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Foreign News July 20, 1739

The Virginia Gazette

Richmond, Williamsburg, Richmond County, Virginia

What is this article about?

In Bishopsgate-street, London, a maid servant discovered her rejected suitor, watch chainmaker William Corbet, hanging in her master's yard on Sunday morning. He had entered to revenge her refusal. Coroner's inquest verdict: lunacy.

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On Sunday Morning, when the Maid Servant of Mr. Noxon, in Bishopsgate-street, went to open the back Windows of her Master's House, to her great Surprize she saw William Corbet, her Sweetheart, hanging on a Beam that went across the Yard: He was a Watch Chainmaker, and had courted her some time; but she refusing to have him, on Saturday Night he parted from her, and afterwards found Means to get into the Yard, and hanged himself, to be revenged of her. The Coroner's Inquest having sat on the Body, brought in their Verdict Lunacy.

What sub-type of article is it?

Suicide Coroners Inquest

What keywords are associated?

Suicide Bishopsgate Street Watch Chainmaker Rejected Suitor Coroners Inquest Lunacy Verdict

What entities or persons were involved?

Mr. Noxon William Corbet

Where did it happen?

Bishopsgate Street

Foreign News Details

Primary Location

Bishopsgate Street

Event Date

Sunday Morning

Key Persons

Mr. Noxon William Corbet

Outcome

hanged himself; verdict lunacy

Event Details

Maid servant discovered William Corbet hanging in the yard after she refused his courtship; he entered the yard Saturday night to revenge her.

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