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Cresswell(Madame). A woman of infamous character who bequeathed 10 for a funeral sermon, in which nothing ill should be said of her. The Duke of Buckingham wrote the sermon, which was as follows: “All I shall say of her is this—she was born well, she married well, lived well, and died well; for she was born at Shad-well, married to Cress-well, lived at Clerken-well, and died in Bride-well.” Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894 More on Cresswell from Fact Monster:
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