A true and exact relation of the severall informations, examinations, and confessions of the late witches, arraigned and executed in the county of Essex.: Who were arraigned and condemned at the late sessions, holden at Chelmesford before the Right Honorable Robert, Earle of Warwicke, and severall of his Majesties justices of peace, the 29 of July, 1645. Wherein the severall murthers, and devillish witchcrafts, committed on the bodies of men, women, and children, and divers cattell, are fully discovered. Published by authoritie.
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- A true and exact relation of the severall informations, examinations, and confessions of the late witches, arraigned and executed in the county of Essex.: Who were arraigned and condemned at the late sessions, holden at Chelmesford before the Right Honorable Robert, Earle of Warwicke, and severall of his Majesties justices of peace, the 29 of July, 1645. Wherein the severall murthers, and devillish witchcrafts, committed on the bodies of men, women, and children, and divers cattell, are fully discovered. Published by authoritie.
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- H. F.
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- 1645.
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"A true and exact relation of the severall informations, examinations, and confessions of the late witches, arraigned and executed in the county of Essex.: Who were arraigned and condemned at the late sessions, holden at Chelmesford before the Right Honorable Robert, Earle of Warwicke, and severall of his Majesties justices of peace, the 29 of July, 1645. Wherein the severall murthers, and devillish witchcrafts, committed on the bodies of men, women, and children, and divers cattell, are fully discovered. Published by authoritie." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A85006.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 15, 2024.
Contents
- title page
- THE PREFACE.
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THE INFORMATION of
John Rivet ofMannintree, Tay∣ler, taken before SirHarbottell Grimston, Knight and Baronet, one of the Members of the Honourable House of Commons: -
The Information of
Matthew Honkins, ofMannintree, Gent.taken upon Oath before us the 25th day of March. 1645. -
The Information of
John Sterne, Gent. takenupon Oath before us the 25th day of March. 1645. -
The Information of
Frances Milles, Grace Norman, Mary Phillips, andMary Parsley, taken upon oath beforethe said Justices the 25th of March. An. Dom. 1645. -
The Information of
George Turner taken upon oaththe 25th day of March. 1645.before the said Justices. -
The Information of
John Bankes ofMannintree takenupon oath before the said Justices the 25th of March. 1645. -
The Information of
Edward Parsley ofMannintree, taken upon oath before the said Justices the 25th of March. 1645. -
The Examination of the said
Elizabeth Clarke, alias Bedingfeild,taken before the said Justices the 25th of March. 1645. -
The Information of
Robert Tayler ofMannintree, takenupon oath before the said Justices the 23th day of Aprill. 1645. -
The Examination of
Elizabeth Gooding, taken beforethe said Justices the 11th .of April, 1645. -
The Information of
Richard Edwards ofMannintree aforesaid, taken before the said Justices the 23.day of April, 1645. -
The Examination of
Anne Leech ofMisley in theCounty aforesaid, widow, taken before the said Justices, April 14. 1645. -
The Information of
Grace the wife ofRichard Glascock of Mannyntree,taken upon oath before the said Justices, the 11th dayof April, 1645. -
The Information of
Edward Parsley ofMannyntree, taken upon oath before the said Justices, April 11. 1645. -
The Examination of
Hellen Clark, taken beforethe said Justices the 11th of April, 1645. -
The Information of
Prudence Hart, the wife ofThomas Hart of Lawford,taken upon oath before us the 23.of Aprill, 1645. -
The Information of
John Edes, Clerke, taken uponoath before the said Justices the 28th day of Aprill. 1645. -
The Confession of
Rebecca West, taken before the saidJustices at Mannyntree,the 21.of March, 1645. -
The Information of
Richard Edwards ofMannintree, Gent. taken upon oath before the said Justices the 23th of Aprill. 1645. -
The Information of
Matthew Hopkins, Gent. takenupon oath before the said Justices the 18th of Aprill. 1645. -
The Information of
Susan Sparrow, taken upon oathbefore the said Justices the 25th day of Aprill. An. Dom. 1645.at Little Bentley. -
The Information of
Elizabeth Hunt andPriscilla Brigs, taken upon oath before the said Justices the 25th day of Aprill. 1645. -
The Examination of
Mary Greenleife taken before thesaid Justices, April 25. 1645. -
The Information of
Elizabeth Otley ofWyvenhoe takenupon oath before the said Justices, April 25. 1645. -
The Examination of
Mary Johnson taken before the saidJustices the 25.of April, 1645. -
The Information of
Ioseph Long Minister ofClacton inthe County of Essex,taken before the said Just: April 29. 1645. -
The Information of
Roger Hempson taken upon oathbe∣fore the said Justices, April 29. 1645. -
The Information of
Roger Hempson taken upon oathbe∣fore the said Justices, April 29. 1645. -
The Information of
Anaball the wife ofGeorge Durrant taken upon oath before the said Justices, April 29. 1645. -
The Information of
Ric. Carter andHeary-Cornwall of Thorp,taken upon oath before the said Justices, April 29. 1645. -
The Information of
Will. Dammon, Hen. Cornwall, Bevis Vincent,and Tho. Burles,taken upon oath before the said Justices, April 29. 1645. -
The Information of
Richard Caley ofThorpe taken uponoath before the said Justices, April 29. 1645. -
The Information of
Francis Milles taken upon oathbe∣fore the said Justices, April 29. 1645. -
The Information of
Mary Philips, Elizabeth Harris, wi∣dow, Susan Burles,and Philip Tumnortaken upon oath before the said Justices, April 29. 1645. -
The Examination of
Margaret Moon, taken beforethe said Justices, the 29.day of May, 1645. -
The Examination of
Judith Moone, daughter of thesaid Margaret Moone,taken before the said Justices the 29th day of Aprill. 1645. -
The Information of
Bridget Reynolds, the wife ofEd∣mond Reynolds of amsey in the said County of Essex,taken upon oath before the said Justices the of May. 1645. -
The Information of
Elizabeth Durden, the wife ofEdw taken upon oath beforeMary Philips, the said Justices the day of May 1645. -
The Information of
Francis Stock andJohn Batilly, taken upon oath, before the said Justices, May 3. 1645. -
The second Information of
Francis Stock, taken be∣fore the said Justices upon oath,May 3. 1645. -
The Information of
Francis Stock, andJohn Felgate, taken upon oath before the said Justices, May 3. 1645. -
The Examination of
Marian Hocket, Sarah Hating, andElizabeth Harvie ofRamsey within the County aforesaid,taken before the said Justices, May 3. 1645. -
The Information of
Robert Turner of St .Osith Car∣penter, taken upon oath before the said Justices,May 6. 1465. -
The Examination of
Rose Hallybread, taken beforethe said Justices, the 6th of May, 1645. -
The Examination of
Joyce the wife ofWilliam Boanes, May 6. 1645.Executed at taken before the said Justices,Chelmesford. -
The Examination of
Susan Cock, taken before thesaid Justices the 6.day of May, 1645. -
The Examination of
Margaret Landishe, taken beforethe said Justices the 6th day of May. 1645. -
The Examination of
Rebecca Jones of St Osyth, takenbefore the said Justices the 9th of May. 1645. -
The Examination of
Johan Cooper, widow, takenbefore the said Justices, May 9. 1645. -
The Examination of
Anne Cate, aliasMaidenhead, of Much-Holland,in the County aforesaid, taken before the said Justices the 9th day of May, 1645. -
The testimony of Sir
Thomas Bowes, Knight, which hespake upon the Bench, concerning the aforesaid Anne West,shee being then at the Barre upon her tryall.