Elizabeth Canning, malefactor mb-code 80_1980_001 ribbon and bows

ribbon and bows

A seller of old clothes

People and traffic move on the street

Also showing a drover with livestock

which consisted of pleasure gardens and mineral springs

Elizabeth Canning, malefactor mb-code 80_1980_001 ribbon and bowsElizabeth Canning, malefactor, c1753. In 1753, a young woman called Elizabeth Canning claimed to have been kidnapped and held against her will at a house in Enfield. She also said that her kidnappers tried to force her to become a prostitute. She supposedly escaped from the house, and on her evidence people were arrested, tried and convicted. Later, doubts began to be expressed about her story. The prisoners were released and Elizabeth Canning was