Truth at last brought to light; or, a full and whole discovery of a barbarous and bloody murder, some time since committed on the body of an old gentlewoman, Mrs. Margaret Bristoll, who lived in Jacob-street, in the parish of St. Mary Magdalen's Bermondsey in Southwark: also a copy of the examination of Ambrose Creeke, late of St. Catherine's, near the Tower, London, and his free confession of the said murther before John Crompe, Esq; one of His Majesties justices of the peace, at his house at St. Margarets, near Rochester, November the 6th. 1701. and his commitment to Maidstone Goal. This person hath been so troubled with terror of conscience for almost three years since he committed this horrid murder, that he cou'd not sleep night nor day, although he teavel'd [sic] thousands of miles by sea and land, but could never be at rest, til he had discover'd it. With a letter which was sent by the justice's clerk to Mr. Thommas Boarne, attorney at law, son to the deceased, in Old Gravel-Lan

People / Organizations

• John Nutt ("printed by and for", or "by/for and sold by")

Imprint

London: printed and sold by J. Nutt, near Stationer's-Hall, 1701. Where will be had the tryal after the assizes is over, [1701]

Publication year

1701-1701

ESTC No.

N66642

Grub Street ID

48348

Description

1 sheet ([2] p.) ; 1/2⁰

Note

Consists of a letter signed: James Waller; The examination of Ambrose Creeke; and The information of Mary Theodorick of Stepney.