Strange and lamentable news from the county of Essex

Publication Date1661
Remainderbeing a true relation of a wonderful and sad accident which happned on Tuesday the tenth of July, to a country farmer near witham in the said county, who being ina field at plow, flung a stone at one of his horses, and slew his boy, and afterwards went home, and hang'd himself in his own orchard. Also the manner how his wife (leaving her young child on a table) followed him into the orchard, and returning again finding the childes neck broke, she took a knife and kill'd her self. The truth of this is averred by Mr. Ponder Minister living inthe aforesaid town of Witham
Extent7, [1] p.
LocationLondon
Publisherprinted for J. Jhonson [sic], and are to be sold at the Royal Exchange

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