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The trial of the notorious highwayman Richard Turpin, at York assizes, on the 22d day of March, 1739, before the Hon. Sir William Chapple, Knt. Judge of Assize, and one of His Majesty's Justices of the Court of King's Bench. Taken down in court by Mr. Thomas Kyll, Professor of Short-Hand. To which is prefix'd, An exact Account of the said Turpin, from his first coming into Yorkshire, to the Time of his being committed Prisoner to York Castle; communicated by Mr. Appleton of Beverley, Clerk of the Peace for the East-Riding of the said County. With a Copy of a Letter which Turpin received form his Father, while under Sentence of Death. To which is added, his behaviour at the place of execution, on Saturday the 7th of April, 1739. Together with the whole Confession he made to the Hangman at the Gallows; wherein he acknowledg'd himself guilty of the Facts for which he suffer'd, own'd the Murder of Mr. Thompson's Servant on Epping-Forest, and gave a particular Account of several Robberies which he had committed.
Turpin, Richard, 1706-1739.Date: [1739]- Books
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The whole life and trial at large of the notorious highwayman Richard Turpin, at York Assizes, on the 22d day of March, 1739, before the Hon. Sir William Chapple, Knt. Judge of Assize, and one of His Majesty's Justices of the Court of King's Bench. Taken down in Court by Mr. Thomas Kyll, Professor of Short-Hand. To which is prefix'd, an exact account of the said Turpin, from his first coming into Yorkshire, to the Time of his being committed Prisoner to York Castle; communicated by Mr. Appleton of Beverly, Clerk of the Peace for the East-Riding of the said County. With a Copy of a Letter which Turpin received from his Father, while under Sentence of Death. To which is added, his behaviour at the place of execution, on Saturday the 7th of April, 1739. Together with the whole Confession he made to the Hangman at the Gallows; wherein he acknowledg'd himself guilty of the Facts for which he suffer'd, own'd the Murder of Mr. Thompson's Servant on Epping-Forest, and gave a particular Account of several Robberies which he had committed.
Turpin, Richard, 1706-1739.Date: [1739]- Books
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The history and antiquities of the county of Norfolk / [Anon].
Date: 1781- Books
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The foundling hospital for wit. Intended for the Reception and Preservation of such Brats of Wit and Humour, whose Parents chuse to Drop them. Number VI. to be Continued Occasionally. Containing, 1 The Court Ballad on Dr. C-s Sermon. 2 The embarrassed Knt. to Sir C. H. W-s. 3 A congratulatory Ode to the D. of N-le on his going to H-r. 4 A new Ballad on Sir Billy Tinsel, L- M-. 5 Sir W-m St-Pe's Speech on the Buckingham Bill, &c. &c. &c. 6 Isis, an Elegy, to the Gentlemen of Ox-d. 7 Advice to Mr. L-g-n the dwarf Fan-Painter, at Tunbridge Wells. 8 The Bottle-Conjurer. 9 To the Independent E-s of W-r. 10 Odes, Rhapsodies, &c. on the Peace. 11 A reduced Officer's Complaint. 12 Petition of Justice B-d-n's Horse to the D. of N-le. 13 On the late M-rt-l Bills. 14 A Fable to the E-l of G-Lle. 15 Filch at the Gallows. 16 Prologue and Epilogue spoke by Prince George, &c. 17 Account of Sieur Rocquet. 18 A Ballad on B-n and W-r. With many other Curious Pieces, some of which never before printed. By Timothy Silence, Esq;
Silence, Timothy.Date: 1749- Books
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A journal of the proceedings in the detection of the conspiracy formed by some white people, in conjunction with negro and other slaves, for burning the City of New-York in America and murdering the Inhabitants. Which conspiracy was partly put in execution, by burning his Majesty's house in fort George, within the said city, on Wednesday the 18th of March, 1741, and setting fire to several dwelling and other houses there, within a few days succeeding. And by another attempt made in prosecution of the same infernal scheme, by putting fire between two other dwelling-houses within the said city, on the 15th day of February, 1742; which was accidentally and timely discovered and extinguished. Containing, I. A narrative of the trials, condemnations, executions, and behaviour of the several criminals, at the gallows and stake, with their speeches and confessions; with notes, observations and reflections occasionally interspersed throughout the whole. II. An appendix, wherein is set forth some additional evidence concerning the said conspiracy and conspirators, which has come to light since their trials and executions. III. Lists of the several persons (whites and blacks) committed on account of the conspiracy; and of the several criminals executed; and of those transported, with the places whereto. By the Recorder of the City of New-York.
Horsmanden, Daniel, 1694-1778.Date: MDCCXLVII. [1747]- Books
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The trial of the notorious highwayman Richard Turpin, at York assizes, on the 22d day of March, 1739, before the Hon. Sir William Chapple, Knt. Judge of Assize, and one of His Majesty's Justices of the Court of King's Bench. Taken down in court by Mr. Thomas Kyll, Professor of Short-Hand. To which is prefix'd, An exact Account of the said Turpin, from his first coming into Yorkshire, to the Time of his being committed Prisoner to York Castle; communicated by Mr. Appleton of Beverly, Clerk of the Peace for the East-Riding of the said County. With a Copy of a Letter which Turpin received from his Father, while under Sentence of Death. To which is added, his behaviour at the place of execution, on Saturday the 7th of April, 1739. Together with the whole Confession he made to the Hangman at the Gallows; wherein he acknowledg'd himself guilty of the Facts for which he suffer'd, own'd the Murder of Mr. Thompson's Servant on Epping-Forest, and gave a particular Account of several Robberies which he had committed. The fourth edition. To which is prefix'd, a large and genuine history of the life of Turpin, from his Birth to his Execution; and of all his Transactions and Robberies, and the various Methods he took to conceal himself. The Whole grounded on well-attested Facts, and communicated by Mr. Richard Bayes, at the Green Man on Epping-Forest, and other Persons of the County of Essex.
Turpin, Richard, 1706-1739.Date: [1739]- Pictures
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Maimed soldiers dragging themselves to a hospital. Etching, 1730, after Jacques Callot, ca. 1633.
Callot, Jacques, 1592-1635.Date: [1730]Reference: 44141i- Books
An essay towards a topographical history of the county of Norfolk : containing a description of the towns, villages, and hamlets, with the foundations of monasteries, churches, chapels, chantries, and other religious buildings: also an account of the ancient and present state of all the rectories, vicarages, donatives, and impropriations, their former and present patrons and incumbents, with their several valuations in the King's Books, whether discharged or not: likewise, an historical account of the castles, seats, and manors, their present and ancient owners ; together with the epitaphs, inscriptions, and arms in all the parish churches, and chapels; with several draughts of churches, monuments, arms, ancient ruins, and other relicks of antiquity. Collected out of ledger-books, registers, records, evidences, deeds, court-rolls, and other authentick memorials / by Francis Blomefield.
Blomefield, Francis, 1705-1752.Date: 1805-1810- Books
Special exits : a graphic memoir / Joyce Farmer.
Farmer, Joyce, 1938-Date: 2014- Ephemera
Spiritualism and occult ephemera. Box 2.
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Medical London : city of diseases, city of cures / Richard Barnett ; [edited by] Mike Jay.
Barnett, Richard.Date: 2008- Pictures
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In the museum of the quack doctor, the viscount Squanderfield holds out a small pill-box as a girl dabs her face with a handkerchief. Coloured aquatint after William Hogarth.
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764.Reference: 38359i- Pictures
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In the cabinet of the quack doctor, the viscount Squanderfield holds out a small pill-box as a girl dabs her face with a handkerchief. Engraving by B. Baron after W. Hogarth, 1745.
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764.Date: April 1st 1745Reference: 38353iPart of: Marriage a-la-mode- Books
Touch me not : a most rare compendium of the whole magical art / edited and translated by Hereward Tilton and Merlin Cox.
Date: 2019- Books
Beloved Poison / E.S. Thomson.
Thomson, E. S.Date: 2016- Books
The poisoner : the life and crimes of Victorian England's most notorious doctor / Stephen Bates.
Bates, Stephen, 1954-Date: [2014]- Pictures
The arrival in England of William of Orange; in the foreground, James II and Louis XIV surrounded by courtiers and Catholic clerics. Etching formerly attributed to R. de Hooghe, 1688.
Hooghe, Romeyn de, 1645-1708.Date: [1688]Reference: 2136645i- Pictures
King James II of England and King Louis XIV of France riding on an ass, leading a holy crusade. Etching by R. de Hooghe, 1689.
Hooghe, Romeyn de, 1645-1708.Date: [1689]Reference: 2136643i- Pictures
Austrian soldiers in Italy carousing in an inn with a monk. Photograph by J. Albert after H.J. Stanley, 1860.
Stanley, Harold John, 1817-1867.Date: [1860]Reference: 3087941i- Books
The hospital of incurable madness = L'hospedale de' pazzi incurabili (1586) / by Tomaso Garzoni ; translated and notes by Daniela Pastina and John W. Crayton ; introduction by Monica Calabritto.
Garzoni, Tomaso, 1549?-1589.Date: 2009- Pictures
Eleven decorated initials from the Basel 1555 edition of Andreas Vesalius's De humani corporis fabrica. Woodcuts, 1555.
Date: 1555Reference: 24653i- Archives and manuscripts
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Wellcome Apocalypse
Date: c.1420Reference: MS.49