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RefNoKHP91/30/4/2
AltRefNoHP91/30/4/2
TitleReprint from the General Evening Post, concerning the case of Christopher Lovel of Bristol, who was touched by the Old Pretender for the King's Evil [otherwise known as Scrofula - a swelling of the Lymph nodes in the neck caused by Tuberculosis. It was believed that a touch from the reigning monarch would cure the disease].
Date5 Jan 1747 - 7 Jan 1748
CreatorNameWarboys Parish Church
RepositoryHuntingdonshire Archives
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