Person Cellier; Elizabeth (fl c1668-c1688); Catholic midwife and pamphleteer DS/UK/4649 Cellier Elizabeth the Popish Midwife fl c1668-c1688 Catholic midwife and pamphleteer Female London Elizabeth Cellier was the wife of a Frenchman, Peter Cellier, who converted to Catholicism. Through her friendship with Lady Powis, the wife of one of the "Five Catholic Lords" who were falsely accused of treason and executed during the Popish Plot, she was herself accused of involvement in the "Meal-Tub Plot" by a notorious confidence trickster, Thomas Dangerfield. By the time of her trial in 1680, Dangerfield was known to be an unreliable informer and she was acquitted, after which she published the pamphlet "Malice Defeated". Her accusations in "Malice Defeated" led her to being prosecuted again, for libel, where she was sentenced to pay a fine of £1,000 and stand in the pillory. Yes DERBYSHIRE\71010800 11/11/2025 DERBYSHIRE\71010800 11/11/2025 76a31d81-f370-4491-b03e-3b50bbb3972d