Anne Thurston | A woman from Great Holland in the county of Essex, the wife of Edward Thurston, a husbandman, Anne Thurston is accused of having two familiar spirits, "one in the from of a bird, the other of a mouse." She is committed for bewitching Aldurton's cow, and found not guilty. She was also committed for the crime of raising spirits, and found guilty, but reprieved and sentenced to remain to gaol until the next Gaol Delivery. Thurston appears to still be in the Colcheter gaol in August 11, 1647, where she is kept until she can be "thence lawfully delivered."(http://seax.essexcc.gov.uk/result_details.asp?intOffSet=0&intThisRecordsOffSet=0) | Assizes held at Chelmsford 17 July 1645
Indictment of Anne, wife of Edward Therston of Great Holland huebandman, 1 May 20 Chas.I, there "did enterteine, employ and feede" two evil spirits, one in the from of a bird, the other of a mouse, &c. Witnesses: Samuel Wray, John Alderton. () |