Burking Miscellany
- Date:
- 1831
- Reference:
- MS.7058
- Archives and manuscripts
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About this work
Description
Collection of printed and manuscript material relating to the conviction and execution in December 1831 of John Bishop, Thomas Williams (alias Thomas Head) and James May for the murder of Carlo Ferrari, an Italian boy. The boy's body was taken to King's College dissecting room and his teeth sold to a dentist. The confessions of Bishop and Williams describe grave-robbery and several other murders prior to that of Ferrari.
Items 1-3 are printed material, items 4-7 are manuscripts assembled and endorsed by John Wontner, keeper of Newgate Prison.
Publication/Creation
1831
Physical description
7 items
Acquisition note
Purchased from Richard Hatchwell, 1993 (acc. 349305).
Related material
At Wellcome Collection:
The Ephemera collection contains an account of the trial and execution of Williams and Bishop (Box EPH 724).
Location of duplicates
Parts of this collection (noted in more detail on the individual records) have been photographed by Wellcome Images: image numbers L0041557-L0041566.
Finding aids
Described in typescript supplements, by Christopher Hilton and Richard Aspin, to the Library's published finding aids.
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Where to find it
Location Status Access Closed stores
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Identifiers
Accession number
- 349305