c. I. Norwich. Witches probably accused for illness
of a child. Possibly Mother Francis was one of
them. Cooper, _ibid._, "Epistle Dedicatorie."
1626. Taunton, Somerset. Edmund Bull and Joan Greedie
accused. Brit. Mus., Add. MSS., 36,674, fol. 189;
Wright, _Narratives of Sorcery and Magic_, II, 139-143.
See also Richard Bernard, _Guide to Grand
Jurymen_, "Epistle Dedicatorie."
1627. Durham. Sara Hathericke and Jane Urwen accused
before the Consistory Court. _Folk-Lore Journal_
(London, 1887), V, 158. Quoted by Edward Peacock
from the records of the Consistory Court of Durham.
1627. Linneston, Lancaster. Elizabeth Londesdale accused.
Certificate of neighbors in her favor. _Hist. MSS.
Comm. Reports_, XIV, pt. 4 (_Kenyon MSS._), 36.
1628. Leepish, Northumberland. Jane Robson committed.
Mackenzie, _History of Northumberland_ (Newcastle,
1825), 36. Mackenzie copies from the Mickleton MS.
1630. Lancaster. A certain Utley said to have been hanged
for bewitching Richard Assheton. E. Baines, _Lancaster_
(ed. of 1868-1870), II, 12.
1630. Sandwich, Kent. Woman hanged. Wm. Boys, _Collections
for an History of Sandwich in Kent_ (Canterbury,
1792), 707.
c. 1630. Wilts. "John Barlowes wife" said to have been executed.
MS. letter of 1685-86 printed in the _Gentleman's
Magazine_, 1832, pt. I, 405-410.
1633. Louth, Lincolnshire. Witch alarm; two searchers appointed.
One witch indicted. Goulding, _Louth
Old Corporation Records_, 54.
c. 1633. Lancaster. The father and mother of Mary Spencer
condemned. _Cal. S. P., Dom., 1634-1635_, 79.
1633. Norfolk. Woman accused. No arrest made. _Hist.
MSS. Comm. Reports_, X, pt. 2 (_Gawdy MSS._), p. 144.
1633-34. Lancaster. Several witches, probably seventeen,
tried and condemned. Reprieved by the king. For
the many references to this affair see above, chap.
VII, footnotes.
1634. Yorkshire. Four women of West Ayton presented for
telling "per veneficationem vel incantationem"
where certain stolen clothes were to be found.
Thirsk Quarter Sessions Records in _North Riding
Record Society_, IV, 20.
1635. Lancaster. Four witches condemned. Privy Council
orders Bishop Bridgeman to examine th
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