Elizabeth Cellier, commonly known as the "Popish Midwife" (c. 1668 – c. 1688), was a notable Catholic midwife in seventeenth-century England. She stood trial for treason in 1679 for her alleged part in the "Meal-Tub Plot" against the future King James II, but was eventually freed. Cellier was later imprisoned for allegations made in her 1680 work Malice Defeated, in which she recounted the events of the alleged conspiracy against the future King. She later became a pamphleteer and advocated for advancements in the field of midwifery. Cellier published A Scheme for the Foundation of a Royal Hospital in 1687, where she outlined plans for a hospital and a college for instructions in midwifery, as well as proposing that midwives of London should enter into a corporation and use their fees to establish parish houses where any woman could give birth. Cellier resided in London, England until her death. (From Wikipedia)
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Malice Defeated: or, A Brief Relation of The Accusation and Deliverance of Elizabeth Cellier, Wherein Her Proceedings Both Before and During Her Confinement are Particularly Related and The Mystery of The Meal-Tub Fully Discovered; Together With an Abstract of Her Arraignment and Tryal (London: Printed for E. Cellier, 1680), by Elizabeth Cellier (HTML at Michigan)- The Tryal and Sentence of Elizabeth Cellier, For Writing, Printing, and Publishing, a Scandalous Libel, Called Malice Defeated, &c... (London: Printed for T. Collins, 1680), contrib. by Elizabeth Cellier (multiple formats at archive.org)
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Tryal and sentence of Elizabeth Cellier (London : Printed for Thomas Collins, at the Middle-Temple-Gate, 1680., 1680), by Elizabeth Cellier, Thomas Collins, and England and Wales. Court of Oyer and Terminer and Gaol Delivery (London and Middlesex) (page images at HathiTrust)
Books by Elizabeth Cellier:
- Cellier, Elizabeth, active 1680: Malice Defeated: or, A Brief Relation of The Accusation and Deliverance of Elizabeth Cellier, Wherein Her Proceedings Both Before and During Her Confinement are Particularly Related and The Mystery of The Meal-Tub Fully Discovered; Together With an Abstract of Her Arraignment and Tryal (London: Printed for E. Cellier, 1680) (HTML at Michigan)
- Cellier, Elizabeth, active 1680, contrib.: The Tryal and Sentence of Elizabeth Cellier, For Writing, Printing, and Publishing, a Scandalous Libel, Called Malice Defeated, &c... (London: Printed for T. Collins, 1680) (multiple formats at archive.org)
Additional books by Elizabeth Cellier in the extended shelves:
- Cellier, Elizabeth, active 1680: Trial of Elizabeth Cellier, the popish midwife, at the Old Baily, Septemb. 11, 1680, for printing and publishing the late notorious libel, intituled, Malice defeated, &c. (Printed by A. Godbid, for L.C., 1680), also by England and Wales. Court of Oyer and Terminer and Gaol Delivery (London and Middlesex) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Cellier, Elizabeth, active 1680: Tryal and sentence of Elizabeth Cellier (London : Printed for Thomas Collins, at the Middle-Temple-Gate, 1680., 1680), also by Thomas Collins and England and Wales. Court of Oyer and Terminer and Gaol Delivery (London and Middlesex) (page images at HathiTrust)
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