A Woman to Know: Elizabeth Cresswell
Elizabeth Cresswell living in Bartholomew Close was found with divers Gentlemen and Women in her House at divers times. — John Marshall
Elizabeth Cresswell living in Bartholomew Close was found with divers Gentlemen and Women in her House at divers times. — John Marshall
(image via National Portrait Gallery)
Historians don’t know much of Elizabeth’s early life, but by 1658, contemporaries reported her as a woman “without rival in her wickedness.” The “wickedness” refers to her (very succe…
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