The dean 
~ the diocefe and the 
the archbi 
GUA 
soemented si might keep her under ward till fixteen, by 
flat. Weft w. I. cap. 22. This wardfhip was ta 
from the = by the ee of Henry I. and transferred ‘2 
widow or next of kin. 
not continue long.. When the male heir arrived to the age 
of twenty-one, and the heir-female to that of fixteen, they 
might fue out their livery or ou/ler le main, i. e. the delivery 
of their lands out of their guardian’s hands ; but for this 
prety were obliged to pay a fine, viz. half a year’s profit of 
land, 
Thefe guardians had alfo another kind of power over their 
infant wards, which was that of difpofing of them in matri 
mony; andif the infants refufed a fuitable match, they for- 
feited the value of the marriage to their guardian; but if 
married auiehout his confent, they forfeited double the 
value. (Litt. ¢ This right of felling the ward in 
Marriage was expr declared by. the ftatute of Merton, 20 
Hen. Thefe grievances, and others of a fimi- 
lar 2 Cath were firft abolifhed by the lords and commons in 
parliament, in 1645; and this ordinance was confirmed by 
the proteétor and his parliament in 1656; and they were 
finally abolifhed by the ftatute 12 Car. LI. cap. 24, and by 
20 Geo, II. cap. 43. and cap. 50. The fame are alfo aho- 
lithed in Scotland. (See igen! s fervice.) Upon the abo-- 
lition of the Court of wards, the care which the crown was 
bound to ‘take, as guardian of its infant tenants, was totally 
extinguifhed in every feodal view ; but refulted to the king 
in his court of chancery, together with the general protec- 
tion of all other infants in the kingdom. (F. 
When fore a fatherlefs child has no pee, guardian, the 
court of chancery hath a right to appoint one ; and from all 
} relative to it, an appeal lies to the houfe of 
The court of exchequer can only appoint a guardian a 
ad lo to manage the 5 ae e of the infant if a {uit be 
againft him: a power which i is incident to the 
of ome court of pees (Cro. 95 . 641.2 Jet: 
163. T Jones 3. ian the intcelt abn Gun mino 
comes before the court judicially, in he progrefs re a 
per or hie a bill for that pest 4 filed, either tribunal 
iterate will take care of the property of the in- 
I 
. 
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mane in Jocage. See GUARDIAN above, and So- 
i he nok a he be fpivtualites is the perfon to whom the 
Piritual jurifdi a “reg is committed, during the 
ume of the vacan een of th 
This guardian may be ae: fuch inlaw, é. e. jure magif- 
fratus, = the archbrthop i is of any diocefe within his pro- 
eth shee for the na e depute. 
dean and chapter of Canterbury are guardians both 
= le province during a vacane 
b i ever fince the office of | Ss of Garters 
Ye was abolithed at the reformation. 2 Roll. Abr. 22. 
GUARDIAN of the Church. See Cuuncut-warden. 
Sania, or Warden, of the Cinqueports, i is an officer 
the jurifdiction Pi the Cinqueports, with all the 
power that he eS f En gland has in other rc 
le, wie 
ve, With the title of comes lueris § Sax: r oak ces: : 
of the hee was bore the like title, so oppofite oa 
ir bufinefs was to ftren ngt! suepe lease 
mseition alt the outrages and robberies of the bar- 
an bd tat antiquary takes our warden of the Cinque 
GUA 
ports, to have’ been erected in imitation hereof, See Ciyauzs 
Gu ARDIAN of the Peace. See Conservator of the 
But this noble immunity did peace 
GUA RDIANI, in Geography, a {mall ifland in the 
Grecian Archipelago, near the S. coaft of Cephalonia. 
ARDO, or Civagsoe town of Italy, in FR depart. ; 
ment of the Mela, on the Chiefa; 10 miles N.E. of Bre {cia 
N. lat. 45° 38’. E. long. 10° 26’, : 
GUARDUCCI, OMMASO, in Biography, a native af 
Florence, and ees of Bernacchi, arrived in England i in 
the autumn of 1767, atthe beginning the ope regency 
of Mefirs. Cordon ne Vincen as tall ang pay ard 
in figure, inanimate as an acto ai in countena ill-fa- 
voured and morbid; yet, with all thefe difady sages he 
was one of the moft correct fingers we ever heard ; 
of great probity and worth in his private dint 4 He 
was unfortunate in arriving here foon after Mahzoli, the 
nations were perfect, and by long ftudy and practice he 
vanquifhed all the difcuties of his art, and pofleffed hina 
of every refinement of his particular fchool, as well as 
in London, his merit at ,eneth made its way: and hi or 
mentt are 
nece ee the notes mutt be fe ae ieee fe eted, to be 
honoured with approbation.’ 
Indeed, G ft and mott fimple finger, 
of the. frit clafs, whom we ever heard. his effects were 
produced by expreffion and high finifhing, nor did dhe ever 
aim at execution. He fung in a Pi % 
fhort notice, with very little know dge.o 
ftill lefs pra€tice in pronouncing ue ee he was ‘ell 
received and well paid, for he had 60o/. for twelve oratorios, 
a larger fum than was ever given en a like occafion, till the 
time of Mifs Linley. 
In Odtober, the ASS s theatre was opened,” “with a 
ferious opera, by different authors, entitled ‘ ‘Tigrane,”’ 
which the admirable cantabile air, ‘¢ Care luci,’” compofed By 
Sacchini, was fung i in an exquifité.manner by Guarducct. 
This air, the firft that was ever performed on our ieee of 
Sacchini’s compofition, was pind a without his nam 
In December, another paiticcio opera, called « Sifare +4 
aluppi, ** Quel labro addorato,” which was conftantly 
ence uring the run of the ope Abel compofed an air 
for him in this drama, * Frena le be! ed with an ac- 
connate f for the viel da g. he played himfelf ; 
_it was laboured, and had not 5 effec that might be 
united powers of t two fuch complete ~ 
inftead of an opera, had for his banefit, in 
ie ae a ‘7b re of | “ Betulia libera eer writ. 
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