A History of Witchcraft in England from 1558 to 1718 Part 40

1650. Stratford-at-Bow, Middles.e.x. Witch said to have been apprehended, but "escaped the law." Glanvill, _Sadducismus Triumphatus_, pt. ii, Relation XX.

1650. Middles.e.x. Joan Allen sentenced to be hanged. _Middles.e.x County Records_, III, 284. _The Weekly Intelligencer_, Oct. 7, 1650, refers to the hanging of a witch at the Old Bailey, probably Joan.

1650. Leicester. Anne Chettle searched and acquitted. Tried again two years later. Result unknown. _Leicesters.h.i.+re and Rutland Notes and Queries_, I, 247; James Thompson, _Leicester_ (Leicester, 1849), 406.

1650. Alnwick. Dorothy Swinow, wife of a colonel, indicted.

Nothing further came of it. _Wonderfull News from the North_ (1650).

1650. Middles.e.x. Elizabeth Smith acquitted. _Middles.e.x County Records_, III, 284.

c. 1650-60. St. Alban's, Herts. Two witches suspected and probably tried. Drage, _Daimonomageia_ (1665), 40-41.

1651. Yorks.h.i.+re. Margaret Morton acquitted. _York Depositions_, 38.

1651. Middles.e.x. Elizabeth Lanam of Stepney acquitted.

_Middles.e.x County Records_, III, 202, 285.

1651. Colchester, Ess.e.x. John Lock sentenced to one year's imprisonment and four appearances in the pillory.

Brit. Mus., Stowe MSS., 840, fol. 43.

1652. Yorks.h.i.+re. Hester France of Huddersfield accused before the justice of the peace. _York Depositions_, 51.

1652. Maidstone, Kent. Six women hanged, others indicted.

_A Prodigious and Tragicall History of the Arraignment ... of six Witches at Maidstone ..._ by "H. F. Gent.," 1652; _The Faithful Scout_, July 30-Aug.

7, 1652; Ashmole's Diary in _Lives of Ashmole and Lilly_ (London, 1774), 316.

1652. Middles.e.x. Joan Peterson of Wapping acquitted on one charge, found guilty on another, and hanged.

_Middles.e.x County Records_, III, 287; _The Witch of Wapping_; _A Declaration in Answer to several lying Pamphlets concerning the Witch of Wapping_; _The Tryall and Examinations of Mrs. Joan Peterson_; _French Intelligencer_, Apr. 6-13, 1652; _Mercurius Democritus_, Apr. 7-14, 1652; _Weekly Intelligencer_, April 6-13, 1652; _Faithful Scout_, Apr. 9-16, 1652.

1652. London. Susan Simpson acquitted. _A True and Perfect List of the Names of those Prisoners in Newgate_ (London, 1652).

1652. Worcester. Catherine Huxley of Evesham, charged with bewitching a nine-year-old girl, hanged. Baxter, _Certainty of the World of Spirits_ (London, 1691), 44-45. Baxter's narrative was sent him by "the now Minister of the place."

1652. Middles.e.x. Temperance Fossett of Whitechapel acquitted.

_Middles.e.x County Records_, III, 208, 288.

1652. Middles.e.x. Margery Scott of St Martin's-in-the-Fields acquitted. _Ibid._, 209.

1652. Scarborough, Yorks.h.i.+re. Anne Marchant or Hunnam accused and searched. J. B. Baker, _History of Scarborough_ (London, 1882), 481, using local records.

1652. Durham. Francis Adamson and ---- Powle executed.

Richardson, _Table Book_, I, 286.

1652. Exeter, Devons.h.i.+re. Joan Baker committed. Cotton, _Gleanings ... Relative to the History of ... Exeter_ (Exeter, 1877), 149.

1652. Wilts. William Starr accused and searched. _Hist.

MSS. Comm. Reports_, _Various_, I, 127.

1652-53. Cornwall. A witch near Land's End accused, and accuses others. Eight sent to Launceston gaol. Some probably executed (see above, p. 218 and footnotes 24, 25). _Mercurius Politicus_, Nov. 24-Dec. 2, 1653; R. and O. B. Peter, _The Histories of Launceston and Dunheved_ (Plymouth, 1885), 285. See also Burthogge, _Essay upon Reason and the Nature of Spirits_ (London, 1694), 196.

1653. Wilts. Joan Baker of the Devizes makes complaint because two persons have reported her to be a witch.

_Hist. MSS. Comm. Reports_, _Various_, I, 127. Is this the Joan Baker of Exeter mentioned a few lines above?

1653. Wilts. Joan Price of Malmesbury and Elizabeth Beeman of the Devizes indicted, the latter committed to the a.s.sizes. _Ibid._

1653. Yorks.h.i.+re. Elizabeth Lambe accused. _York Depositions_, 58.

1653. Middles.e.x. Elizabeth Newman of Whitechapel acquitted on one charge, found guilty on another, and sentenced to be hanged. _Middles.e.x County Records_, III, 217, 218, 289.

1653. Middles.e.x. Barbara Bartle of Stepney acquitted. _Ibid._, 216.

1653. Leeds, Yorks.h.i.+re. Isabel Emott indicted for witchcraft upon cattle. _Hist. MSS. Comm. Reports_, IX, pt. 1, 325 b.

1653. Salisbury, Wilts. Anne Bodenham of Fisherton Anger hanged. _Doctor Lamb Revived_; _Doctor Lamb's Darling_; _Aubrey, Folk-Lore and Gentilisme_ (Folk-Lore Soc.), 261; Henry More, _An Antidote against Atheisme_, bk. III, chap. VII.

1654. Yorks.h.i.+re. Anne Greene of Gargrave examined. _York Depositions_, 64-65.

1654. Yorks.h.i.+re. Elizabeth Roberts of Beverley examined.

_Ibid._, 67.

1654. Wilts. Christiana Weekes of Cleves Pepper, who had been twice before accused in recent sessions, charged with telling where lost goods could be found.

"Other conjurers" charged at the same time.

_Hist. MSS. Comm. Reports_, _Various_, I, 120. See above, 1610, Norfolk.

1654. Exeter. Diana Crosse committed. Cotton, _Gleanings ... Relative to the History of ... Exeter_, 150.

1654. Wilts. Elizabeth Loudon committed on suspicion.

_Hist. MSS. Comm. Reports_, _Various_, I, 129.

1654. Whitechapel, Middles.e.x. Grace Boxe, arraigned on three charges, acquitted. Acquitted again in 1656. _Middles.e.x County Records_, III, 223, 293.

1655. Yorks.h.i.+re. Katherine Earle committed and searched.

_York Depositions_, 69.

1655. Salisbury. Margaret Gyngell convicted. Pardoned by the Lord Protector. F. A. Inderwick, _The Interregnum_, 188-189.

1655. Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk. Mother and daughter Boram said to have been hanged. Hutchinson, _An Historical Essay concerning Witchcraft_, 38.

1656. Yorks.h.i.+re. Jennet and George Benton of Wakefield examined. _York Depositions_, 74.

1656. Yorks.h.i.+re. William and Mary Wade committed for bewitching the daughter of Lady Mallory. _York Depositions_, 75-78.

1657. Middles.e.x. Katharine Evans of Fulham acquitted.

_Middles.e.x County Records_, III, 263.

1657. Middles.e.x. Elizabeth Crowley of Stepney acquitted, but detained in the house of correction. _Middles.e.x County Records_, III, 266, 295.

1657. Gisborough, Yorks.h.i.+re. Robert Conyers, "gent.," accused.