Bristol, John
by John Winchester, Berkhamstead 1597
Nik Pringle
Two married women were acquitted of being accessories before the fact in a particularly revolting murder in Berkhamsted in 1597. John Winchester, a yeoman, was hung for killing John Bristol, a local gentleman by forcing a sheathed Knife down his Throat. Bristol’s wife was one of the two women acquitted.
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