The Hanging of Priscilla Biggadike
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The Hanging of Priscilla Biggadike
By David Webb (chairman), 15 Jan 2012
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HUNDREDS of people visiting Lincoln Castle walk past the grave of Priscilla Biggadike every day – but now her tragic story is set to become a musical.Priscilla was hanged at the castle in 1868 for the murder of husband Richard at their home in Stickney, near Boston.She was buried in the castle's Lucy Tower, but years after her death, her lodger confessed to the crime.Priscilla lived with her husband Richard in a two-bedroom house with two children and two lodgers. She was hanged for murder after allegedly putting arsenic in a cake. When she was incarcerated, she said she'd seen one of her lodgers do it, Thomas Procter, who was a rat-catcher by trade.She retracted that statement and was convicted of hanging on circumstantial evidence.There was no real proof but the jury convicted her.After she was hanged, Thomas Proctor confessed on his death bed to the murder of Richard.

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  • I cant believe human beings could be so cruel. poor pricilla was condemned but her kids were taken to the workhouse and her baby died 2 years later. In my eyes they sentanced her chidren to death and a life that no child should have to endure. I respect pricilla as she was a devoted mother
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  • By Joanne barker, 30 Apr 2012
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