This document, which belongs to the Earl of Galloway, is printed by his
kind permission. The manuscript bears the following endorsement:--
‘Cardinal of York’s Memorial presented to Pope Clement 13th on
the absurdity of the See of Rome in refusing to acknowledge the
title of the Cardinal’s Brother (Charles Edward) to the Crown of
England on the death of their father in 1766.
‘This paper was given me by my revered Relative, Dr. John Cooke,
President of C.C.C., who was at Rome at this time, and well known
to Cardinal York, tho’ a firm
Protestant, in early life he was a friend to the legitimate
Succession.--It is not improbable that he copied this from the original
manuscript.
V. T.
‘June 16, 1825.’
A letter from the Hon. Charles Stewart, fellow of All Souls, afterwards
the Bishop of Quebec, to his brother, the eighth Earl of Galloway,
dated Nov. 26th, 1825, explains that the initials on the endorsement
are those of the Rev. Vaughan Thomas, at one time of Corpus Christi
College, Oxford. Mr. Thomas desired that the manuscript should be given
to Lord Galloway, whom he considered to be the proper person to possess
so interesting a Stuart document.