Housden, Jane (d. 1714)
Housden, Jane (d. 1714)
English coiner. Executed Sept 19, 1714 (some sources cite 1712).
While in dock awaiting sentence for coining at Old Bailey, encouraged her lover William Johnson to shoot a turnkey named Spurling in court; was tried, convicted, and condemned to death with Johnson for the murder, with Spurling's body lying in front of the bench.
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