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.
About this Item
Title
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.
Author
H. F.
Publication
London :: Printed by M.S. for Henry Overton, and Benj. Allen, and are to be sold at their shops in Popes-head Alley,
1645.
Rights/Permissions
To the extent possible under law, the Text Creation Partnership has waived all copyright and related or neighboring rights to this keyboarded and encoded edition of the work described above, according to the terms of the CC0 1.0 Public Domain Dedication (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/). This waiver does not extend to any page images or other supplementary files associated with this work, which may be protected by copyright or other license restrictions. Please go to http://www.textcreationpartnership.org/ for more information.
Subject terms
Trials (Witchcraft) -- England
Witchcraft -- England
Chelmsford (England) -- History
Cite this Item
"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 May 23, 2024.
Pages
The Examination of Marian Hocket, Sarah Hating, and Elizabeth Harvie of Ramsey within the County aforesaid, taken before the said Justices, May 3. 1645.
THis Examinant,
Marian Hocket saith, that shee is not guilty of any of the particulars charged upon her, touching Witch∣craft, notwitstanding the severall accusations against her.
descriptionPage 29
THis Examinant, Sarah Hating saith,
that shee is not guilty of any particular wherewith shee stands charged in the Informa∣tion of Francis Stock and others.
THis Examinant, Elizabeth Harvie saith,
that about halfe a yeer since, the said Marian Hocket brought three things to her house, two of them being smaller then Mouses, and the other somewhat bigger and longer; and that the said Marian told this examinant they were pretty things, and would do her and this Examinant good, if shee this Examinant would keep them; and that after∣wards shee was very much pained in those parts of her body where the said tears or bigs were discovered by the said searchers, as aforesaid.