The Honourable Catherine Elizabeth Weld

Catherine Elizabeth Weld's report of legal proceedings against her husband on the charge of impotency, which includes her examination by midwives and his examination by a surgeon:

Catherine Elizabeth Weld, The Whole Proceedings in the Arches-Court of Canterbury, in a Cause between the Hon. Mrs Catherine Weld, Daughter to the Lord Aston, and Edward Weld Esquire, Her Husband. Containing, I. Her Libel Exhibited Against Him for Impotency. II. Her Answer and Replication. III. Certificates of Ambrose Dickens Esq; His Majesty's Serjeant-surgeon, Mr Williams, and Several other Surgeons, who Examined Mr Weld; and also of Three Midwives who Examined Mrs Weld. IV. Copies of the Depositions of Several Noble Persons, Relating to this Cause. V. The Sentence Pronounced by the Worshipful Dr Bettesworth, Feb. 15, 1731 . to which is Prefixed, a Preface, by the Author of the Trial of F Girard and Miss Cadiere (1732).

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1. Burke's A genealogical and heraldic history of the commoners of Great Britain and ... page 198