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A36359 Mr. Tho. Dangerfield's second narrative wherein is contained a faithful charge against the Lady Powis, Mr. Stamford, (the Duke of Newburghs resident) and Mrs. Cellier relating to the murther of Sir Edmundbury Godfrey and the late plot made by the papists, to be cast upon the Protestants : wherein is I. A true account of methods used to invalidate the testimony of Captain William Bedloe and Mr. Prance, II. An account of the several papists imprisoned, and their crimes, with the charges it cost them to get out upon bail / written by his own hand. Dangerfield, Thomas, 1650?-1685.; Prance, Miles, fl. 1678-1689.; Bedloe, William, 1650-1680.; Cellier, Elizabeth, fl. 1680.; Powis, Elizabeth Somerset Herbert, Duchess of, d. 1691.; Stamford, Mr. 1680 (1680) Wing D193; ESTC R20874 26,539 34

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