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The trial of Joanna Southcott during seven days, which commenced on the fifth and finished on the eleventh of December at the Neckinger House, Bermondsey, near London

Joanna Southcott

London: S. Rousseau, Wood Street, Spa Field. Sold by E.J. Field, 2 High Street, St Giles; and also by W. Symonds, Gandy Lane, and the Miss Eveleighs, St Sidwell's, Exeter (1804) xl; 156 pp.

Prepared by Michael Steer

Joanna Southcott (April, 1750 - 27 December 1814), was a self-described religious prophetess born at Gittisham. Her father was a farmer and she herself was a domestic servant in Exeter. She was originally of the Church of England, but about 1792, becoming persuaded that she possessed supernatural gifts, she wrote and dictated prophecies in rhyme, then announced herself as the woman spoken of in the Book of Revelation. Travelling to London she began to seal the 144,000 elect at a charge varying from twelve shillings to a guinea. At the age of 64 she affirmed that she was pregnant and would be delivered of the new Messiah, but Shiloh failed to appear, and it was given out that she was in a trance. She died not long after. Her followers retained her body for some time, believing that she would be raised from the dead. The movement did not end with her death. Her followers, referred to as Southcottians, are said to have numbered over 100,000 but the movement had declined by the end of the 19th century. This book, held as part of the Princeton University Library Collection was produced from a digital copy that can be downloaded from http://books.google.co.uk/books, with a search by either author or title. Google has sponsored the digitisation of books from several libraries. These books, on which copyright has expired, are available for free educational and research use, both as individual books and as full collections to aid researchers.

	Page
Abbott, Charles	127, 136
Beacraft, Mr	78
Beacraft, Mrs Mary	78
Bedford, John	128, 137
Belk, William	127, 136
Bird, Mary Mrs	63-4, 70-1
Bonaparte, Napoleon	96
Booth, William	128, 137
Boucher, Mrs Elizabeth	75-6
Brandon, Mr William	83, 128, 137
Bruce, Esther Elizabeth	77
Bruce, Rev Stanhope	xxiii-iv, 56, 126, 136
Burrow, Mr	58
Carpenter, Elias	56, 97-8, 120, 126, 136
Carpenter, Miss	107
Chanter, Mr John	xxxiii, 128, 137
Coomb, William Ratcliffe	76
Coy, William	127
Crook, John	128, 137
Crouch, Abraham	128, 137
Dewdney, Sarah	70-1
Draper, Rev Mr	xii
Eyre, Robert	128, 137
Eyre, Rev Mr Samuel	xxxi, xxxiii, 128, 137
Field, Elias Jameson	127, 136
Foley, Mrs	48
Foley, Rev Mr Thomas Philip	vii, ix, xviii, 53-4, 56, 126, 137
Foley, Richard	127
Foster, H.	xxiv
Garrett, J L	152
Goldsmith, Richard	128, 137
Grimshaw, Mr John	xxxiii, 128, 137
Grosse, Rev Mr	xii
Harwood, William Tooke	127, 137
Hill, Rev Rowland	xxv
Hirst, Mr Samuel	xxxiii, 128, 137
Hodgkins, Rev Mr	xi-ii
Holland, Jerediah	128, 137
Hows, John	127, 136
Ingall, John	128, 137
Jones, Mr J.	50, 52, 67, 70-1, 76
Jones, Wheldon	128, 137
Jowett, William	127, 136
Kidney, Mr	69
Laskey, Mr Edward	xxxiii, 70-1, 128, 137
Law, Richard	127, 136
MacKay, John	128, 137
Mannering, Mr	69
Marshall	69
Messenger, Richard	128, 137
Middleton, John	128, 137
Moore, Archdeacon	69
Morison, Peter	126, 136
Morris, John	127, 136
Mozey, Mr	69
Nisbet, Mr John	xxxiii, 128, 137
Nutcombe, Rev Chancellor	42-3, 69
Owen, William	127, 136
Pomeroy, Rev Mr	iv, vi, viii, xxiii, xxxi, 41-3, 47, 50-1, 55-6, 60-76, 79, 139, 151
Pritchard, John Bullen	128, 137
Rea, William	128, 137
Robson, Rev Mr	xviii
Scott, Mr John	xviii, 44, 49, 52-4, 70, 74, 76-9, 128, 137, 151
Senior, Thomas	128, 137
Sharp, Abel Peplow	128, 137
Sharp, Mr William (Solicitor)	x, xxix, 52, 56, 103, 126, 136
Southcott, Mr Joseph	x, 44, 49, 53, 77, 104
Spring, James	128, 137
Stephens, Thomas	127, 137
Stocks, George	127, 136
Symons, Mr John Trimlet	42, 44, 51, 55-6, 76
Symons, Mrs Mary	74, 76
Symons, Williams	76
Taylor, Charles	76, 126, 136
Taylor, Mrs Frances (Fanny)	70-2, 74-5
Taylor, George	76
Taylor, Mrs Lucy	57-8, 70-1
Taylor, Mr Robert	60, 64, 68-9
Taylor, Robert, Jnr	70-1
Taylor, Sarah	76
Taylor, William	127
Thompson, Mr	69
Torin, John	127, 136
Townley, Miss Jane	iv, xviii, 41, 53-4, 76-7, 79, 151
Townshend, Mr	xxxv
Tucker, Mr	69
Turner, Mr George	43, 126, 136
Underwood	89
Ware, Sarah	76
Webster, Rev Mr Thomas	xi, 56, 126, 136
Wetherell, William Roundell	126, 136
Wills, Mr	57
Wilson, Mr John	xxiv, xxxv, 56, 126, 136
Winter, William Layton	127, 136
Wolland, Mr	57, 69
Woodd, Rev Basil	xxiv-v,
Young, John	127, 136

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