by Liz Baalham | Jan 26, 2026 | Chattisham, Victim Stories
Mary Bacon and husband Nathaniel. Appeared before a magistrate and Hopkins backed the case against Mary personally (after this another Nathaniel Bacon – possibly their son – fled England for Conneticut). Mary Bacon was sentenced to death.
by Liz Baalham | Jan 26, 2026 | Chattisham, Victim Stories
Hopkins and Stearne parted ways at Gt Wenham and Hopkins headed to Chattisham to pursue Anne Alderman who claimed to have had a finger twisted off by the devil for refusing to forefeit her soul. She also confessed to suckling an imp before unleashing it to kill her...
by Liz Baalham | Dec 31, 2025 | Bacton, Victim Stories
Elizabeth Watcham (recorded as middle-aged)
by Liz Baalham | Dec 31, 2025 | Bacton, Victim Stories
Margaret Bennett (who came from just outside Bacton) was implicated by Henry Prettyman (Lord of the Manor), John Marleton Puritan Rector of St Mary’s, Garnham (Yeoman farmer), Lockwood (also a farmer) and Widow Hoggard (cattle farmer).
by Liz Baalham | Dec 31, 2025 | Rattlesden, Victim Stories
Meribel Bedford was also named among the Rattlesden accused.
