by Liz Baalham | Feb 6, 2026 | Bury Assizes, Learning Library
The first recorded account of a witch trial at Bury St Edmunds was in 1599 when Jone Jordan of Shadbrook (Stradbroke) and Joane Nayler were tried, but there is no record of the charges or verdicts. This trial links to the case of Oliffe Bartham of Stradbrook who was...
by Liz Baalham | Feb 1, 2026 | Babergh, Hitcham
Anne Cricke of Hitcham confessed to sending a familiar to bewitch a pig belonging to a farmer who had denied her eggs.
by Liz Baalham | Feb 1, 2026 | Babergh, Hitcham
Alice Wright of Hitcham admitted to having imps that nipped and sucked at her. “ALICE WRIGHT of Hitcham in Suffolk, confessed that she had four Imps above three score years; two like little Boys; one like a Lamb, and the fourth like a grey Buzzard” A confirmation and...
by Liz Baalham | Feb 1, 2026 | Babergh, Tattingstone
Ann Marsh was accused by one of her unnamed watchers of gaining revenge by causing the mysterious death of one of her children.
by Liz Baalham | Feb 1, 2026 | Babergh, Shotley
Margaret Mixter, a widow, of Shotley was accused of various feats of witchcraft.
