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<\/a><\/p>\nThe Times, Friday, Jan 19, 1877; pg. 8; Issue 28843; col B<\/p>\n
The Times, Wednesday, Jan 24, 1877; pg. 5; Issue 28847; col D<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/crowle.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/crowlewife2.png\" "\\"crowlewife2\\"")
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An incident that took place in 1877 in Crowle caught the attention of many newspapers and was reported far and wide. The following is quoted form a New Zealand newspaper.<\/p>\n
As can be seen from the news clips from the Times it may not have been quite such a clear cut case of selling ones wife!<\/p>\n
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Selling- a wife.\u2014 An “extraordinary occurrence took place the other
\nday at Crowle, Lincolnshire. William Liggott, a pork butcher, sold his
\nwife for \u00a340 to Chapman Pidd, landlord of the Fishmonger’s Arms. Tho
\narticles of sale were drawn up at a solicitor’s office, the money was
\npaid, and the wife handed over. Both parties, it is said, appeared
\nsatisfied with their bargain. Pidd has only been a widower a lew
\nmonths.<\/p>\n
Leicester Chronicle – Saturday 20th January 1877 – Fishmonger Wife Sale The Times, Friday, Jan 19, 1877; pg. 8; Issue 28843; col B<\/p>\n The Times, Wednesday, Jan 24, 1877; pg. 5; Issue 28847; col D<\/p>\n
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