Public Execution in England, 1573-1868, Part I Vol 3

Leigh Yetter

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2024
• Print ISBN: 9781138756380
• eBook ISBN: 9781040233740
• Edition: 1
• Topic: History
• Subtopic: World History
• Index: History

The execution narrative was a popular genre in early modern England. This facsimile edition draws together a representative selection of texts to show the evolution of the genre from the late sixteenth century to the end of public execution in England nearly 300 years later.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half Title
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Table of Contents
• Introduction
• News from Execution-dock, or, the Last Speeches and Confession of the Two Notorious Pirates (1675)
• An Account of the Particular Crimes, Confessions, Speeches, and Executions of the Prisoners [1676]
• The Confession and Execution of the Seven Prisoners Suffering at Tyburn (1677)
• The Execution of Mr. Robert Foulks, Late Minister of Stanton-Lacy in Shrop shire (1679)
• The Behaviour and Execution of Robert Green and Laurence Hill (1679)
• The Speech of Richard Langhorn Esq; at his Execution (1679)
• The Execution of the Fifteen Prisoners
• Fair Warning from Tyburn, or the Several Confessions and Executions of the Fifteen Notorious Malefactors that Suffered there on Munday the 8 of March [1680] The True Narrative of the Confession and Execution of the Fifteen Pris- oners at Tyburn on Monday the 8th of this Instant March 1679 [1680]
• A True Copy of the Paper Delivered by James Clough [1680]
• The True Confession of Margret Clark (1680)
• The Execution Of Edward FitzharrisThe Last Speech of Edward Fitz-harris, at the Time of his Execution at Tyburn the First of July (1681)
• Some Short but Necessary Animadversions on the Paper Delivered to Dr. Hawkins (1681)
• The Confession and Execution of Laticia Wigington of Ratclif [1681]
• An Exact Account of the Manner of the Execution of Algernoon Sidney Esq (1681)
• The Execution of Walcot, Hone and RoseA True Account of the Confession and Behaviour of the Three Late Noto- rious Traytors (1683)
• A True Narrative of the Confession and Execision of the Three Prisaurs at Tyburn (1683)
• Execution of Stokes, Davis and Williamson The Law Dying Speeches, Confession, and Excurion of John Seokes, a Dars, Mary Williamson and Alice Paddon (1684)
• A True Narrative of the Confession and Execution of the Four Phonery Execured as Tyburn (1684)
• The Execution of Edmund Kirk
• The Behaviour of Edward Kork, After his Condemnason for Murdening da Wiye (1684) An Exact and True Relation of the Behaviour of Edmund Kirk, Jobu Benner, Morgan Keading and Andrew Hall [1684] A True Paper Delivered by Edmund Kirk (1684)
• The True Accouns of the Behaviour and Confessions of the Condemned Com inals in Newgart (1685)
• An Account of the Manner, Behatour and Execunon of Mary Aubry (1687)
• The Lase Speech and Confession of Edward Alden (1688)
• A True Accoune of the Behaviour and Confession of the Nine Criminals (1689)
• A Fall and True Accoune of the Conferson, Behaviour, Lan Dying Speeches, and Penisene end of Greenway Feild (1689)
• The Speech of James Bird (1691)
• The Execution of Henry Harrison
• The Late Words of a Dying Pesuens (1692) A True Copy of a Lever, Wruen by Mr. Honan, in Newgue, so a Near Relawan c. 1692]
• An Account of the Conversion Behaviour and Execurion of William Ander ron Primer (1693)
• A True Accoune of the Bebawwur of Mr. Franas Newland (1695)
• The Execution of William Parkyns and John Friend An Account of whas Passed as she Execarion of St. Will Parkyni and Stor Jobs Friend (1696) A True Copy of the Papers Delivered by Sir John Friend, and So Wil liam Parkyns sa she Sheriffs of London and Middlesex (1696)
• The Execution of Rookwood, Cranbum and Lowick
• A True Account of she Dying Bebariour of Ambrose Roskwood, Charles Cranburne, and Major Lowick (1696)An Accoune of the Execution of Brigadier Roskwood, Major Lowick, and Mr. Cranbum as Tyburn (1696)A True Copy of the Paper Delivered by Brigadier Rockwood, so the Sber- iffs of London and Middlesex (1696)
• A True and Impartial Account of the Birth, Parentage, Education, Life and Conversation of Edmund Audley (1698)
• The True Confession of Mr. George Norton (1699)
• The Execution of John Peter DramattiThe Ordinary of Newgate his Account of the Behaviour, Confessions, and Dying-Words, of John Peter Dramati (1703)
• The Confession of John Peter Dramatti, a Frenchman, Executed at Tyburn (1703)
• P. Lorraine, The Ordinary’s Account of the Behaviour, Last Dying Speech and Confession of Mr. Roger Lowen [1706]
• The Ordinary’s Account of the Life and Conversation, Birth, Parentage and Education of John Herman Bryan (1707)
• The Execution of Deborah Churchill
• The Whole Life and Conversation, Birth, Parentage and Education of Deborah Churchill (1708)The Ordinary of Newgate his Account of the Behaviour, Confession, and Last Speech of Deborah Churchill [1708]A True Copy of the Paper at large, left by Mrs. Deborah Churchill, which she deliver’d at the Place of Execution to a Friend of hers (1708)
• An Account of the Life, Birth, Death, Parentage, and Conversation, of Mr. John Addison (1711)
• The Whole Tryal, Life and Conversation, Birth, Parentage, and Education, of the Lady Aberganey (1712)
• The True Copy of the Original Paper Signed by Mr. Richard Noble (1713)
• The Execution of Nathanael Parkhurst
• The Case or Declaration of Nath. Parkhurst Gent, who was Executed at Tyburn May the 20th 1715 Written in his own Hand (1715)
• The Ordinary of Newgate his Account of the Behaviour and Declaration of Nathanael Parkhurst, Esq [1715]
• The Execution of James Sheppard
• A Narrative, or the Ordinary of Newgate’s Account of what Passed Between him and James Sheppard (1715)Dying Speech of James Shepheard, who Suffer’d Death at Tyburn (1715) The Ordinary of Newgate his Account of the Behaviours, Confessions, and Last Dying Words of the Malefactors that were Executed at Tyburn [c. 1720]
• The Ordinary of Newgate his Account of the Behaviour, Confessions, and Last Dying Words of the Malefactors that were Executed at Tyburn [1721]
• The Ordinary of Newgate’s Account of the Behaviour, Confession, and last Dying Speech of Matthias Brinsden (1722)
• The Ordinary of Newgate his Account, of the Behaviour, Confession, and Last Dying Words of the Seven Blacks [1723]
• The Ordinary of Newgate his Account, of the Behaviour, Confession, and Last Dying Words of the Two Malefactors [1724]
• Suburban Executions
• The Account of the Behaviour, Confession, and Dying Words, of the Mal- efactors, who were Executed at Kennington-Common (1735) A Full, True, and Genuine Account of the Uncommon Behaviour of Mr. Gill Smith (1738)
• A Genuine Account of the Lives, Characters, Behaviours, Confessions, and Dying Words of the Six Malefactors that were Executed at Kennington- Common (1739)
• The Life, Behaviour, Last Dying Words and Confession of Charles Drew, esq [c. 1740]
• News from the Dead, or a Faithful and Genuine Narrative of an Extraordi- nary Combat Between Life and Death [1740]
• A Genuine Account of the Behaviours, Confessions, and Dying Words, of the Six Malefactors [1742]
• Editorial Notes