Betty Limpany

Betty Limpany was executed by hanging in Devon in 1799.^[1][2] She worked as a maid and was accused of arson for burning down her master's house in Kentisbeare.^[1][3][4] She was 18 years old.^[1][3]

In 1997, Wide Angle Productions produced a film based on the case.^{[5][better source needed]}