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'Mrs. Brownrigg', (c1872). Elizabeth Brownrigg (1720-1767) was convicted of murder and hanged at Tyburn (in London) in 1767. She was found to have severely physically abused domestic servants, one of whom died from infected wounds. From Old and New London, Vol. II: A Narrative of Its History, Its People, and Its Places, by Walter Thornbury. [Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Co., London, Paris & New York]