A true and iust recorde, of the information, examination and confession of all the witches, taken at S. Ofes in the countie of Essex whereof some were executed, and other some entreated according to the determination of lawe. Wherein all men may see what a pestilent people witches are, and how vnworthy to lyue in a Christian Commonwealth. Written orderly, as the cases were tryed by euidence, by W. W.

The enformation of Iohn Carter & others of Thorpe, taken by mee Brian Darcey esquire, one of her Maiesties Iustices, the xx. day of March, agaynst Margarette Gre∣uell.

Continued in prison.

THe saide Iohn sayeth, that on a tyme Mar∣garet Greuell came vnto this examinates

house, desiring her to haue Godesgood, whiche was denied her, and sayeth that within a fewe dayes after his folkes went in hande with brew∣ing: But of two brewinges after they coulde make no beere, but was fayne to put the same to the swill Tobbe, whiche was halfe a Seame at a brewing, & sayth, y^t the third tyme they went to Brewing with the like quantitie, and that his sonne beeing a tall and lustie man, of the age of xxxvi. yeeres, was wished to take his Bowe and an arrowe, and to shoote to make his shaft or ar∣rowe to sticke in the Brewing Fatte, and that he shotte twise and coulde not make the same to sticke, but at the thirde time that hee shotte, hee made the same to sticke in the brewinge Fatte, and after hee sayth they coulde brewe as well as before.

Nicholas Stricklande Butcher, sayeth, that Margaret Greuell sent her sonne vnto him for a Racke of Mutton, hee hauing newely killed a Mutton, saying, the same was whot and that he coulde not cutte it out, and sayeth, that hee ••a•• him come agayne in the after noone, and the Munday after his wife seething Mylke for the breakefaste of his woorkfolkes, the same stancke and was bytter: And sayeth within fewe dayes

after his wife went to chearne her Creame that shee had gathered, and that shee was from the morning vntill tenne of the clocke in the night •• Chearning, and coulde haue no butter: the whiche this examinate seeing, hee sayeth hee caused his wife to powre the saide Creame in∣to a Kettle, and to set it vpon the fire, the whiche was done: And making a great fire vnder it, this examinate sayeth, they coulde not make it to seeth ouer: Then this Examinate sayeth, that hee seeeing it woulde not doe, hee sayeth hee tooke the kettell off the fire, and powred the one halfe thereof into the fire, and the other halfe hee let stande in the Kettle, the whiche hee sayeth stancke in suche exceeding sorte, as they coulde not abyde in the house. And this examinate say∣eth, that the seconde time that his wife went to to chearne her Creame, shee continued a chear∣ning and coulde haue no butter, but that it was as the other, the which hee sayeth, his wife was constrayned to put it into y^e ••wil Tub. And after y^t this Examinate saith, that the head and master Cowe of fiue beastes did also cast her Calfe, and presentlye after fell a hauleynge, the whiche hee fearyng that it woulde haue dyed, saying, that he fed it and killed it.