Friday's post : country news : Leeds, August 15 [1775].

Newspaper cutting from 1775 about a cuckolded man who sold his wife to her lover for 21 guineas in Swinton, near Rotherham. There was a big procession and much theatrics at the 'sale' "and both sides seemed pleased with their bargain." The newspaper had 'Gazette' in its title, was no. 710 and was on sale in Hampshire, Surrey and Sussex among other places.