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Depositions & Examinations
EDC 5/1603/11 (unfol.) Barrow c Barrow
CRO
Matrimonial
1603
1603
St Mary, Chester, Cheshire, England
Plaintiff
Richard Barrow
male
St Mary, Chester, Cheshire, England
Defendant
Margaret Barrow
female
St Mary, Chester, Cheshire, England
Event
A husband poisoned by a milk possett
1611
St Mary, Chester, Cheshire, England
Components
Domestic violence and spousal cruelty
Poisoning
Illness
Accessory | Posset Pots
Setting
Household
Location of Event
Statement
1603
Margaret Barrow
Vizt the said Margaret not fancying the said Richard her husband hath made or caused to be made a posset of milk and drink in which the said Margaret had infused and put in some poison or infection of poison and gave the said drink being so mixed with infection to the said Richard to drink and presently after the drinking thereof felt a great heat and distemperature in his body… That she had infused and mixed some infection of poison in the said posset which she gave the said Richard to drink… That she had rather lie with dogs… than lie with the said Richard her husband and hath found a knife under the bed clothes where they have laid hidden there by the said Margaret, and hath made divers elopements from him.