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GUEST,Richie	Origins: Berkshire Tragedy: Who done it? (85* d)	Origins: Berkshire Tragedy: Who done it?	14 Oct 16
Hi, I've been looking at the series of sweetheart-murder ballads and have some questions. I'm focused on miller/nosebleed series and am trying to understand the Berkshire tragedy, a broadside that entered oral circulation. Who wrote it? From what printer did it come and when? According to Cox and others the murder was committed by "John Mauge, a Miller, who was executed at Reading in Berkshire, on Saturday the 20th of last month, for the barbarous murder of Anne Knite, his sweet-heart." Was John Mauge a real person who killed Anne Knite in 1744? If so how could the broadside be printed earlier? I wrote this on my site in a few hours but stopped, realizing I needed to learn -- who done it??? http://www.bluegrassmessengers.com/6-bloody-miller-berkshire-tragedy-wexford-girl.aspx Comments and posts are welcome!!! Richie

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