‘John Duncalf the man that did rott both hands & leggs’: Chronicle of a Death Retold in the Long Eighteenth Century
(2022)
Journal Article
Atherton, I. (2022). ‘John Duncalf the man that did rott both hands & leggs’: Chronicle of a Death Retold in the Long Eighteenth Century. Midland History, https://doi.org/10.1080/0047729X.2022.2126237
In 1677 John Duncalf, a Staffordshire labourer, fell ill after falsely swearing that he had not stolen a bible. He was visited by droves as he lay helpless, the flesh of his legs and arms mysteriously rotting away until they dropped off and he died.... Read More about ‘John Duncalf the man that did rott both hands & leggs’: Chronicle of a Death Retold in the Long Eighteenth Century.