Gender and Defamation in York 1660-1700

Richard Dennis jr v. Anne wife of Charles Watson

Reference: DC.CP.1685/4

Year: 1685

Plaintiff: male

Defendant: female

Defamatory words:

he was a whoremaisterly rogue and playd whore with his maideservant and gave her halfe a crowne and a paire of gloves

Tagged: rogue, whoremaster