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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A63409	A True and impartial relation of the informations against three witches, viz., Temperance Lloyd, Mary Trembles, and Susanna Edwards, who were indicted, arraigned and convicted at the assizes holden for the county of Devon, at the castle of Exon, Aug. 14, 1682 with their several confessions, taken before Thomas Gist, Mayor, and John Davie, alderman, of Biddiford, in the said county, where they were inhabitants : as also, their speeches, confessions and behaviour at the time and place of execution on the twenty fifth of the said month.	Lloyd, Temperance, d. 1682.; Trembles, Mary, d. 1682.; Edwards, Susanna, d. 1682.	1682 (1682)	Wing T2502; ESTC R12040	21,093	46

of several other persons within this Town viz. SHe the said Examinant did confess that about the 14 day of March which was in the year of our Lord 1670. she was Accused Indicted and Arraigned for practising of Witchcraft upon the Body of one William Herbert late of Biddiford aforesaid Husbandman And that although at the Trial of her life at the Castle of Exeter she was there acquitted by the Judge and Jury then yet this Examinant doth now confess that she is guilty thereof by the perswasion of the black Man and that she did prick the said William Herbert unto death Thomas Gist Mayor John Davie Alderman Devon ss Biddiford ss ANd whereas upon or about the 15th of May which was in the year of our Lord 1679. she was accused before the then Mayor and Justices of the Town of Biddiford aforesaid for practising Witchcraft upon the Body of one Anne Fellow the Daughter of Edward Fellow of Biddiford Gent. And although her Body was then searched by four Women of the Town of Biddiford aforesaid and the Proofs then against her not so clear and conspicuous the said Mr. Fellow did not further prosecute against her yet this Examinant doth now confess that the said black Man or Devil or some other black Man or Devil with her this said Examinant did do some bodily hurt to the said Anne Fellow and that thereupon the said Anne Fellow did shortly die and depart this life Thomas Gist Mayor John Davie Alderman Devon ss Biddiford ss WHereas we Thomas Eastchurch and Elizabeth Eastchurch his Wife Honor Hooper and Anne Wakely upon yesterday which was the 3d of July 1682. did give in and deliver our several Informations upon our Oaths before Thomas Gist Mayor of the Burrough Town and Mannor of Biddiford aforesaid and John Davie Alderman two of his Majesties Justices of the Peace within the same Burrough c. of Biddiford against Temperance Lloyd of Biddiford aforesaid Widow for using and practising of Witchcraft upon the Body of Grace Thomas of the same Town Spinster as by our several Examinations it doth and may appear But because we were dissatisfied in some particulars concerning a piece of Leather which the said Temperance had confessed of unto the said Elizabeth Eastchurch in such manner as is mentioned in the said Elizabeth Eastchurch's Examination and we conceiving that there might be some inchantment used in or about the said Leather Therefore upon this present 4th day of July we with the leave and approbation of the said Mr. Gist the Mayor did bring the said Temperance into the Parish-Church of Biddiford aforesaid in the presence of Mr. Michael Ogilby Rector of the same Parish-Church and divers other persons where the said Temperance was demanded by the said Mr. Ogilby how long since the Devil did tempt her to do evil Whereupon she the said Temperance did say and confess that about twelve years ago she was tempted by the Devil to be instrumental to the death of William Herbert named in her said Examination And that the Devil did promise her that she should live well and do well And she did then also confess that she was thereupon an Instrument of the death of the said William Herbert And as to the said Grace Thomas she further said and confessed that on Friday was Sevennight which was the 23th day of June last past she the said Temperance came into the said Thomas Eastchurch's Shop in the form and shape of a Cat And fetcht out of the same Shop a Puppit or Picture commonly called a Childs Baby and that she carried the same up into the Chamber where the said Grace Thomas did lodge and left it about the Bed whereon the said Grace Thomas did lie but would not confess that she had prickt any Pins in the said Puppit or Baby-picture although she were demanded particularly that Question by the said Mr. Ogilby Also the said Temperance did then and there confess that she was the cause of the death of Anne Fellow the Daughter of Edward Fellow named in her said Examination Also she did then and there confess that she was the cause of the death of one Jane Dallyn the late Wife of Symon Dallyn of Biddiford Marriner by pricking of her in one of her Eyes which she did so secretly perform that she was never discovered or punished for the same Also the said Temperance Lloyd did confess and declare that she did bewitch unto death one Lydia Burman of Biddiford aforesaid Spinster because she had been a Witness against her the said Temperance at the Trial for her Life and Death at the Assizes when she was Arraigned for the death of the said William Herbert and had deposed that the said Temperance had appeared unto her in the shape of a red Pig at such time as the said Lydia was brewing in the house of one Humphry Ackland of Biddiford aforesaid Being further demanded again in what part of the house of the said Mr. Eastchurch or in what part of the Bed whereon the said Grace Thomas lay she left the Puppit or Baby-picture above-mentioned saith that she would not nor must not discover for if she did discover the same that the Devil would tear her in pieces And afterwards the said Mr. Ogilby desired the said Temperance to say the Lords Prayer and her Creed which she imperfectly performing the said Mr. Ogilby did give her many good Exhortations and so departed from her In Witness whereof we have hereunto set our Hands this 4th day of July in the Four and thirtieth year of the Reign of our Soveraign Lord Charles the Second by the Grace of God of England Scotland France and Ireland King defender of the Faith Annoqque Dom. 1682. July 4. 1682. Sworn before us Thomas Gist Mayor John Davie Alderman The Information of Thomas Eastchurch of Biddiford in the County aforesaid Gent. taken upon his Oath before us Thomas Gist Mayor of the Burrough Town and Mannor of Biddiford aforesaid John Davie Alderman two of his Majesties Justices of the Peace within the same Burrough c. the 3d day of July Anno Dom. 1682. Devon ss Biddiford ss THe said Informant upon his Oath saith That upon yesterday which was the second day of July he did hear the said Temperance Lloyd to say and confess that about the 30th day of September last past as she was returning from the Bakehouse with a Loaf of Bread under her Arm towards her own House she the said Temperance Lloyd did meet with something in the likeness of a black Man in a Street called Higher GunstoneLane within this Town and then and there the said black man did tempt and perswade her to go to this Informant's house to torment one Grace Thomas who is this Informant's Sister-in law That the said Temperance did first refuse the Temptation saying that the said Grace Thomas had done her no harm But afterwards by the further perswasion and temptation of the said black Man she did go to

this Informant's house and that she went up the Stairs after the black Man And confessed that both of them went into the Chamber where this Informant's said Sister-in-law was and that there they found one Anne Wakely the Wife of William Wakely of Biddiford rubbing of one of the Arms and one of the Legs of the said Grace Thomas And this Informant further saith That the said Temperance did also confess that the black Man did perswade the said Temperance to pinch the said Grace Thomas in the Knees Arms and Shoulders intimating with her Fingers how she did it And that when she came down the Stairs again into the Street she saw a Braget Cat go into this Informant's Shop and that she believed it to be the Devil And this Informant did hear the said Temperance to say and confess that on Friday-night last which was the 30th day of June the black Man did meet with her neer her own Door about ten of the clock of that same night and there did again tempt her to go to this Informant's house and to make an end of the said Grace Thomas Whereupon the said Temperance did go to this Informant's house with the said black Man and that she went into the Chamber where the said Grace Thomas lay And further did confess that she did pinch and prick the said Grace Thomas again in several parts of her Body declaring with both of her Hands dow she did do it And that thereupon the said Grace Thomas did cry out terribly And confessed that the said black man told her that she should make an end of her the said Grace Thomas And further she the said Temperance did say and confess that the said black Man did promise her the said Temperance that no one should discover her or see her And she also confessed that about twelve of the clock of that same night the black Man did suck her in the Street in her Secret parts she kneeling down to him That he had blackish Clothes and was about the length of her Arm. That he had broad Eyes and a Mouth like a Toad and afterwards vanisht clear away out of her sight This Informant further saith That he heard the said Temperance to confess that about the first day of June last past the said black Man was with her again and told her that on that night she the said Temperance should make an end of the said Grace Thomas and confessed that she the said Temperance had that night griped the said Grace Thomas in her Belly Stomach and Breast and clipt her to the Heart And that the said Grace Thomas did cry out pitifully And that the said Temperance was about the space of two hours tormenting of her And that one Anne Wakely with several other Women were then present in the Chamber but could not see her the said Temperance and that the black Man stood by her in the same Room also This Informant further saith That he supposed that the said Grace Thomas in her Sickness had been afflicted thorough a Distemper arising from a natural cause did repair unto several Physicians but that she the said Grace could never receive any benefit prescribed by them Thomas Gist Mayor John Davie Alderman The Information of William Herbert of Biddiford in the County aforesad Black-smith taken upon his Oath the 12th day of August in the 34th year of the Reign of our Soveraign Lord Charles the Second by the Grace of God of England Scotland France and Ireland King Defender of the Faith c. before Thomas Gist Mayor of the Burrough Town and Mannor of Biddiford aforesaid and John Davie Alderman two of his Majesties Justices of the Peace within the same Burrough c. Devon ss Biddiford ss THis Informant upon his Oath saith That neer or upon the 2d day of February which was in the year of our Lord God 1670. he did hear his Father William Herbert to declare on his Death-bed that Temperance Lloyd of Biddiford aforesaid Widow had bewitched his said Father unto death This Informant's Father further declaring unto this Informant that he with the rest of his Relations should view his Father's Body after his Decease and that by his Body they should see what Prints and Marks the aforesaid Temperance Lloyd had made upon his Body And further saith that his said Father did lay his bloud to the charge of the said Temperance Lloyd and desired this Informant to see her aprehended for the same which was accordingly done And saith that she was accused for the same but that she was then acquitted at the Assizes This Informant further saith That upon the fourth day of July now last past he went to the Prison of Biddiford where the said Temperance was she being then in the said Prison concerning Mrs. Grace Thomas and demanded of her whether she had done any bodily harm or hurt unto the said William Herbert deceased this Informant's late Father unto which she answered and said Surely William I did kill thy Father This Informant did demand of her further whether she had done any hurt or harm to one Lydia Burman late of Biddiford Spinster Unto which the said Temperance Lloyd answered and said that she was the cause of her death This Informant demanded of her the said Temperance why she had not confessed so much when she was in Prison last time She answered that her time was not expired For the Devil had given her greater power and a longer time And this Informant did hear the said Temperance Lloyd to confess that she was the cause of the death of Anne Fellow the Daughter of Edward Fellow of Biddiford Gent. And also that she the said Temperance was the cause of the bewitching out of one of the Eyes of Jane the Wife of one Simon Dallyn of Biddiford aforesaid Marriner Thomas Gist Mayor John Davie Alderman Examined with the Original whereof this is a true Copy John Hill Town-Clerk The Information of John Barnes of Biddiford in the County aforesaid Yeoman taken upon his Oath before us Thomas Gist Mayor of the Burrough Town and Mannor of Biddiford aforesaid and John Davie Alderman two of his Majesties Justices of the Peace within the same Burrough c. the 18th day of July Anno Dom. 1682. Devon ss Biddiford ss THe said Informant upon his Oath saith That upon Easter-Tuesday which was the 18th day of May last past this Informant's Wife was taken with very great pains of sticking and pricking in her Arms Stomach and Breast as though she had been stabbed with Awls being so described unto him by the said Grace in such manner as this Informant thought that she would have died immediately and in such sad condition she the said Grace hath continued unto this present day in tormenting and grievous pains And further saith that upon Sunday last which was the 16th day of July instant about ten of the Clock in Forenoon this Informant's said Wife was again taken worse than before insomuch as