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ID Short Description Date City Parish Current County Old county Nation
1571

Joan Cocke is indicted for allegedly bewitching Agnes Cryspe. Cryspe was a one-year-old infant who allegedly was lame, enfeebled and maimed so that the jurors said her life "was despaired of." (http://seax.essexcc.gov.uk/result_details.asp?intOffSet=0&intThisRecordsOffSet=14)

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1567 Brentwood    Essex  Essex  England 
1590

Joan Cocke indicted at the assizes in Brentwood for initially laying her hands on Richard Sherman's knees while in his house and then clapping her hands on his knees, allegedly causing him to become lame. (473)

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1557 Brentwood    Essex  Essex  England 
1591

Joan Cocke's daughter (Anonymous 243) is suspected of being a witch because Noble's wife claims to be unable to properly churn her butter.()

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1557 Brentwood    Essex  Essex  England 
1592

Joan Cocke's daughter (Anonymous 243) is suspected of using "witcherie" on Belfild's wife's cows causing one to die and two "miche neate" (dairy cows) to give milk of "all colours."()

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1557 Brentwood    Essex  Essex  England