Note 11 — The Rev. JOHN GRIERSON and the Rev. Mr. WILKINSON TRANSPORTED FOR UNLAWFULLY PERFORMING THE MARRIAGE CEREMONY.
Reading edition
In a letter to George Montagu, Esq. from Horace Walpole, is the following notice of Keith:—
“Strawberry Hill, 11th June 1753.
“I shall only tell you a bon mot of Keith’s, the marriage-broker, and conclude:
“ ‘G—d d—n the Bishops!’ said he, (I beg Miss Montagu’s pardon.) ‘so they will hinder my marrying. Well, let ’em, but I’ll be revenged: I’ll buy two or three acres of ground, and by G—d I’ll under-bury them all.’ ”