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Talk:William Clements, 3rd Earl of Leitrim

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Droit du Seigneur

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Was this man, arguably the most notorious English landlord in nineteenth-century Ireland, still exercising a feudal right to sleep with the bride of any of his "vassals" [tenants] on the first night of the marriage? This is still a common story in Leitrim folklore. 86.42.119.173 (talk) 13:36, 25 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]