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Episode 7

Martha Scriven: The Sad End of a Young Widow

Martha Scriven: The Sad End of a Young Widow

Season: 6 Episode: 7

Martha Scriven died on December 5, 1895. The cause of death was recorded as "exhaustion from peritonitis caused by punctured wound in the uterus and intestines." At the inquest, the attending doctor expressed doubt that Martha had been pregnant at the time of the procedure. Listen to her experience in her own words as she described what was done to her in her Final Declaration.

CAST

Mary Jane Stretch - Caroline Ball

Edwin Scriven - David Brynley-Haille

R. V Jenkins - Kate Kendell

Martha Scriven - Sophie Rhodes

Emily Lazenby - Lucy Brazier

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SOURCES

Radnor Street Cemetery

Trowbridge Chronicle - Saturday 18 January 1896

Swindon Advertiser and North Wilts Chronicle - Saturday 18 January 1896

London, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1923

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