the child with which she was enseint illegitimate: 9 & 10 Will. 3. c. 11. private Act.