Cheap print, crime and information in early modern London: <i>The Life and Death of Griffin Flood</i>

This article centres on the pamphlet The Life and Death of Griffin Flood informer (1623), which tells career execution through pressing an murderer working in early modern London. It outlines what archival research reveals about this figure, thereby re-examines how far crime pamphlets were rooted social actuality. Secondly, it shows that does not follow historians have identified as conventions rogue literature murder pamphlets, scholars’ treatment cheap print has often overlooked its generic instability inconsistency tone. Finally, highlights representation Flood’s casts new light attitudes towards non-citizens within concludes by arguing (and many similar pamphlets) invoked communitarian understandings justice, emphasized neighbourliness, peace, charity, rather than themes redemption divine retribution.