Benjamin Marriot, English lawyer, the Great Eater, died 1653
Benjamin Marriot (also John or William Marriott), English lawyer and alleged glutton, died 1653. An old man carrying three sheep's heads, hearts and offal is chased by two boys. From a rare woodcut in George Fidge's defamatory pamphlet The Great Eater of Gray's Inn, 1652
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14017425
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46691601
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©Florilegius/Mary Evans
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English school
