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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

was past his skill to prescribe directions for her Cure because that the said Dorcas was bewitcht This Informant further saith That about three Months now last past his said Wife was sitting in a Chair and being Speechless he this Informant did see one Susanna Edwards of Biddiford aforesaid Widow to come into the Chamber under a pretence to visit her Whereupon this Informants Wife did strive to come at her the said Susanna but could not get out of the Chair Upon which this Informant and the said Thomas Bremincom did endeavour to help her out of the Chair and the said Susanna did go towards the Chamber-door And further saith That when the said Susanna was come at the Chamber-door she the said Dorcas remaining speechless as aforesaid did slide out of the Chair upon her Back and so strove to come at her the said Susanna but was not able to rise from the Ground until the said Susanna was gone down the Stairs And further saith That the said Dorcas hath continued in such a strange and unusual manner of Sickness ever since unto this day with some intermissions Thomas Gist Mayor John Davie Alderman Examined with the Original whereof this is a true Copy John Hill Town-Clerk The Information of Grace Thomas of Biddiford in the County aforesaid Spinster taken upon her Oath the 3d day of July 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 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. Devon ss Biddiford ss THe said Informant upon her Oath saith That upon or about the 2d day of February which was in the year of our Lord 1680. this Informant was taken with great Pains in her Head and all her Limbs which Pains continued on her till neer or upon the first day of August then following and then this Informants Pains began to abate and this Informant was able to walk abroad to take the Air But in the Night-season she was in much pain and not able to take her rest This Informant further saith That upon or about the 30th day of September now last past this Informant was going up the High Street of Biddiford where this Informant met with Temperance Lloyd of Biddiford aforesaid Widow and she the said Temperance did then and there fall down on her Knees to this Informant and wept saying Mrs. Grace I am glad to see you so strong again Upon which this Informant said Why dost thou weep for me Unto which the said Temperance replied I weep for Joy to see you so well again as the said Temperance then pretended This Informant further saith That in that very night she this Informant was taken very ill with sticking and pricking Pains as though Pins and Awls had been thrust into her Body from the Crown of her Head to the Soles of her Feet and this Informant lay as though it had been upon a Rack And saith That these pricking Pains have continued upon her Body ever since and that her Pains are much worse by night than by day This Informant further saith That on Thursday the first day of June last past in the night she this Informant was bound and seemingly chain'd up with all her sticking Pains gathered together in her Belly so that on a sudden her Belly was swoln as big as two Bellies which caused her to cry out I shall die I shall die and in this sad condition this Informant lay as though she had been dead for a long space which those persons that were in the Chamber with her this Informant did compute to be about two hours And this Informant further saith That on Friday-night last being the 30th day of June this Informant was again pinch'd and prick'd to the Heart with such cruel thrusting pains in her Head Shoulders Arms Hands Thighs and Legs as though the Flesh would have been then immediately torn from the Bones with a mans Fingers and Thumbs And further saith That she was even pluck'd out over her Bed and lay in this condition for the space of three hours as she was informed by some of the said persons then in this Informants Chamber This Informant further saith That upon the first day of this instant July assoon as the aforesaid Temperance Lloyd was apprehended and put in the Prison of Biddiford she this Informant immediately felt her pricking and sticking pains to cease and abate And saith That she hath continued so ever since unto this time but is still in great weakness of Body And further saith That she believeth that the said Temperance Lloyd hath been an Instrument of doing much hurt and harm unto her Body by pricking and tormenting of her in manner as before in this her Information she hath set forth Thomas Gist Mayor John Davie Alderman The Information of Elizabeth Eastchurch the Wife of Thomas Eastchurch of Biddiford in the County aforesaid Gent. taken upon her 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 3d of July in the 34th year of the Reign of our Soveraign Lord Charles the Second c. Anno Dom. 1682. Devon ss Biddiford ss THe said Informant upon her Oath saith That upon the 2d day of this instant July the said Grace Thomas then lodging in this Informants said Husbands house and hearing of her to complain of great pricking pains in one of her knees she this Informant did see her said Knee and observed that she had nine places in her Knee which had been prickt and that every of the said pricks were as though it had been the prick of a Thorn Whereupon this Informant afterwards upon the same 2d day of July did demand of the said Temperance Lloyd whether she had any Wax or Clay in the form of a Picture whereby she had pricked and tormented the said Grace Thomas Unto which the said Temperance made answer that she had no Wax nor Clay but confessed that she had only a piece of Leather which she had pricked nine times Thomas Gist Mayor John Davie Alderman The Information of Anne Wakely the Wife of William Wakely of Biddiford in the County aforesaid Husbandman taken the 3d day of July Anno Dom. 1682. Devon ss Biddiford ss THe said Informant upon her Oath saith That upon the second day of July instant she this Deponent by order of the said Mr. Mayor did search the Body of the said Temperance Lloyd in the presence of Honor Hooper and several other Women And upon search of her said Body she this Informant did find in her Secret Parts two Teats hanging nigh together like unto a piece of Flesh that a Child had suckt And

that each of the said Teats was about an Inch in length Upon which this Informant did demand of her the said Temperance whether she had been suckt at that place by the black Man meaning the Devil Whereunto the said Temperance did acknowledge that she had been suck'd there often times by the black Man and the last time that she was suck'd by the said black Man was the Fridy before she was search'd which was the 30th day of June last past And this Informant further saith That she hath been an attendant of the said Grace Thomas about six Weeks now last past And that on Thursday now last past which was the 29th of June last past in the Morning she this Informant did see something in the shape of a Magpie to come at the Chamber-window where the said Grace Thomas did lodge Upon which this Informant did demand of the said Temperance Lloyd whether she did know of any Bird to come and flutter at the said Window Unto which Question the said Temperance did then say that it was the black Man in the shape of the Bird and that she the said Temperance was at that time down by the said Thomas Eastchurch's Door of the House where the said Grace Thomas did lodge Thomas Gist Mayor John Davie Alderman The like is deposed by Honor Hooper Servant unto the said Thomas Eastchurch as appears by her Information taken upon her oath the day and year abovesaid before the said Thomas Gist Mayor and John Davie Alderman two of his Majesties Justices of the Peace within the Burrough Town and Mannor of Biddiford Thomas Gist Mayor John Davie Alderman Temperance Lloyd her Examination taken the 3d day of July 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 us Thomas Gist Mayor of the Burrough Town and Mannor of Biddisord aforesaid and John Davie Alderman two of his Majesties Justices of the Peace within the same Burrough c. Devon ss Biddiford ss THe said Informant being brought before us by some Constables of the said Burrough upon the complaint of Thomas Eastchurch of Biddiford aforesaid Gent. and charged upon suspition of having used some Magical Art Sorcery or Witchcraft upon the Body of Grace Thomas of Biddiford aforesaid Spinster and to have had Discourse or Familiarity with the Devil in the shape of a black Man And being demanded how long since she had Discourse or Familiarity with the Devil in the likeness or shape of a black man Saith That about the 30th day of September last past she met with the Devil in the shape or likeness of a black Man about the middle of the Afternoon of that day in a certain Street or Lane in the Town of Biddiford aforesaid called Higher Gunstone Lane And then and there he did tempt and sollicite her to go with him to the house of the said Thomas Eastchurch to torment the Body of the said Grace Thomas which this Examinant at first did refuse to do But afterwards by the temptation and perswasion of the Devil in the likeness of a black Man as aforesaid she did go to the house of the said Thomas Eastchurch and that she went up the stairs after the said black Man and confesseth that both of them went up into the Chamber where she the said Grace Thomas was and that there they found one Anne Wakely the Wife of William Wakely of Biddiford rubbing and stroaking one of the Arms of the said Grace Thomas And the said Examinant doth further confess that she did then and there pinch with the Nails of her Fingers the said Grace Thomas in her Shoulders Arms Thighs and Legs and that afterwards they came down from the said Grace Thomas her Chamber into the Street together and that there this Examinant did see something in the form or shape of a Grey or Braget Cat and saith that the said Cat went into the said Thomas Eastchurch's Shop The said Examinant being further demanded whether she went any more unto the said Thomas Eastchurch's house saith and confesseth that the day following she came again to the said Thomas Eastchurch's house invisible and was not seen by any person but there this Examinant did meet with the Braget Cat as aforesaid and the said Cat did retire and leap back into the said Thomas Eastchurch's Shop The said Examinant being further demanded when she was at the said Thonas Eastchurch's house the last time saith that she was at the said Mr. Eastchurch's house upon Friday the 30th day of June last past and that the Devil in the shape of the said black Man was there with her And that they went up again into the said Chamber where she found the said Grace Thomas lying in her Bed in a very sad condition Notwithstanding which she this Examinant and the said black Man did torment her again And saith and confesseth that she this Examinant had almost drawn her out of her Bed and that on purpose to put her the said Grace out of her Life And further saith that the black man or rather the Devil did promise this Examinant that no one should discover her And further confesseth that the said black Man or rather the Devil as aforesaid did suck her Teats which she now hath in her Secret Parts And that she did kneel down to him in the Street as she was returning to her own house and after that they had tormented the said Grace Thomas in manner as last above mentioned Being demanded of what stature the said black Man was saith that he was about the length of her Arm And that his Eyes were very big and that he hopt or leapt in the way before her and afterwards did suck her again as she was lying down and that his sucking was with a great pain unto her and afterwards vanish'd clear away out of her sight This Examinant doth further confess That upon the first day of June last past whilst the said Mr. Eastchurch and his Wife were absent that the said Examinant did pinch and prick the said Grace Thomas with the aid and help of the blackman or rather the Devil in her Belly Stomach and Breast and that they continued so tormenting of her about the space of two or three hours with an intent to have killed her And further saith that at the same time she did see the said Anne Wakely rubbing and chasing of several parts of the said Grace Thomas her Body Although the said Anne Wakely being present at taking of this Examination doth affirm that she did not see the said Examinant Thomas Gist Mayor John Davie Alderman Devon ss Biddiford ss Whereas the said Temperance Lloyd hath made such an ample Confession and Declaration concerning the said Grace Thomas we the said Mayor and Justices were induced to demand of her some other Questions concerning other Witcheries which she had practised upon the Bodies

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

Four Men and Women could hardly hold her And at that same time one Agnes Whitefield the Wife of John Whitefield of Biddiford aforesaid Cordwainer being in this Informant's House and hearing somebody out at the Door she did open the Door where she found one Mary Trembles of Biddiford aforesaid Single woman standing with a White pot in her hands as though she had been going to the common Bakehouse And thereupon this Informant's Wife did ask of the said Agnes Whitefield who it was that was at the door Unto which the said Agnes Whitefield answered and said that it was Mary Trembles Then this Informant's Wife did reply and said that she the said Mary Trembles was one of them that did torment her and that she was come now to put her the said Grace out of her Life Thomas Gist Mayor John Davie Alderman The Information of Grace Barnes the Wife of John Barnes of Biddiford in the County aforesaid Yeoman taken upon her Oath 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. the 2d day of August Anno Dom. 1682. Devon ss Biddiford ss THe said Informant upon her Oath saith That she hath been very much pain'd and tormented in her Body these many years last past insomuch that she hath sought out for Remedy far and neer and never had any suspition that she had had any Magical Art or Witchcraft used upon her Body until it was about a year and a half ago that she was informed by some Physicians that it was so And further saith That thereupon she this Informant had some suspition of one Susanna Edwards of Biddiford aforesaid Widow because that she the said Susanna would oftentimes repair unto this Informants Husband's house upon frivolous or no occasions at all And further saith That about the middle of the month of May last past she was taken with very great pains of sticking and pricking in her Arms Breast and Heart as though divers Awls had been pricked or stuck into her Body and was in great tormenting pain for many days and nights together with a very little intermission And saith That upon Sunday the 16th day of July last she was taken in a very grievous and tormenting manner at which instant of time one Agnes Whitefield the Wife of John Whitefield of Biddiford was in this Informants Husband's house who opening the Door and looking out found one Mary Trembles of Biddiford Single woman standing before the Door And thereupon this Informant did ask of the said Agnes Whitefield who it was that stood at the Door who answered that it was the said Mary Trembles Upon which this Informant was fully assured that the said Mary Trembles together with the said Susanna Edwards were the very persons that had tormented her by using some Magical Art or Witchcraft upon her said Body as aforesaid Thomas Gist Mayor John Davie Alderman The Information of William Edwards of Biddiford in the County aforesaid Black-smith 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 the 17th day of July instant this Informant did hear Susanna Edwards to confess that the Devil had carnal knowledge of her Body and that he had suckt her in her Breast and in her Secret parts And further saith that he did hear her the said Susanna to say that she and one Mary Trembles of Biddiford aforesaid Single woman did appear hand in hand invisible in John Barnes's house of Biddiford aforesaid where Grace the Wife of the said John Barnes did lie in a very sad condition And further saith That he did then also hear the said Susanna to say that she and the said Mary Trembles were at that time come to make an end of her the said Grace Barnes Thomas Gist Mayor John Davie Alderman The Information of Joane Jones the Wife of Anthony Jones of Biddiford in the County aforesaid Husbandman taken upon her Oath before us Thomas Gist Mayor and John Davie Alderman the 18th day of July Anno Dom. 1682. Devon ss Biddiford ss THe said Informant upon her Oath saith That upon the 18th day of July instant she this Informant being present with Susanna Edwards of Biddiford aforesaid Widow there came in to see the said Susanna one John Dunning of Great Torrington which said John Dunning this Informant did hear him to demand of the said Susanna Edwards how and by what means she became a Witch Unto which question the said Susanna did answer that she did never confess afore now but now she would And further saith that she did hear the said Susanna Edwards to confess unto the said John Dunning that she was on a time out gathering of Wood at which time the said Susanna Edwards did see a Gentleman to draw nigh unto her whereupon she was in good hopes to have a piece of Mony of him This Informant further saith that the said John Dunning did demand of her the said Susanna where she did meet with the said Gentleman she the said Susanna did answer that it was in Parsonage Close And further saith that after the said John Dunning was gone this Informant did hear the said Susanna Edwards to confess that on Sunday the 16th of July instant she with Mary Trembles and by the help of the Devil did prick and torment Grace the Wife of John Barnes of Biddiford aforesaid And this Informant further saith That she did hear the said Susanna Edwards and Mary Trembles to say and confess that they did this present day being the 18th of July instant torment and prick her the said Grace Barnes again And further saith That she did hear the said Mary Trembles to say unto the said Susanna Edwards O thou Rogue I will now confess all For 't is thou that hast made me to be a Witch and thou art one thy self and my Conscience must swear it Unto which the said Susanna replied unto the said Mary Trembles I did not think that thou wouldest have been such a Rogue to discover it And further saith That the said Susanna Edwards did say and confess that the Devil did oftentimes carry about her Spirit And further saith That she did hear the said Susanna to say and further confess that she did prick and torment one Dorcas Coleman the Wife of John Coleman of Biddiford aforesaid Marriner And further saith That she did hear the said Susanna Edwards to confess that she was suckt in her Breast several times by the Devil in the shape of a Boy lying by her in her Bed and that it was very cold unto her And further saith that after she was suckt by him the said Boy or Devil

Devil would have killed the said Grace Barnes if that she the said Examinant had not spilt some of the Meat she was then carrying unto the said Bakehouse Thomas Gist Mayor John Davie Alderman The Examination of Susanna Edwards of Biddiford aforesaid in the County aforesaid Widow taken the 10th day of July Anno Dom. 1682. Devon ss Biddiford ss THe said Examinant being brought before us and accused for practising of Witchcraft upon the Body of Grace Barnes the Wife of John Barnes of Biddiford aforesaid Yeoman was demanded by us how long since she had Discourse or Familiarity with the Devil saith That about two years ago she did meet with a Gentleman in a Field called the Parsonage Close in the Town of Biddiford And saith that his Apparel was all of black Upon which she did hope to have a pice of Money of him Whereupon the Gentleman drawing near unto this Examinant she did make a Curchy or Courtesie unto him as she did use so to do to Gentlemen Being demanded what and who the Gentleman she spake of was the said Examinant answered and said that it was the Devil And confessed that the Devil did ask of her whether she was a Poor woman unto whom she answered that she was a Poor woman and that thereupon the Devil in the shape of the Gentleman did say unto her that if this Examinant would grant him one request that she should neither want for Meat Drink nor Clothes Whereupon this Examinant did say unto the said Gentleman or rather the Devil In the Name of God what is it that I shall have Upon which the said Gentleman vanished clear away from her And further confesseth That afterwards there was something in the shape of a little Boy which she thinks to be the Devil came into her house and did lie with her and that he did suck her at her breast And confesseth that she did afterwards meet him in a place call'd Stambridge-lane in this Parish of Biddiford leading towards Abbottisham which is the next Parish on the west of Biddiford aforesaid where he did suck bloud out of her breast And further confesseth That on Sunday which was the 16th day of July instant she this Examinant together with Mary Trembles of Biddiford aforesaid Single woman did go unto the house of John Barnes of Biddiford aforesaid Yeoman and that no body did see them and that they were in the same room where Grace the Wife of the said John Barnes was and that there they did prick and pinch the said Grace Barnes with their fingers put her to great pain and torment insomuch that the said Grace Barnes was almost dead And confesseth that this present day she this Examinant did prick and torment the said Grace Barnes again intimating with her Fingers how she did it And also confesseth that the Devil did intice her to make an end of her the said Grace Barnes and that he told her that he would come again to her once more before she should go out of Town And confesseth that she can go unto any place invisible and yet her Body shall be lying in her Bed And further confesseth that the Devil hath appeared unto her in the shape of a Lyon as she supposed Being demanded whether she had done any bodily hurt unto any other person besides the said Grace Barnes saith and confesseth that she did prick and torment one Dorcas Coleman the Wife of John Coleman of Biddiford aforesaid Marriner And saith that she gave her self to the Devil when she did meet with him in Stambridge-Lane as aforesaid And saith that the said Mary Trembles was a Servant unto her this Examinant in like manner as she this Examinant was a Servant unto the Devil whom she called by the Appellation of a Gentleman as aforesaid Thomas Gist Mayor John Davie Alderman Examined with the Original whereof this is a true Copy John Hill Town-Clerk The Substance of the Last words and Confessions of Susanna Edwards Temperance Lloyd and Mary Trembles at the time and place of their Execution as fully as could be taken in a Case liable to so much noise and confusion as is usual on such Occasions Mr. H. MAry Trembles What have you to say as to the Crime you are now to die for Mary I have spoke as much as I can speak already and can speak no more H. In what shape did the Devil come to you Mary The Devil came to me once I think like a Lyon H. Did he offer any violence to you Mary No not at all but did frighten me and did nothing to me And I cried to God and asked what he would have and he vanished H. Did he give thee any Gift or didst thou make him any Promise Mary No. H. Had he any of thy bloud Mary No. H. Did he come to make use of thy Body in a carnal manner Mary Never in my life H. Have you a Teat in your Privy-parts Mary None The Grand Inquest said it was sworn to them H. Mary Trembles Was not the Devil there with Susan when I was once in the Prison with you and under her Coats the other told me that he was there but is now fled and that the Devil was in the way when I was going to Taunton with my Son who is a Minister Thou speakest now as a dying Woman and as the Psalmist says I will confess my iniquities and acknowledge all my sin We find that Mary Magdalen had seven Devils and she came to Christ and obtained Mercy And if thou break thy League with the Devil and make a Covenant with God thou mayst also obtain Mercy If thou hast any thing to speak speak thy mind Mary I have spoke the very truth and can speak no more Mr. H. I would desire they may come by me and Confess as I have done H. Temperance Lloyd Have you made any Contract with the Devil Temp. No. H. Did he ever take any of thy bloud Temp. No. H. How did he appear to thee first or where in the street in what shape Temp. In a woful shape H. Had he ever any carnal knowledge of thee Temp. No never H. What did he do when he came to thee Temp. He caused me to go and do harm H. And did you go Temp. I did hurt a Woman sore against my Conscience he carried me up to her door which was open The Womans name was Mrs. Grace Thomas H. What caused you to do her harm what malice had you against her did she do you any harm Temp. No she never did me any harm but the Devil beat me about the Head grievously because I would not kill her but I did bruise her after this fashion laying her two Hands to her Sides H. Did you bruise her till the bloud came out of her Mouth and Nose Temp. No. H. How many did you destroy and hurt Temp. None but she H. Did you know any Marriners that you or your Associates destroyed by overturning of Ships and

had the carnal knowledge of her Body Four several times And this Informant further saith That her Husband Anthony Jones observing her the said Susanna to gripe and twinkle her Hands upon her own Body said unto her Thou Devil thou art now tormenting some person or other Whereupon the said Susanna was displeased with him and said Well enough I will sit thee And at that present time the said Grace Barnes was in great pain with prickings and stabbings unto her Heart as she did afterwards affirm This Informant further saith That one of the Constables and her said Husband with some others were sent by Mr. Mayor to bring the said Grace Barnes unto the Town-hall of Biddiford aforesaid which they did accordingly do and immediately assoon as he with others had led and with much ado brought the said Grace Barnes into the Town-hall she the said Susanna Edwards turned about and looked upon her said Husband and forthwith this Informants said Husband was taken in a very said condition as he was leading and supporting the said Grace Barnes up the Stairs of the said Town-hall before the Mayor and Justices insomuch that he cried out Wife I am now bewitched by this Devil meaning Susanna Edwards and forthwith leapt and capered like a Madman and fell a shaking quivering and foaming and lay for the space of half an hour like a dying or dead man And at length coming to his Senses again her said Husband did declare unto this Informant that the said Susanna Edwards had bewitched him And this Informant further saith that she did never know her said Husband Anthony Jones to be taken in any Fits or Convulsions but a person of a sound and healthy Body ever since he had been this Informants Husband Thomas Gist Mayor John Davie Alderman The Information of Anthony Jones of Biddiford in the County aforesaid Husbandman 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 19th day of July Anno Dom. 1682. Devon ss Biddiford ss THe said Informant upon his Oath saith that yesterday whilst the said Susanna Edwards was in the Town hall of Biddiford concerning the said Grace Barnes he did observe the said Susanna to gripe and twinkle her Hands upon her own Body in an unusual manner whereupon this Informant did say unto her Thou Devil thou art now tormenting some person or other Whereupon the said Susanna was displeased with this Informant and said Well enough I will fit thee And at that present time the said Grace Barnes was in great pains with prickings and stabbings unto her Heart as the said Grace did afterwards affirm This Informant further saith That one of the Constables he with some others being sent by the order of Mr. Mayor to bring the said Grace unto the Town-hall of Biddiford aforesaid immediately assoon as they had brought the said Grace unto the Town-hall she the said Susanna turned about and looked upon this Informant and forthwith with this Informant was taken in a very said condition as he was coming up the Stairs of the said Town-hall before the Mayor and Justices insomuch that he cried out Wife I am now bewitched by this Devil Susanna Edwards Thomas Gist Mayor John Davie Alderman The Examination of Mary Trembles of Biddiford in the County aforesaid Single woman taken 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. the 18 day of July Anno Dom. 1682. Devon ss Biddiford ss THe said Examinant being brought before us and accused for practising of Witchcraft upon the Body of Grace Barnes the Wife of John Barnes of Biddiford aforesaid Yeoman was demanded by us how long she had practised Witchcraft said and confessed That about three years last past one Susanna Edwards of Biddiford aforesaid Widow did inform her that if she would do as she the said Susanna did that this Examinant should do very well Whereupon this Examinant did yield unto the said Susanna Edwards and said that she would do as the said Susanna did And this Examinant further confesseth that the said Susanna Edwards did promise that she this Examinant should neither want for Money Meat Drink nor Clothes And further confesseth That after that she had made this Bargain with the said Susanna Edwards that the Devil in the shape of a Lyon as she conceived did come to this Examinant and lay with her and had carnal knowledge of her Body And that after the Devil had had knowledge of her Body that he did suck her in her Secret parts and that his sucking was so hard which caused her to cry out for the pain thereof And further confesseth That on Tuesday in Easter-week which was the 18th day of May last past she this Examinant did go about the Town of Biddiford to beg some Bread and in her walk she did meet with the said Susanna Edwards who asked of this Examinant where she had been Unto whom this Examinant answered That she had been about the Town and had begged some Meat but could get none Whereupon this Examinant together with the said Susanna Edwards did go to the said John Barnes's house in hope that there they should have some Meat But the said John Barnes not being within his house they could get no Meat or Bread being denied by the said Grace Barnes and her Servant who would not give them any Meat Whereupon the said Susanna Edwards and this Informant went away from the said John Barnes his house And afterwards on the same day the said Susanna Edwards did bid this Examinant to go to the said John Barnes his house again for a Farthings worth of Tobacco Whereupon this said Examinant did go but could not have any whereof this Examinant did acquaint the said Susanna Edwards who then said that it should be better for her the said Grace if that she had let this said Examinant to have had some Tobacco And further confesseth That on the 16 day of this instant month of July she this Examinant with the said Susanna did go to the said John Barnes his house in Biddiford aforesaid and went at the Fore-door invisibly into the Room where they did pinch and prick the said Grace Barnes almost unto death and that she saw the said John Barnes in bed with his Wife on the inner-side of the Bed The said Examinant being further demanded how many times the Devil had had the carnal knowledge of her Body besides the time above-mentioned She saith and confesseth That the Devil hath had the carnal knowledge of her Body three other times and that the last of the said three times was upon the said 16th day of July as she was going towards the common Bakehouse And that at that time she with the help of the