by Liz Baalham | Feb 1, 2026 | Shelley
Stearne travelled to Shelley with Priscilla Briggs – one of the ‘Witch prickers’ who had accompanied Matthew Hopkins in Manningtree. The widow Thomasine Ratliff (or Ratcliffe) confessed to Abigail Briggs that she slept with the Devil in the shape of her recently...
