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Murder at Stockden House Told by Smythies Narrative
A 1695 Cripplegate murder account recounts Stockden and his housekeeper Mary Footman slain by three men, with Maynard turning informer and Marsh Bevil and Mercer later executed. Dream-guided pursuit led to Marsh and Bevil’s capture. Mercer escaped. The tale ends with notes on a later Paris dispatch about the Unigenitus decree.
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Cripplegate
Smythies
Mr. Stockden
Mary Footman
Emer Ee Emma Ey
Thames Street
George
Mary Buggas
Maynard
Hockley Hole
Newgate
Marsh
Bevil
Mercer
March
Stockden
Fewin Street
Bevie
Elizabeth
Footman