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ID	12923
Last Name	Branch
First Name	Elizabeth
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Gender	Female
Date of Birth	1672
Date of Death	1740-05-03
Place of Birth	Bristol
Place of Death	Ilchester
VIAF URI	http://viaf.org/viaf/1594081
Wikipedia Entry	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Branch
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Author	Inhumanity and barbarity not to be equal'd: Being an impartial relation of the barbarous murder committed by Mrs. Elizabeth branch and her daughter, on the body of Jane Buttersworth, their servant, at their farm at High-Church near Philips-Norton, in the county of somerset. Containing also, I. A recital of the principal and material evience at their tryal at Taunton Assizes before Mr. Justice Chappel, on Friday the 4th of April, 1740. II. The manner of the discovery of the murder. III. The wonderful appearance of the light seen on the grave. IV. The rising of the country people upon them as they went to take their tryal. V. The particulars of their extraordinary execution at Ivelchester the third of May following, about four in the morning. Taken by a spectator. Lastly, a copy of a letter sent by Miss Betty branch some small time before her execution, to the Rev. Mr. H- of Hemmington.	1740

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"Branch, Elizabeth" The Women's Print History Project, 2019, Person ID 12923, https://womensprinthistoryproject.com/person/12923. Accessed 2026-04-18.

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