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ID	9848
Last Name	Shipton
First Name	Ursula
Title	Mother
Gender	Female
Date of Birth	1488
Date of Death	1561
Place of Birth	North Yorkshire
Place of Death
VIAF URI	http://viaf.org/viaf/2814751
Wikipedia Entry	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mother_Shipton
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Image URL	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mother_Shipton#/media/File:Mother_Shipton;_witch_Wellcome_L0000659.jpg
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Role	Title	Date
Author	The strange and wonderful prophecies of Mother Shipton: plainly setting forth her prodigious birth, life, death, and burial. Containing the most important passages, both of church and state, during the reigns of King Henry the Seventh, Henry the Eighth, Edward the Sixth, Queen Mary the First, Queen Elizabeth, King James the First, Charles the First and Second, James the Second, William and Mary, and Queen Anne. With the explanation of each prophecy, and prediction, foretelling a time when there shall be but one man to seven women.	1700
Author	The history of Mother Shipton: Containing an account of her strange and unnatural conception, her birth, life, actions and death: the correspondence she held with the devil, and many strange and wonderful things perform'd by her. Together with all the predictions and prophecies that have been made by her, and since fulfilled, from the reign of King Henry the VII. to the third year of the late deceased Sovereign Lady Queen Ann: with several not yet fulfilled, apparently shewing the downfall of the Late French King, and the happy condition of these kingdoms under Her Late Majesty's successful and prosperous reign.	1715
Author	Past, present, and to come: or, Mother Shipton's Yorkshire prophecy. Privately preserv'd in the noble family of the P--s's for a long course of years, and lately discovered amongst other valuable manuscripts. Now publish'd by J. Tyrrel, Gent. To which is prefixed, a short account of her life, character, and other prophesies, with their proper explanations.	1740

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"Shipton, Ursula" The Women's Print History Project, 2019, Person ID 9848, https://womensprinthistoryproject.com/person/9848. Accessed 2025-09-04.

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