The Vain prodigal life, and tragical penitent death of Thomas Hellier, born at Whitchurch near Lyme in Dorset-shire : who for murdering his master, mistress, and a maid, was executed according to law at Westover in Charles City in the country of Virginia, neer the plantation called Hard Labour, where he perpetrated the said murders. He suffer'd [1] on Munday the 5th of August, 1678, and was after hanged up in chains at Windmill-Point on James River.

1. Indicating that he was tortured, most likely by disfigurement, disembowelment and the removal and burning of his genitals before an audience, still common practice in early modern English society.

I have located a local university library that possesses a copy of this book and will seek permission to inspect it in 2017.