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Anne Turner | |
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&sq=Envato&lang=en&file=File:Anne_turner.jpg) Turner on the way to the gallows | |
| Born | Anne Norton 5 January 1576 Hinxton, Cambridgeshire, England |
| Died | 15 November 1615 (aged 39) |
| Cause of death | Hanging |
| Resting place | Tyburn, Middlesex |
| Occupation | maidservant |
| Employer | Frances Carr, Countess of Somerset |
| Known for | Complicity in murder of Sir Thomas Overbury |
| Opponents | |
| Spouse | George Turner |
| Parent(s) | Thomas Norton Margaret Norton |
Mrs. Anne Turner (5 January 1576 – 15 November 1615), known as Mistress Anne Turner, was the widow of a respectable London doctor who was hanged at Tyburn for her role in the famous 1613 poisoning of Sir Thomas Overbury referenced in the plays A New Trick to Cheat the Devil, The Widow, The World Tossed at Tennis and The City Nightcap.