Index Entry | Hymn, sung in Axbridge, by condemned before execution |
Location | Axbridge |
Citation | NYGWPB.765.091 22 Aug 1765:134 (1181 Supplement) [London] Wednesday last Mary Norwood, for poisoning her husband at Axbridge, in the county of Somerset. was burnt at Ivelchester, pursuant to her sentence . . . [more] She was drawn on a sledge to the place of execution, where she behaved with uncommon fortitude, the terrible apparatus making no visible impression on her. After joining in prayer and singing a hymn she was strangled . . . |
Generic Title | New York Gazette & Weekly Post Boy |
Date | 1765.08.22 |
Publisher | Holt, John |
City, State | New York, NY |
Year | 1765 |
Bibliography | B0026891 |