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.
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 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...
