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Married:
- "In 1832, in consequence of quarrels between them, the petitioner and his wife separated, he agreeing to make her an allowance of 26l. a year and secure her other benefits;
- that the Rev. Elias Tardy became vicar of Grinton about April, 1842, and in July following called a meeting of the electors, which was attended by himself and the Rev. Edward Wyvill, the parson of Spennithorne, and the Rev. Robert Meek, the parson of Richmond, and certain charges were made against the petitioner, which were not substantiated, and he was not either dismissed or reprimanded;
- that the petitioner, believing that Mr. Tardy disapproved of his living apart from his wife, took her back in the middle of September, 1842, and she was accompanied by their daughter, Mary Matilda Ward, who lived with him until the middle of January following, when they both voluntarily left him;
- That four witnesses were examined on behalf of the petitioner, all persons of character and respectability, who all swore that they believed him incapable of the conduct imputed to him.
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