Richard Payne Knight
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Richard Payne Knight of Downton Castle in Herefordshire, and of 5 Soho Square, London, England, was a classical scholar, connoisseur, archaeologist and numismatist best known for his theories of pictu
Portrait of Payne Knight by Sir Thomas Lawrence, 1794
Bust of Payne Knight (1812) by John Bacon the Younger in the British Museum
Four figures from Discourse on the worship of Priapus and its connection with the mystic theology of the ancients as republished by George Witt in 1865
An Account of the Remains of the Worship of Priapus (1786).
Knight v Knight
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Knight v Knight 49 ER 58 is an English trusts law case, embodying a simple statement of the "three certainties" principle. This has the effect of determining whether assets can be disposed of in wills
Richard Payne Knight
…House, Exmoor, Somerset) challenged Charlotte's right as a female to inherit under the terms of Payne's will, which resulted in the famous 1840 lawsuit Knight v Knight. The judge decided that due to these last words in Payne's will, it had not been his intention to create a trust and therefore Thomas had inherited…
Downton Castle, Herefordshire