Discovery of Witches: The Wonderfull Discoverie of Witches in the Countie of LancasterPotts, Thomas, active 1612-1618
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Discovery of Witches: The Wonderfull Discoverie of Witches in the Countie of Lancaster
Potts, Thomas, active 1612-1618
Preston, Jennet, -1612; Witchcraft -- England -- Lancashire
And this Examinate further saith, That all the said Witches went out
of the said house in their owne shapes and likenesses, and they all,
by that they were forth of the doores, were gotten on horse-backe like
vnto Foales, some of one colour, some of another, and _Prestons_ wife
was the last; and when she got on horse-backe, they all presently
vanished out of this Examinats sight: and before their said parting
away, they all appointed to meete at the said _Prestons_ wifes house
that day twelue-month; at which time the said _Prestons_ wife
promised to make them a great feast; and if they had occasion to meet
in the meane time, then should warning bee giuen that they all should
meete vpon Romles-Moore. And this Examinate further saith, That at the
said feast at Malking-Tower, this Examinat heard them all giue their
consents to put the said Master _Thomas Lister_ of Westby to death:
and after Master _Lister_ should be made away by Witchcraft, then al
the said Witches gaue their consents to ioyne altogether to hancke
Master _Leonard Lister_,[Z_a_] when he should come to dwell at the
Sowgill, and so put him to death.
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_The Examination of_ HENRIE HARGREIVES
_of Goldshey-booth, in the Forrest of
Pendle, in the Countie of Lancaster Yeoman, taken the
fifth day of May_, Anno Reg. Regis IACOBI Angliae,
&c. Decimo, ac Scociae quadragesimo quinto.
Before
ROGER NOWEL, NICHOLAS BANNESTER,
_and_ ROBERT HOLDEN, _Esquires; three of his
Maiesties Iustices of Peace within the said Countie._
This Examinat vpon his oath saith, That _Anne Whittle_, alias
_Chattox_, confessed vnto him, that she knoweth one _Prestons_ wife
neere Gisburne, and that the said _Prestons_ wife should haue beene at
the said feast, vpon the said Good-Friday, and that shee was an ill
woman, and had done Master _Lister_ of Westby great hurt.
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_The Examination of_ ELIZABETH
DEVICE, _mother of_ IAMES DEVICE, _taken before_
ROGER NOWEL _and_ NICHOLAS BANESTER,
_Esquires, the day and yeare aforesaid_, viz.
The said _Elizabeth Deuice_ vpon her Examination confesseth, That
vpon Good-Friday last, there dined at this Examinats house, which she
hath said are Witches, and doth verily thinke them to be Witches; and
their names are those whom _Iames Deuice_ hath formerly spoken of to
be there.
She also confesseth in all things touching the killing of Master
_Lister_ of Westby, as the said _Iames Deuice_ hath before confessed.
And the said _Elizabeth Deuice_ also further saith, That at the said
meeting at Malking-Tower, as aforesaid, the said _Katherine Hewyt_ and
_Iohn Bulcock_, with all the rest then there, gaue their consents,
with the said _Prestons_ wife, for the killing of the said Master
_Lister_. And for the killing of the said Master _Leonard Lister_, she
this Examinate saith in all things, as the said _Iames Deuice_ hath
before confessed in his Examination.
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