The ordinary of Newgate's account of the behaviour, confession, and dying words of John Ayliffe, Esq; who was executed at Tyburn on Monday the nineteenth of November, 1759. Being the first execution in the mayoralty of the Rt. Hon. Sir Thomas Chitty, Knt. lord-mayor of the city of London.

All titles
  • The ordinary of Newgate's account of the behaviour, confession, and dying words of John Ayliffe, Esq; who was executed at Tyburn on Monday the nineteenth of November, 1759. Being the first execution in the mayoralty of the Rt. Hon. Sir Thomas Chitty, Knt. lord-mayor of the city of London.
  • Ordinary of Newgate. Chitty. 1-5
People / Organizations
Imprint
London : Sold by M. Cooper, in Pater-noster Row, M.DCC.LIX. [1759]-1760.
Added name
Chitty, Thomas, Sir, 1696-1762.; Cooper, Mary, -1761, bookseller.; Dixwell, James, -1788, printer, bookseller.
Publication year
1759-1760
ESTC No.
T189987
Grub Street ID
225253
Description
24, 23, [1], 22, 33, [1] p. ; 4°.
Note
The ordinary of Newgate = Stephen Roe

Five numbers, each with separate title page; the last three numbers have continuous register and the last two have continuous pagination

The last two numbers include "Printed and sold by J. Dixwell, in St. Martin's-Lane, near Charing-Cross, for the author" in imprint and are not dated

Below imprint in square brackets: Price six-pence

Number 4 has vertical chain lines. Number 5 has a mixture of vertical and horizontal chain lines.
Uncontrolled note
The ordinary of Newgate in 1759 was Stephen Roe. In MS., in a contemporary hand, on the titlepage reported by C, between "Newgate's" and "account": Ste. Roe's. C also report adv.: verify location and nature, and, if necessary, add 500