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.
| Author/creator | [Reddish, William]. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | [London] : Printed for I. Coniers, at the sign of the Raven in Duck-Lane, [1680?] |
| Description | [2], 6 p. |
| Supplemental Content | https://search.proquest.com/docview/2240899473 |
| Subjects |
| Series | Early English books online. ^A888680 |
| General note | Place and date of publication from Wing. |
| General note | Imperfect; pages stained with slight loss of text. |
| General note | Reproduction of the original in the Bodleian Library. |
| References | Wing (2nd ed.) R658. |
| Reproduction note | Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI, 1999- (Early English books online) Digital version of: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 2055:24) |
| Stock number | CL0037000081 ProQuest Information and Learning. 300 N. Zeeb Rd., Ann Arbor, MI 48106 |
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