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A34229 The Confession and execution of the five prisoners suffering at Tyburn on Fryday the 16th of March, 1676/7 viz, Thomas Sadler and William Johnson [brace] for a burglary in the house of the Right Honourable the Lord High Chancellor of England, and stealing the mace and two purses : and Francis Webb [brace] for a burglary, and stealing of clothes of great value, Matthew Gammond and Anthony Richoake [brace] for a burglary in Clarkenwel : together with their penitent behaviour in Newgate, since their condemnation, and last speeches at the place of execution. 1677 (1677) Wing C5747; ESTC R35603 2,594 10

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