hire. "Sara B. de C." examined. West, _Symboleography_,
pt. II (London, 1594), ed. of 1611, fol.
134 verso (reprinted in _County Folk-Lore_, Folk-Lore
Soc., 135). Whether the "S. B. de C. in comit.
H." whose indictment in the same year is printed
also by West may possibly be the same woman can
not be determined.
1592. Yorkshire. Margaret L. de A. examined. _Ibid._
1593. Warboys, Huntingdonshire. Mother, daughter and
father Samuel executed. _The most strange and
admirable discoverie of the three Witches of Warboys._
1593. See also John Darrel, _A Detection of
that sinnful ... discours of Samuel Harshnet_, 20-21,
39-40, 110. Harsnett, _Discovery of the Fraudulent
Practises of John Darrel_, 93, 97.
1594. Jane Shelley examined for using sorcerers to find the
time of the queen's death. _Hist. MSS. Comm., Cecil._, pt. V, 25.
1595. St. Peter's Kent. Two women presented by the church
authorities. Still suspected in 1599. _Archaeol. Cant._, XXVI, 46.
1595. Woodbridge, Suffolk. Witches put in the pillory.
_County Folk-Lore, Suffolk_ (Folk-Lore Soc., London, 1895), 193.
1595. Jane Mortimer pardoned for witchcraft. Bodleian,
Tanner MSS., CLXVIII, fol. 29.
1595. Near Bristol, Somerset. Severall committed for the
Earl of Derby's death. _Hist. MSS. Comm. Reports_,
IV, app., 366 b. See also E. Baines's _Lancaster_
(London, 1870), 273-274 and note.
1595. Barnet and Braynford, Herts. Three witches executed.
From title of pamphlet mentioned by Lowndes,
_The Arraignment and Execution of 3 detestable
Witches, John Newell, Joane his wife, and Hellen
Calles: two executed at Barnett and one at Braynford_,
1 Dec. 1595.
1596 (or before). Derbyshire. Elizabeth Wright (mother
of Alice Gooderidge) several times summoned before
the justice of the peace on suspicion. _The
most wonderfull and true Storie of ... Alse Gooderidge_
(1597).
1596. Burton-upon-Trent, Derbyshire. Alice Gooderidge tried
at Derby, convicted. Died in prison. Harsnett, _Discovery
of the fraudulent Practises of John Darrel;
John Darrel, Detection of that sinnful ... discours
of Samuel Harshnet_, 38, 40; _The most wonderfull
and true Storie of ... Alse G
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