"Inheritrix" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... matters in connection with this case are interesting. George More tells us that Mrs. Starchie was an "inheritrix." Some of her kindred, Papists, prayed for the perishing of her issue. Four of her children pined away. Mrs. Starchie, when told of their prayers, conveyed all her property to her husband. She had two children afterwards, the two that were stricken. It is possible that ...
— A History of Witchcraft in England from 1558 to 1718 • Wallace Notestein
... said the lawyer, "that Mrs. Brownlow has discovered a will of the late Mr. Barnes more recent than that under which she inherited, naming you, Miss Elvira Menella, as the sole inheritrix." ...
— Magnum Bonum • Charlotte M. Yonge |
