The Haunting of Isabell Binnington: Ghosts of Murder, Texts, and Law in Restoration England

Butler, Todd

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“…He and Jacqueline Pearson discuss the interest taken by magistrates in Yorkshire, and local publishers, in 1662, when Isabel Binnington found bones in her house and reported seeing a ghost, named as Robert Eliot, who accused three women of murdering him over a debt. 68 Likewise, Mary Cudmore was examined by a mayor and a justice of the peace, as well as by the bishop of Cork.…”

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Phantoms in and of the Archive: Mary Cudmore’s Encounters with a Ghost in Cork in 1688 and 1689

Tait

2024

Hist. J.

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In October 1688, and again in May 1689, Mary Cudmore claimed to have encountered a ‘spectre’ in her employers’ house in Cork city. The great interest the story aroused among the townspeople is indicated in letters from prominent inhabitants and an examination of Mary by the bishop of Cork and Ross. They allow us access into the homes and heads of the people of Cork at a point when significant challenges were being mounted to the Protestant authorities’ dominance of the city, as the War of the Two Kings loomed, and as memories of other conflicts stirred. As observers weighed questions of scruple and certainty, and balanced concerns about imposture and creditworthiness, we also glimpse shifts in supernatural belief and contemporary debates about the construction of proof and truth. That anything of Mary’s experiences has survived is remarkable, given the loss of most of the contents of the Dublin Public Record Office in 1922. In the context of ongoing deliberate and negligent destruction of archives, this article thus also argues for consideration of and consideration to partial and phantom histories.

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Phantoms in and of the Archive: Mary Cudmore’s Encounters with a Ghost in Cork in 1688 and 1689

Tait

2024

Hist. J.

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Printed by Alice Broade: The Career of York’s First Female Printer, 1661–1680

Kramer¹,

Griffin²

2022

Print Culture, Agency, and Regionality in the Hand Press Period

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Alice Broad was York's first female printer and, for a time, the only printer in York following the Restoration of the Monarchy in 1661. Very little is known about Broad, and this chapter draws on archival research from the holdings of York Minster Library, which houses eleven of her seventeen extant publications. Broad's career also underwrites the later development of York's print trades. Alice's tools and presses went with Hannah Broad into her marriage with John White and became the foundation of his own extremely successful printing business.Alice Broad was among White's first collaborators in York and both she and her daughter would have provided the future 'printer to their Royal Majesties' (William and Mary) with materials, expertise, and connections in the regional trade. The unique position of York forms an important backdrop to Broad's career as a city that is both central and regional. This chapter is the first in-depth exploration of her career in the history of York's print trades. period by Thomas Broad 1 , a man whose success in York was opportunistic. When the Civil War sent the King's court and the King's printer, Stephen Bulkley 2 , further north to Newcastle, Broad filled the gap made in the turning fortunes of York's print trade. Thomas Broad left standard traces in the public records: he was born in Gloucestershire and completed an apprenticeship in London before moving his business to York. By 1650, Broad had established his press on Stonegate as well as a shop 'near Common-Hall-Gates' near the Guildhall, the seat of power for the Parliamentarian government, for whom he printed; he was admitted gratuitously to the freedom of the city in 1647 (Sessions, 1998, 4; 1976, 21). The imprint in the 1661 sermon, however, heralded a change: it was 'Printed by ALICE BROADE', with her name in all capital letters (the only time she would do this; see figure 2.1 below). Following Thomas's death and until Bulkley's return to York in 1664, Alice Broad was the city's sole printer. Based on extensive research in regional (York Minster Archives and the Borthwick Institute) and national archives (British Library), this chapter is the first detailed scholarly consideration of Alice Broad and her role in the printing history of York.

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The People of Print

Stenner

Kramer

Smith

et al. 2023

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This collection profiles understudied figures in the book and print trades of the seventeenth century. With an equal balance between women and men, it intervenes in the history of the trades, emphasising the broad range of material, cultural, and ideological work these people undertook. It offers a biographical introduction to each figure, placing them in their social, professional, and institutional settings. The collection considers varied print trade roles including that of the printer, publisher, paper-maker, and bookseller, as well as several specific trade networks and numerous textual forms. The biographies draw on extensive new archival research, with details of key sources for further study on each figure. Chronologically organised, this Element offers a primer both on numerous individual figures, and on the tribulations and innovations of the print trade in the century of revolution.

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The Haunting of Isabell Binnington: Ghosts of Murder, Texts, and Law in Restoration England

Cited by 6 publications

References 20 publications

Phantoms in and of the Archive: Mary Cudmore’s Encounters with a Ghost in Cork in 1688 and 1689

Phantoms in and of the Archive: Mary Cudmore’s Encounters with a Ghost in Cork in 1688 and 1689

Printed by Alice Broade: The Career of York’s First Female Printer, 1661–1680

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