The summarie of English chronicles (lately collected and published) nowe abridged and continued tyl this present moneth of Marche, in the yere of our Lord God. 1566. By J.S.

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The summarie of English chronicles (lately collected and published) nowe abridged and continued tyl this present moneth of Marche, in the yere of our Lord God. 1566. By J.S.
Author
Stow, John, 1525?-1605.
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Imprinted at London :: in Fletestrete by Thomas Marshe,
[1566]
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Great Britain -- History -- To 1485 -- Early works to 1800.
Great Britain -- History -- Tudors, 1485-1603 -- Early works to 1800.
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"The summarie of English chronicles (lately collected and published) nowe abridged and continued tyl this present moneth of Marche, in the yere of our Lord God. 1566. By J.S." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A73271.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 1, 2024.

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Page 118

Anno. 19.

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  • Iohn Paddisley goldsmith
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  • Iohn Sutton
  • [date 1440] William We∣tinghale

Elianor Cobham wife to Humfrey duke of Giocester, Roger Bolinbroke aconning negromancer, and Margery Iourdemain cōmonly called the witch of Eie were accused, that by sorcery & enchantmentes, they practised the kin▪ges death, as by an image of waxe, whi the through their diuilish incantations should litle & litle wast and consume, and so like wise the king to weare out of his life. Wherfore beyng examined & conuict, Elianor Cobham was iudged to do penaunce, as to beare a taper .iii. days, through the chiefest stretes of the Citie of London, and so to be exiled to the Isle of Man, Roger Bolinbroke was diawen hanged and quartered at Tiborn, and Margery Iourdmayn the witch was burnt in Smithfield.

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