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A84977 A full and true relation of the examination and confession of W. Barwick and E. Mangall, of two horrid murders one committed by William Barwick upon his wife being with child, near Cawood in Yorkshire, upon the 14th. of April last: as likewise a full account how it came to be discovered by an apparition of the person murder'd. The second was committed by Edward Mangall, upon Elizabeth Johnson alias Ringrose, and her bastard child, on the 4th. of September last, who said he was tempted thereto by the devil. Also their trials and convictions before the honorable Sir John Powel, Knight, one of their Majesties Justices, at the Assizes holden at York, on the 16th. of September, 1690. October the 7. Published according to order, 1690. 1690 (1690) Wing F2322; ESTC R226746 5,338 4

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