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A full and true account of the horrid murders, robberies, and burnings, committed at Bradforton and Upton Snodsbury, in the County of Worcester ; and of the apprehension, examination, trial and conviction of John Palmer and Thomas Symonds, Gents. and William Hobbins and John Allen, labourers, for the said crimes. To which is added, an account of the Bishop of Oxford's going to the prisoners after their condemnation, and of his Lordship's whole transaction with them:--together with what passed between the ordinary and the said prisoners; and remarks on their dying speeches.--With an account of a charity school founded by Dr. Lloyd, the Bishop of Worchester, out of a forfeited estate of Mr. Palmer's, which fell to the said Bishop. Likewise, the memoirs of the life and death of Sir John Dineley Goodere, Bart. who was murdered by the contrivance his own brother, Capt. Samuel Goodere, on board the Ruby Man of War, in King-Road, near Bristol, Jan. 19, 1740-1.

Title
A full and true account of the horrid murders, robberies, and burnings, committed at Bradforton and Upton Snodsbury, in the County of Worcester ; and of the apprehension, examination, trial and conviction of John Palmer and Thomas Symonds, Gents. and William Hobbins and John Allen, labourers, for the said crimes. To which is added, an account of the Bishop of Oxford's going to the prisoners after their condemnation, and of his Lordship's whole transaction with them:--together with what passed between the ordinary and the said prisoners; and remarks on their dying speeches.--With an account of a charity school founded by Dr. Lloyd, the Bishop of Worchester, out of a forfeited estate of Mr. Palmer's, which fell to the said Bishop. Likewise, the memoirs of the life and death of Sir John Dineley Goodere, Bart. who was murdered by the contrivance his own brother, Capt. Samuel Goodere, on board the Ruby Man of War, in King-Road, near Bristol, Jan. 19, 1740-1.
Publication
Worcester : Printed and sold by J. Butler, in High Street, MDCCLXXXII [1782]
Physical Description
84 pages, 24 pages, 3 leaves of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
Notes
"(Price two shillings and six pence.)"--Price below imprint.
First published in 1708 and republished in 1758 with the title: 'The truth of the case'.
"Memoirs of the life of Sir John Dineley Goodere", 24 pages at end, was written by Samuel Foote and also issued separately.
'Memoirs' with separate, undated title page, pagination and signatures.
Signatures: A² B⁴ D-U² X⁴(-X4) A-F².
Provenance
Armorial bookplate of H. F. Davies, Elmley Castle.
Variant and related titles
Memoirs of the life of Sir John Dineley Goodere, Bart.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
March 23, 2004
References
English short title catalogue, T184011
Subjects (Local Yale)
Genre/Form
Armorial Bookplates (Provenance)
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