Sodomy & Rape.- Touchet (Mervin, second Earl of Castlehaven, convicted rapist and sodomite)
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Sodomy & Rape.- Touchet (Mervin, second Earl of Castlehaven, convicted rapist and sodomite, 1593-1631) [Confession of Faith], D.s. "Castelhaven", manuscript, 1p., tear with loss of part of left margin slightly affecting a few letters, part of lower margin cut away, browned and stained, laid down, folio, [?14th May], [?1631].
⁂ 19th century note: "This is the original of the Confession of faith of that wretched man which he caused to to be read at his execution 14 May 1631 - Lee State Trials. ?JC."
Castlehaven was prosecuted for alleged sodomy and rape within his own family and executed in 1631.
⁂ 19th century note: "This is the original of the Confession of faith of that wretched man which he caused to to be read at his execution 14 May 1631 - Lee State Trials. ?JC."
Castlehaven was prosecuted for alleged sodomy and rape within his own family and executed in 1631.
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Sodomy & Rape.- Touchet (Mervin, second Earl of Castlehaven, convicted rapist and sodomite)
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