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42 By this, I mean Elizabeth may have not performed a task properly in the bedroom (such as making the
bed) and this could be why the punishment was carried out there.
43 For a further example see Anon., The Bloody papist, or, A true relation of the horrid and barbarous
murder committed by one Ro Sherburn of Kyme in Lincolnshire (a notorious papist) upon his wife whom in
an inhumane manner he murder'd in her bed, for which he is now a prisoner in Lincoln-Gaol (London:
George Larkin, 1683). Ro Sherburn was able to either strangle or smother his wife, surprising her as she
slept. The crime was not discovered until the next day, when neighbours were concerned that they ‘did
not see the doors open’d… and found her thus murder’d in her bed, and he lying upon another.’
44 Anon., Sad and bloody newes from Yorkshire being a True relation of a most strange barbarous and cruel
murther committed near Ferry Brigs (London: W. Edwards, 1663).
45 OBP, October 1684, John Wise, (t16841008-19). See also the murder of two women, both names Mary
Hunt: OBP, February 1685, Thomas Fallofield (t16850225-18).
46 Lucy Worsely, If Walls could Talk: An Intimate History of the Home (London: Faber and Faber 2012).
Amanda Vickery, Behind Closed Doors: At Home in Georgian England (Yale University Press: 2010).
47 Lawrence Wright, Warm and Snug: The History of the Bed (Sutton: The History Press Ltd, 2004), p. vii.
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