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The Case of Mr Joan Buutt Clothier of Wooton Under Edge
No. 35 records a case drawn up by Dr Galen about Mr Joan Buutt a clothier in Wooton Under Edge Gloucestershire. An elderly man with robust health marries repeatedly as wives die, he uses his own funds to purchase wives and suffers financial decline due to unstable marriages and self-willed spouses. The piece notes his unlucky selections and growing poorer through time.
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Joan Buutt
Wooton-Under-edge
Gloucester
Galen