by Liz Baalham | Dec 31, 2025 | Bramford, Victim Stories
Anne Cricke (also of Hitcham) confessed to sending a familiar to bewitch a pig belonging to a farmer who had denied her eggs.
by Liz Baalham | Dec 31, 2025 | Bramford, Victim Stories
Alice Wright (of Hitcham) admitted to having imps that nipped and sucked at her.
by Liz Baalham | Dec 31, 2025 | Learning Library, Witchcraft in History
Eye 1441 One of the earliest tales is of Margery Jourdemaine, The Witch of Eye, who was tried in 1441 with Thomas Southwell and Roger Bolingbroke, accused of using sorcery to know the date of the death of Henry VI. (He was just 20 at the time and lived for another 30...
by Liz Baalham | Dec 31, 2025 | Learning Library, Politics
Between 1500 and 1700, England underwent enormous social and religious changes. These transformations affected every part of life, from crime and justice to how people saw the world around them. As society shifted, so did the nature of crime. There was an increase in...
by Liz Baalham | Dec 30, 2025 | Mid Suffolk, Victim Stories
Margary Sparham confessed to using her imps to protect her husband, a soldier, and that she was also encouraged by the Devil to kill Mrs Jacob, who did die, ‘but not so soone as she expected’. On the testimony of Jacob Neech, she was described as ‘a lewd woman’ who...
