Mother Leakey and the bishop : a ghost story / Peter Marshall.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Marshall, Peter, 1964 October 26- author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Scandals--Ireland--History--17th century.

Scandals.

Bishops--Ireland.

Bishops.

Ghosts--England--Minehead--History--17th century.

Ghosts.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxvi, 323 pages) : illustrations, map

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In 1636 sightings of the ghost of an old woman are reported in Minehead, and a royal commission is sent to investigate. In 1640 a disgraced Protestant bishop is hanged in Dublin, after being convicted of an 'unspeakable crime'. Marshall sets out to uncover the link between these seemingly unconnected events.

Contents:

CONTENTS; NOTE TO READERS; ABBREVIATIONS; LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS; CAST OF CHARACTERS; Prologue: A Haunting in Minehead; 1. The World of the Leakeys; 2. The Leakeys' Other World; 3. The Devil Let Loose off his Chain; 4. The Shameful End of Bishop Atherton; 5. The Penitent Death of a Woeful Sinner; 6. Athenianism; 7. The Narratives of the Reverend John Quick; 8. Atherton and Leakey: History and Folklore; Epilogue: Mother Leakey's Parlour; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY OF SOURCES CITED; INDEX

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 2007.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-313) and index.

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

ISBN:

1-383-04166-0

0-19-157992-0

1-281-16456-9

9786611164560

0-19-153433-1

1-4294-9186-8

OCLC:

476243297