Joane Williford, Joan Caridan and Jane Hott are executed for witchcraft in Feversham on September 29, 1645.(Title Page)

Joan Williford makes a confession before Mayor Robert Greenstreet of Feversham and the assembled jury, on September 24, 1645. (1-2)

Joan Williford alleges during her confession that she had promised her soul to the Devil twenty years before. She gave some of her blood to him, and he used it to write the covenant between them. In exchange, he agreed to be her servant for 20 years; this contract was nearly expired at the time of Willford's trial.(1-2)

Joan Williford alleges during her confession that, seven years before her trial, the Devil came to her in the shape of a small dog and demanded that she forsake God and rely on him instead. She replied that "she was loath to forsake him." Nevertheless, he promised that she would not lack and sometimes brought her money. Williford named this familiar Bunne. (1-2)

Joan Willimot confesses that she desired to be "revenged upon Thomas Letherland and Mary Woodr[a]fe now his wife." She also alleges that her familiar Bunne "carried Thomas Gardler out of a window, who fell into a backside."(1-2)

Joan Williford accuses Jane Hott, Elizabeth Harris and Joan Cariden, alias Argoll, of being her fellow witches during her confession. She alleges that Harris cursed John Woodcott's boat six or seven years before, and that Cariden had cursed both Robert Greenstreet, Mayor of Faversham, and John Mannington. Mannington's curse was that he should not thrive, which Willimot claims came to pass.(1-2)

Joan Williford alleges during her confession that her familiar, Bunne, promised that she would not sink if she were thrown in water, and came to her twice while she was in prison to suck from her in the form of a mouse.(1-2)

Joan Williford pleads guilty to the charges of witchcraft against her. On the day of her execution, Mayor Robert Greenstreet asks her if she thinks she deserves death, to which she says that she does, and adds that she wants "all good people to take warning by her, and not to suffer themselves to be deceived by the Divell, neither for lucre of money, malice, or any thing else, as she had done."(1, 2)

Joan Caridan, alias Argoll, is examined on September 25, 1645. She alleges that, nine months before, she was visited in the night by a "rugged soft thing" that lay on her breast, and that when she thrust it off her, she felt as though God had forsaken her. Caridan claims that this incident left her unable to pray as well as she had before. She thinks the thing was alive.(2-3)

Joan Caridan, alias Argoll, is examined a second time on September 25, 1645 before Mayor Robert Greenstreet. In this examination, she alleges that she was visited by the Devil in the shape of a "blacke rugged Dog" in the night, and this dog crept mumbling into her bed. He returned the next night, and this time demanded she deny God to rely on him instead, while promising her revenge her of anyone she wanted. Caridan agreed to this bargain, promised her soul and permitted this familiar to suck from her. He had sucked from her numerous times thereafter, and the sucking caused her no pain.(3)

Joan Cariden, alias Argoll, is examined a third time before Mayor Robert Greenwood on September 27, 1645. During this examination, Cariden made a confession alleging that Jane Hott told her there had been "a great meeting at Goodwife Panterys house, and that Goodwife Dadson was there, and that Goodwife Gardner should have been there, but did not come, and the Divell sat at the upper end of the Table."(3)

Jane Hott is examined before Mayor Robert Greenwood on September 25, 1645. During this examination, Hott confesses that she has been visited by a thing like a hedgehog once or twice a month for the last 20 years. This thing would sometimes come in the night and suck her in her sleep; the pain would wake her up. She claims that when it lay on her breast, she would strike it off, and the creature would be "as soft as a Cat" under her hand.(4)

Jane Hott, while imprisoned, allegedly speaks to the other accused witches and convinces them to confess their guilt. She, however, maintains her innocence and insists that she would sink if put into water.(4)

Jane Hott allegedly bets 20 shillings that she cannot be swum, but when put into the water she is seen to float on the surface. After, she claims that "the Divell went with her all the way, and told her that she should sinke; but when she was in the Water he sate upon a Crosse-beame and laughed at her."(4)

Elizabeth Harris is examined on September 26, 1645 before Mayor Robert Greenstreet of Feversham. She alleges that the Devil appeared to her in the form of a mouse 19 years before and promised that she should have the revenge she desired. (5-6)

Elizabeth Harris alleges during her examination that she called the Devil her Impe, and when he demanded she forsake God and rely on him instead, she scratched her breast with her fingernails so he could write their covenant with her blood. He sucked from her the first time a fortnight later, and she would say that she "desired that God would revenge her of him" whenever she wanted him to act on her behalf. He had sucked from her every three or four days thereafter.(5-6)

Elizabeth Harris alleges during her examination that she bid her familiar, Anonymous 217, to get her revenge on Goodman Chilman for accusing her of stealing a pig. Soon after, "the man pined away and dyed, and she saw it apparent that her Impe was the cause of that mans death."(5-6)

Elizabeth Harris alleges during her examination that after her son drowned in John Woodcot's boat "High," she desired revenge and had her familiar, Anonymous 217, cause the boat to be cast away.(5-6)

Elizabeth Harris, is asked during her examination how many witches are in town. She claims that Goodwife Dadson, Joan Caridan (alias Argoll), Goodwife Cox and Goodwife Gardner all have bad or ill tongues, and that Goodwife Pantery had numerous meetings with Joan Williford and Jane Hott. Furthermore she claimed that, Joan Williford told her that her familiar Bunne had told her that "though the Boate, (she not knowing what Boat,) went chearfully out, it should not come so chearfully home."(5-6)