The several depositions of Edward Costen, Richard Stedman, John Sweetapple, Mary Peytoe, Elizabeth Mason, and Mary Costen; : relating to the affair of Mary Toft, of Godalming in the county of Surrey, being deliver'd of several rabbits: as they were taken before the Right Honourable the Lord Onslow, at Guildford and Clandon in the said county, on the third and fourth days of this instant December 1726.

Date:
1727
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Credit: The several depositions of Edward Costen, Richard Stedman, John Sweetapple, Mary Peytoe, Elizabeth Mason, and Mary Costen; : relating to the affair of Mary Toft, of Godalming in the county of Surrey, being deliver'd of several rabbits: as they were taken before the Right Honourable the Lord Onslow, at Guildford and Clandon in the said county, on the third and fourth days of this instant December 1726. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    her as fuch till the time the faid Mory Toft went from Guild¬ ford to London-, and that the Husband of the faid ]^ary Toft came often to (ee his Wife, and that he v/as often with his own Sifter : And this Deponent fur¬ ther faith, That to the beft of her knowledge ftie never faw a>ny Rabbits brou2:ht to her the faid Mary Toft to eat whiift flie was at Guildford, nor any drefs’d in the Houfe, and verily believes there was not any drefs’d for oc eat by her the laid Mary Toft during that Time : And further faith, That Ihe, this Deponent herfelfy faw the faid Mary Toft delivered of Seven Rabbits of different Colours whiift flie was at Guildford, all which, came from