1584. "The oulde witche of Ramsbury" and several other "oulde witches and sorcerers" suspected. _Cal. St. P., Dom., 1581-1590_, 220. 1584. York. Woman, indicted for witchcraft and "high treason touching the supremacy," condemned. _Cal. St. P., Dom., Add. 1580-1625_, 120-121. 1584. Middlesex. Elizabeth Bartell of St. Martin's-in-the-Fields acquitted. _Middlesex County Records_, I, 145. 1585. Middlesex. Margaret Hackett of Stanmore executed. From titles of two pamphlets mentioned by Lowndes, _The severall Facts of Witchcrafte approved on Margaret Haskett ..._ 1585, and _An Account of Margaret Hacket, a notorious Witch ..._ 1585. 1585. Middlesex. Joan Barringer of "Harroweelde" (Harrow Weald) acquitted. _Middlesex County Records_, I, 157. 1585. Dorset. John Meere examined. _Cal. St. P., Dom., 1581-90_, 246-247. 1585-86. Alnwick, Northumberland. Two men and two women committed to prison on suspicion of killing a sheriff. _Denham Tracts_, II, 332; _Cal. S. P., Dom., Add. 1580-1625_, 168. 1586. Eckington, Derbyshire. Margaret Roper accused. Discharged. Harsnett, _Discovery of the Fraudulent Practises of John Darrel_, 310. 1586. Faversham, Kent. Jone Cason [Carson] tried before the mayor, executed. Holinshed, _Chronicles_ (1586-1587), III, 1560. 1587. Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. Helena Gill indicted. C. J. Palmer, _History of Great Yarmouth_, 273. H. Harrod in _Norfolk Archæology_, IV, 248, assigns this to 1597, but it is probably a mistake. c. 1588. A woman at R. H. said to have been imprisoned and to have died before the assizes. Gifford, _Dialogue_ (London, 1603), C. 1589. Chelmsford, Essex. Three women hanged. _The apprehension and confession of three notorious Witches._ 1589. Several persons to be examined about their dealings in conjuration with an Italian friar. _Acts P. C._, n. s., XVII, 31-32. 1589. Mrs. Deir brought into question for sorcery against the queen. Charge dismissed. Strype, _Annals of the Reformation_ (London, 1709-1731), IV, 7-8. 1590. Mrs. Dewse suspected of attempting to make use of conjurors. _Cal. St. P., Dom._, 1581-1590, 644. 1590. John Bourne, a "sorcerer and seducer," arrested. _Acts P. C._, n. s., XVIII, 373. 1590. Berwick. A Scottish witch imprisoned. John Scott, _History of Berwick_ (London, 1888), 180; _Archæologia_, XXX, 172. 1590. Norfolk. Margaret Grame accused before justice of the peace. Neighbors petition in her behalf. _Hist. MSS. Comm. Reports, Various_, II, 243-244. 1590. King's Lynn. Margaret Read burnt. Benjamin Mackerell, _History and Antiquities ... of King's Lynn_, (London, 1738), 231.