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Viewing Event Record: A priest is hanged at the Theatre: Stow
Abstract
John Stow records that on 28 August 1588, W. Gunter, a foreign priest, was hanged at the Theatre.
Date Event Recorded
Date
From: 1615 (Source of claim: original)
Date Event Happened
Date
From: 28 August 1588 (Source of claim: original)
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Name
Theatre
People
Name
Event Role(s)
Document Role(s)
Gunter, W.
priest
deceased
Related Transcription Records
The Elizabethan Stage, 396, n 1
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The Elizabethan Stage
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arrest
cultural context
death
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