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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A14611	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.	W. W., fl. 1577-1582.	1582 (1582)	STC 24922; ESTC S101821	45,339	105

the peace the xx day of March against Elizabeth Ewstace THe saide Felice sayeth that shee was the late wife of Thomas Crosse and that shee on a time finding the geese of Elizabeth Ewstace in her grounde did driue them out and that by mischaunce one of her geese was hurt whereat the sayde Elizabeth ●ell out exceeding lye with this Examinate and gaue her harde speeches saying that thy husbande shall not haue his health nor that whiche hee hath shall not prosper so well as it hath done and that shee also sayde thou haste not had so good lucke with thy gooslings but thou shalt haue as badde And shee sayeth that neuer after that shee coulde haue any of them geese whiche shee her selfe kept and also the same night shee sayeth that one of her Kine gaue downe ●lood in steede of mylke and after for the space of viii dayes THis examinate saith that her late husbande T. Crosse was takē in a strāge sort therof pyned and sayeth that on a time as her said husbande was a walking in his grounde hee was ca●● amongest B●●hes and was in that case that hee coulde neyther see heare nor speake and his face all to bee scratched and shee sayeth that hee beeing in that strange case when hee came to his memorie hee woulde alwayes crye out vpon the sayde Elizabeth euen vnto his dying day and woulde say that sithence shee the sayd Elizabeth had threatned him he was consumed and that shee had bewitched him The examination of Lawrance kempe taken before me Brian Darcey esquire one of her Maiesties Iustices the xx day of Marche against Vrsley kempe THe sayde Lawrence sayeth that his late wife was taken in her backe and in the priuie partes of her bodye in a very extreame and most straunge sorte and so continued about three quarters of a yeere and then died and hee sayeth that his saide wife did tell him seuerall times that Ursley kempe his sister had forspoke her and that shee was the onely cause of that her sicknesse This examinat saith that his saide wife did tell him that two yeeres before shee mette the said Ursley his sister vpon Eliots heath that she fell vppon her then tooke vp her clothes and did heat her vpon the hippes and otherwise in wordes did misuse her greatly This examinat saith that when his wife lay a drawing home and continued so a day and a night all the partes of her body were colde like a dead creatures and yet at her mouth did appeare her breath to goe and come and that she so cōtinued in that case vntil the said Ursley came vnto her without sending for and then lifted vp the clothes and tooke her by the arme the which shee had not so soone doone but presently after she gasped and neuer after drew her breath and so dyed The examination and confession of Margaret Greuell taken before mee Brian Darcey Esquire one of her Maiesties iustices of the peace the 24 day of March. Continued in prison THis examinat saith that she is of the age of lv yeeres or there abouts being charged with the foresaide enformation and confession made by the said Ales Manfield against her ●e●teth the same in generall and saith that shee her selfe hath lost seuerall bruings and bakings of bread and also swine but shee neuer did complame thereof saying that shee wished her gere were at a stay and then shee cared not whether shee were ha●ged or burnt or what did become of her This examinat beeing asked what falling out was or hath beene between Cheston her saith on a time shee went to the saide Ioan Ceston to bu●e a penniworth of Rie meale but shee woulde let her haue none and faith she said that it was pitie to doe her any good saying that she this examinat had told master Barnish y t shrifes dogge did kil a Doe of his by the parke pale and saith that there was none other falling out as shee remembreth This examinat beeing viewed and seene by women say that they cannot iudge her to haue any sucked spots vpon her body This examinat and the saide Ales Manfield beeing brought before Brian Darcey the saide Ales did affirme her confession made by her to her face to be true The Examination and cōfession of Elizabeth Eustace taken before mee Brian Darcey Esquire the xiiii day of marche Continued in prison THe said Elizabeth Eu●tace saith shee is of the age of liii yeeres or thereabouts and denyeth the enformation and confession made by the sayd Ales Manfield ingenerall Or that euer shee had any Impes or Mamettes saying out vpon her hath shee tolde anye thing of mee and shee beeing asked what conference had been betweene her the sayd Ales Manfielde saith that there was none to her remembrance other then once she went vnto her and carried her ointment to annoynt her lamenesse that shee was troubled with and that then there was no conference which she remēbreth The saide Ales Manfielde in my presence did affirme her confession made against the said Elizabeth to and before her face to face The enformation of Iohn Wadde Thomas Cartwrite Richard Harrison with seueral others the parishioners of little Okeley taken by mee Brian Darcey Esquire one of her Maiesties Iustices the 16. day of march IOhn Wade saith that about two moneth s●thence Annis Heard saide vnto him that shee was presented into the spirituall Courte for a witch and prayed him to be a meanes to helpe her that she might answere the same when the dayes were longer whereunto he said that hee told her that the Regester dwelt at Colchester saying it must be hee that therein may pleasure thee whereto she saide that shee woulde goe to Iohn Aldust of Ramsey to speake vnto him for that he goeth to Colchester that he might speak to the officers for her and so she departed this examinat saith that since that time hee droue fortie sheepe and thirtie lambes to a pasture y t he had at Tendring beeing thereof well neere fourescore Acres the which hee had spared by some long time and knew the same to be a good sheepes pasture and saith that after they had bin there viii or ix dayes hee went to see them hauing neuerthelesse appointed one to looke to them And at his comming he found one to bee dead another to bee ●ame another to sit drowping and a lambe in the same case by it whiche all died and he founde one other with the necke awry which is in that case to this day and one other whiche was so weake that it coulde not arise this examinat saith that sithence he with others that presented her and sithence shee the saide Annis talked with him he hath had not so fewe as twentie sheepe and lambes that haue died and ●e lame and like to die hee saith that hee hath lost of his beasts other cattell which haue dyed in a strange sort Thomas Cartwrite saith that after a

about a moneth after or more shee beeing a walking in a croft neere vnto a Barne called Heywoods Barne the spirite called Suckin came and followed this examinat she spying the same as she looked backe at the sight thereof this examinat saith y t her eies wer like to start out of her head then she saith y t she did beseech God to gouerne and guide her from the euill spirites whereupon shee saith they did depart But the same euening she this examinat being set a milking of a red Cowe with a white face saith that Suckin and Lired came againe vnto her and saith that Suckin appeared at that time in the likenesse of a blacke dogge and Lired in the likenesse of a Hare the one sitting on the one side of her the other on the other side of her within lesse then two yardes And saith that the Cowe shee was then a milking of snorted and ranne away and brake her paile and spilt al her milke neither coulde she get the said Cow any more that night to stand still and saith that for the losse thereof her husband did much chide her but shee woulde not tell him what was the cause and she praying to the father the sonne the holy ghoste saith that they did depart and that shee sawe them not a quarter of a yeere after nor aboue three times since Midsommer last The said exam saith that about that time they appeared againe vnto her and saith that a little before there was a falling out betweene her and the saide Byet whereupon and for that Bye● had oftentimes misused her this examinat and her Cattell shee saith that shee caused Lyard in y e likenes of a Lion to goe to plague the saide Byets beastes vnto death and the spirite returning tolde this examinat that it had plagued two of his beastes the one a red Cow the other a blacke And saith that the spirite tolde her that hee plagued the blacke Cowe in the backe and the read Cowe in the head This Examinate saieth further that aboute Whitsontyde last past the spirit called Suckin did come againe at that tyme vnto her sayeing to this Examinate that hee had mette Byettes wife two seuerall tymes tellyng this Examynate that it mette her once in this Examinates yarde and the next day after it sayde that it met her at the style going into her grounde And saieth it tolde this Examinate it had plagued y ● said Byets wife to the death She this Examinate saying it was done by the spirite but not by the sending of this Examinate The sayde spirite sayeing I knowe that Byet and his wife haue wronged thee greatly and doone thee seuerall hurtes and beaten thy swyne and thrust a pytchforke in one of them the which the spirite sayde to haue doone to winne credit with this Examinate And this Examinate saieth further that aboute Lammas last past For that the sayde William Byet had abused her in calling her olde trot old whore and other lewde speaches shee this Examinate caused the spirite called Suckin to goe and plague the sayde Willyam Byette where that woulde The which the sayd spyrite did and at the retourne of it it tolde this Examinate that it met Byet in the barne yarde and that it had plagued him in the hippes euen vnto death And saith she gaue it a rewarde of mylke and saith that many tymes they drinke of her milke bowle And being asked how shee came by the sayde spirites she confessed and sayde that one Mother Turner did sende them vnto her to her house as shee thinketh for that she had denyed the sayde Mother Turner of mylke And when and as often as they did drinke of the mylke This Examynate saith they went into the sayd earthen pot and lay in the wooll The Examynation and Confession of Annis Glascocke wife of Iohn Glascocke sawyer taken before me Bryan Darcey Esquyre the xxiiii of February TThis Examinate beeing charged by Mychel the shoomaker that a womā sōtimes fellowe with her in the house shoulde reporte her to bee a naughtie woman and a dealer in witchcrafte denyeth that she knewe anye such woman or that any such speaches were vsed vnto her This Examinat being charged that one sparrowe being lodged in her house shoulde heare a straunge noise or rumbling since Christmas last saith that she made a noyse by remouing of boards one night for that she woulde haue him to lye in an other chamber This Examinate saith also that long sithence she dwelt by the space of one quarter or more with her brother Edward Wood and that at seueral tymes in that time certain leddē weights and great stones were cast into the house and diuers straunge noyses of rumblinges hearde the which weights stones came alwayes neerest one Arnoldes head being then a boorder in that house and saith that Arnoldes wife was accompted a witch And was suspected to cause the same stones to be cast to the intent to dryue her husband from boording there being in Ielosie of this Examinate She being at that tyme not aboue the age of xx yeares This Examinate saith that by many yeares past she was much troubled with straung aches in her bones and otherwise wherof she consumed by the space of two or three yeares And saith y t she was told that about Sudbery there dwelt one Herring named to bee a Cawker to whome she went who declared to this Examinate y t she was haūted with a witch naming Arnolds wife And that she should not escape death w tout she had some remedy wherupon this examinat saith y t she praied y e said Herring to helpe her And that hee then deliuered vnto her a little lynnen bagge of the breadth of a groate full of small thinges like seedes and willed her to put the same where her payne was most the which shee proued by sewing it vppon her garmente neare the place where her greefe was And after a while this Examinate saieth she recouered and was well This Examinate denyeth that euer she hurt the base Childe which Pages his wife kept or that there was anye falling out betweene this Examinate and her And sayeth that shee knoweth not whether the sayde Childe bee a base Childe or not This Examinate beeing charged that shee sent a spirite to plague Michell the shoomakers Childe or that shee had bewitched the said Childe denyed that shee had doone eyther of both And she being asked whether she euer fell out with one Fortune or his wife or whether shee hurt any of their children saieth that there was no falling out betweene them or that shee hurt any of his Children Annys Letherdall and Margaret Sympson women appoynted to see and view the body of this Examinate sayde and affyrme vppon their credites that vpon the left side of the thighe of this Examinate there be some spots and vpon the left shoulder likewise one or two Which spottes bee like the sucked spots that Ursley Kempe hath vppon