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TIL on July 20 1322, a woman named Clemencia Pentyn raised an alarm when she saw that her husband, John, was preparing to hang himself. A group of neighbours came to his rescue, which escalated to an altercation. The suicidal man survived, but ended up murdering one of his rescuers during the brawl

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