The Lawyers clarke trappand by the crafty whore of Canterbury, or, A True relation of the whole life of Mary Manders
Subtitle: the daughter of Thomas Manders, a fidler in Canterbury
Series: Seventeenth century criminal fiction -- 128:7
Publisher: Printed for John Johnson
Published: 1663
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Format: Microform
Subjects: Manders, Mary; Crime in literature; Female offenders -- England -- Early works to 1800; Crime -- Early works to 1800; Criminals -- Early works to 1800
Genres: Early works to 1800
Other titles: Lawyers clarke trappand by the crafty whore of Canterbury; True relation of the whole life of Mary Manders
Notes: "1. How she marryed a fidler at Dover, and a shoe-maker at the city of Canterbury. 2. How she cheated a vintner of 60. pound and was committed to Newgate. 3. How she cheated a French marshant of rings, iewels, and other rich commodities last March. 4. How she picks a Kentish lords pocket, at Graves-end, of his watch and mony. 5. How she made her escape, when sold and ship'd for the Barbadoes. 6. How she came to London to the Exchange tavern, naming herself Henretta Maria de Vulva the Daughter of a great Prince in Germany, and married a lawyers clark on Easter-day last. 7. How she was discovered by a shoe-maker and carryed before a justice, who committed her to the Gate-house, all her rich jewels (which were valued at three thousand pound) being broke and found counterfeit."

Reproduction of original in Harvard University Library

Collection of seventeenth century criminal accounts compiled under title: Seventeenth century criminal fiction ; reel 128, item 7

Wing (2nd ed.), L739F

Microfilm. [Cambridge, Mass.] : Harvard College Library. 1 microfilm reel : negative ; 35 mm