Chapbooks, prints, and cuttings relating to notable criminals

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f. 2 Print of Thomas Horner and his accomplices in the house of Daniel Clewen Part 1795
loose after f. 4 The Penny London Post Part 9–11 Jan. 1751
f. 25r Cutting from the Whitehall Evening Post, containing a report of the penitence expressed by Théodore Gardelle, now in Newgate Part 7–10 Mar. 1761
f. 25v Cutting from the Whitehall Evening Post, containing a brief account of the inquest into the murder of Mrs King, which Gardelle admits Part 3–5 Mar. 1761
f. 27r Cutting from the Whitehall Evening Post, containing an account of Gardelle’s offer to sign a confession Part 10–12 Mar. 1761
f. 50r Cutting from the London Chronicle, containing details from the printed account of Lord Ferrers’s last day (An Account of the Execution of the late Laurence, Earl Ferrers) Part 13–15 May 1760
ff. 51, 54–6, 58–63, 65, 70 Leaves from Genuine Memoirs of the Life, Family, and Behaviour of Laurence Shirley, Earl of Ferrers Part 1760
f. 93v Print captioned ‘A Perspective View of the temporary Gallows in the Old Bailey’ Part 1784
ff. 112–27 Leaves from A Circumstantial Account of that Unfortunate Young Lady Miss Bell, otherwise Sharpe, who died at Marylebone on Saturday, October 4 (1761) Part 1761
f. 8v Print captioned ‘Turpin shooting Mr Thompson’s Man’ Part c. 1768
f. 24r Print captioned ‘The New Sessions House in the Old Bailey’ Part c. 1775
f. 25r Cutting from the Whitehall Evening Post, containing a report suggesting that Gardelle may have previously murdered a woman at the Hague Part 9–11 Apr. 1761
f. 26r Cutting from the Whitehall Evening Post, containing an account of Gardelle’s confession and execution Part 2–4 Apr. 1761
f. 27r Cutting from the Whitehall Evening Post, containing an account of Gardelle’s trial Part 2–4 Apr. 1761
f. 47r Cutting from the London Chronicle, containing a brief report of Lord Ferrers’s journey from the Tower to Westminster Hall Part 15–17 Apr. 1760
f. 47v ‘Original Newspapers of the time | Earl Ferrers Murder | 1760 | and full particulars.’ Part 19th c.
f. 49v Cutting from the London Chronicle, containing various items of news, none apparently relating to Lord Ferrers Part 12–14 Feb. 1760
f. 50r Cutting from the London Chronicle, containing reports of accidental deaths in the crowds attending the procession of Lord Ferrers to his execution Part 6–8 May 1760
loose after f. 147 The London Chronicle, containing an account of The Genuine Life of William Cox Part 28–30 Sept. 1773
loose after f. 151 Cutting from the London Daily Post, containing a report of the pursuit of Thomas Rowden and Richard Turpin in Hainault Forest Part 3 Oct. 1735
f. 4v Print captioned ‘Representation of a repreive [sic] brought for a Criminal while on the way to the place of Execution' Part 1768
f. 25v Cuttings from the Whitehall Evening Post, containing an account of Gardelle’s examination and committal Part 28 Feb.–3 Mar. 1761
f. 25v Cutting from the Whitehall Evening Post, containing a report of Gardelle’s attempt to kill himself by swallowing coins Part 31 Mar.–2 Apr. 1761
f. 26r Print captioned ‘Theodore Gardelle, having murdered Mrs King, burns some parts of her Body and hides the rest’ Part c. 1768
f. 29r Print captioned ‘A Man Publickly Whipped in the Sessions House Yard in the Old Bailey’ Part 1795
f. 46r Cutting from the London Chronicle, containing an article headed ‘A brief Account of the Family of Earl Ferrers’ Part 3–6 May 1760
f. 48r Cutting from the London Chronicle, containing a report of the passing of sentence on Lord Ferrers Part 17–19 Apr. 1760
loose after f. 50 Cutting from the Whitehall Evening Post, containing a report of Lord Ferrers’s journey from Leicester to London Part 12–14 Feb. 1760
ff. 74, 76–90 Leaves (pp. 1–32) from The Female Amazon, or a Genuine Account of … the Life of … Miss Fanny Davies, by Mr Thompson Part 1786
f. 75v Print of Fanny Davies(?) Part 18th c.