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. _Leicestershire 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. Yorkshire. 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. Yorkshire. 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, Yorkshire. 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, Devonshire. 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. Yorkshire. 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, Yorkshire. 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. Yorkshire. Anne Greene of Gargrave examined. _York Depositions_, 64-65.

1654. Yorkshire. 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. Yorkshire. 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. Yorkshire. Jennet and George Benton of Wakefield examined. _York Depositions_, 74.

1656. Yorkshire. 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, Yorkshire. Robert Conyers, "gent.," accused.