lizabeth
Francis probably acquitted. _The examination and
confession of certaine Wytches at Chensforde._ For
the cases of Elizabeth Francis and Alice Chandler
see also _A detection of damnable driftes,_ A iv, A
v, verso.

---- Essex. "Boram's wief" probably examined by the
archdeacon. W. H. Hale, _A Series of Precedents
and Proceedings in Criminal Causes, 1475-1640,
extracted from the Act Books of Ecclesiastical
Courts in the Diocese of London_ (London, 1847),
147.

1569. Lyme, Dorset. Ellen Walker accused. Roberts, _Southern
Counties_, 523.

1570. Essex. Malter's wife of Theydon Mount and Anne
Vicars of Navestock examined by Sir Thomas Smith.
John Strype, _Life of Sir Thomas Smith_ (ed. of Oxford,
1820), 97-100.

1570-1571. Canterbury. Several witches imprisoned. Mother
Dungeon presented by the grand jury. _Hist. MSS.
Comm. Reports_, IX, pt. 1, 156 b; Wm. Welfitt,
"Civis," _Minutes collected from the Ancient Records
of Canterbury_ (Canterbury, 1801-1802), no. VI.

---- ---- Folkestone, Kent. Margaret Browne, accused of
"unlawful practices," banished from town for seven
years, and to be whipped at the cart's tail if found
within six or seven miles of town. S. J. Mackie,
_Descriptive and Historical Account of Folkestone_
(Folkestone, 1883), 319.

1574. Westwell, Kent. "Old Alice" [Norrington?] arraigned
and convicted. Reginald Scot, _Discoverie of Witchcraft_,
130-131.

---- Middlesex. Joan Ellyse of Westminster convicted on
several indictments for witchcraft and sentenced to
be hanged. _Middlesex County Records_, I, 84.

c. 1574. Jane Thorneton accused by Rachel Pinder, who
however confessed to fraud. _Discloysing of a late
counterfeyted possession._

1575. Burntwood, Staffordshire. Mother Arnold hanged at
Barking. From the title of a pamphlet mentioned
by Lowndes: _The Examination and Confession of a
notorious Witch named Mother Arnold, alias Whitecote,
alias Glastonbury, at the Assise of Burntwood
in July, 1574; who was hanged for Witchcraft at
Barking, 1575._ Mrs. Linton, Witch Stories, 153,
says that many were hanged at this time, but I cannot
find authority for