Robbed!
On a minor note, this guy, Capt. Thomas Coram, in a portrait by Hogarth, sued the pants off of one of my direct ancestors, Abel Burt, of Tauton, Mass, taking 51 acres in 1701, when Abel was Deputy Sheriff. The suit was for trespass. Nice work, Abel, I might have owned Tauton, Mass. Next time, get a proper warrant.
Having robbed my family blind, Coram later gave the land to the Church of England in Boston, and he founded the London Foundlings Hospital.
posted by JAB at 7:50 PM
2 Comments:
Your ancestors were sued by Doctor Who?
Indeed sir, he had his pique up over some trifle with Daleks, and traveled back through time just to cheese me off.
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