Blandy, Francis, d. 1751.
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The tryal of Mary Blandy, spinster; for the murder of her father, Francis Blandy, gent. at the Assizes held at Oxford for the county of Oxford, on Saturday the 29th of February, 1752 . Before the Honourable Heneage Legge, Esq; and Sir Sydney Stafford Smythe, knt. two of the barons of His Majesty's Court of Exchequer. Published by permission of the judges.
Mary BlandyDate: MDCCLII. [1752]- E-books
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Authentic narrative, of the most interesting events, which preceded and accompanied the late revolution in France . From the French preliminary sketches of the government and court of Lewis XVI.
Date: M.DCC.LXXXIX. [1789]- E-books
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Capt. Cranstoun's account of the poisoning the late Mr. Francis Blandy , of Henley upon Thames, Oxfordshire: declared solemnly by him before he died, at Furnes, in Flanders, on the 30th of November last. In which are contained Some Particulars of his private Marriage with the late unfortunate Miss Blandy; and Copies of three Letters from the said Miss Blandy, to him in Northumberland, bearing the several Dates of June 30, July 16, and August 1, 1751; which was just preceding the poisoning of the said Mr. Blandy, which sets that whole tragical Affair in a true Light. With an Account of Mr. Cranstoun's Distresses, from the Time he absconded to his Death, which was attended with the most terrible Agonies: And in which Part is inserted a Narrative of some artful and crafty Villanies committed by the famous, or more properly, infamous Capt. P-w, in France and Flanders, while Mr. Cranstoun was in those Countries. The whole published for the Satisfaction of the Publick.
Cranstoun, William Henry, 1714-1752.Date: [1752]- E-books
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A genuine account of the most horrid parricide committed by Mary Blandy, spinster, upon the body of her father Mr. Francis Blandy, Gent. Town-Clerk of Henley upon Thames, Oxfordshire. Containing The several Incidents that happened from the Time she received the poisonous Powder from her Lover, the Hon. William Henry C-n, to the 5th of August, when she first administer'd some of it to her Father in Water-Gruel; and from that Time to the 14th of the same Month, when he expir'd in the greatest Agonies. With Copies of the Affidavits taken before the Mayor and Coroner, &c. Together With the Copy of a Letter she had wrote to Mr. C-n, which was intercepted by Mr. Littleton a few Days before Mr. Blandy's Death, which was read to him; and her Confession before the Magistrate. Also A Copy of her Commitment to Oxford Gaol, and her Behaviour to the present Time. Published by some of the Friends and Relations of the Family, in order to prevent the Publick from being any longer imposed on with fictitious Stories
Date: [1751]- E-books
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An authentick narrative of that most horrid parracide [sic] committed on the body of Mr. Blandy of Henley upon Thames by his own daughter. Wherein certain material circumstances preceding that inhuman affair, and Miss Blandy's unparallel'd behaviour ... is amply set forth.
Date: [1752?]