Strange news from Stratton in Cornwal: or, A true relation of a cruel b[l]oody murther commited by one J.R. upon his own father, for lucre of enjoying his estate; who (after he had committed the fact, and laid the knife in the bed where his father lay) called in several neighbours to witness that his father had murthered himself; bu [sic] upon search, his shirt and breast were found besprinkled with his fathers blood; upon which search he fell in a swound, and after his recovery confest the fact, and is now in goal [sic] Written by one William Reddish, who was in Stratton at the same time when the murther was committed: and written since in a letter to Mr. Pearce Manaton in Windmill-Court in the Burcherrow near Temple-Barr, by his brother, living within half a mile of the said town. With allowance

People / Organizations

• William Reddish (Author)
• I. Coniers ("printed for")
• Joshua Conyers ("printed for")

Imprint

London]: Printed for I. Coniers, at the sign of the Raven in Duck-Lane, [1680?

Publication year

1680

ESTC No.

R220688

Grub Street ID

94991

Description

[2], 6 p. ; 4°.

Note

Place and date of publication from Wing

Signatures: A]4.

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Signatures from DFo