cham, Ruceulver of Powstead, Greenliefe of
Barton, Bush of Barton, Cricke of Hitcham, Richmond
of Bramford, Hammer of Needham, Boreham
of Sudbury, Scarfe of Rattlesden, King of
Acton, Bysack of Waldingfield, Binkes of Haverhill.
In addition to these Stearne speaks of Elizabeth
Hubbard of Stowmarket. Two others from
Stowmarket were tried, "Goody Mils" and "Goody
Low." Hollingsworth, _History of Stowmarket_
(Ipswich, 1844), 171.
1645. Melford, Suffolk. Alexander Sussums made confession.
Stearne, 36.
1645. Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. At least nine women indicted,
five of whom were condemned. Three women
acquitted and one man. Many others presented. C.
J. Palmer, _History of Great Yarmouth_, I, 273-274.
_Hist. MSS. Comm. Reports_, IX, App., pt. I, 320 a;
Henry Harrod in _Norfolk Archaeol._, IV, 249-251.
1645. Cornwall. Anne Jeffries confined in Bodmin gaol and
starved by order of a justice of the peace. She
was said to be intimate with the "airy people" and
to cause marvellous cures. We do not know the
charge against her. Finally discharged. William
Turner, _Remarkable Providences_ (London, 1697),
ch. 82.
1645. Ipswich, Suffolk. Mother Lakeland burnt. _The Lawes
against Witches_ (1645).
1645. King's Lynn, Norfolk. Dorothy Lee and Grace Wright
hanged. Mackerell, _History and Antiquities of
King's Lynn_, 236.
1645. Aldeburgh, Norfolk. Seven witches hanged. Quotations
from the chamberlain's accounts in N. F.
Hele, _Notes or Jottings about Aldeburgh_, 43-44.
1645. Faversham, Kent. Three women hanged, a fourth tried,
by the local authorities. _The Examination, Confession,
Triall and Execution of Joane Williford, Joan
Cariden and Jane Hott_ (1645).
1645. Rye, Sussex. Martha Bruff and Anne Howsell ordered
by the "mayor of Rye and others" to be put to the
ordeal of water. _Hist. MSS. Comm. Reports_, XIII,
pt. 4, 216.
1645. Middlesex. Several witches of Stepney accused. _Signes
and Wonders from Heaven_, 2-3.
1645-46. Cambridgeshire. Several accused, at least one or
two of whom were executed. Ady, _Candle in the
Dark_, 135; Stearne, 39, 45; H. More, _Antidote
against Atheisme_, 12
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