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Royal nurses or, scandal defeated
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| English ballads > Royalty > Royal nurses or, scandal defeated |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/74891692 |
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| Description | This ballad concerns Mary Anne Brough, wet nurse to the Prince of Wales who was dismissed for drunkenness. She later went on to murder her six children. First line reads: Attend yon Esher ladies all. |
| Shelfmark | Crawford.EB.1653 |
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| Description | Collection of 2,300 broadside ballads, mostly printed in England in the 19th century. Topics range from courtship, crime, disasters and emigration to fashion, theatre, politics, laments sports and old age. Includes ballads on Scotland and Ireland. Part of the Crawford Collections on deposit from the Balcarres Heritage Trust. |
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