Broadingham, Elizabeth (d. 1776)

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Broadingham, Elizabeth (d. 1776)

English criminal. Died Mar 20, 1776, in England; m. John Broadingham (British smuggler).

Convinced lover Thomas Aikney to murder husband John (Feb 1776); confessed to plotting husband's murder and was executed. Scandal was so sensational that witnesses picked up her ashes for souvenirs.

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