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List of all Event assertions around a specific city

ID Short Description Date City Parish Current County Old county Nation
2993

Elizabeth Brooke, of Great Leighs, Essex, allegedly bewitches Margaret Cleveland, the wife of John Cleveland, to death.()

Appears in:
Essex Record Office, . Calendar of Essex Assize Records. Online. http://seax.essexcc.gov.uk: 2011,

1583, June 20 Great Leighs    Essex  Essex  England 
2995

Elizabeth Brooke, of Great Leighs, Essex, confesses to bewitching livestock belonging to several different men. She allegedly bewitched "six cows and six horses and mares worth [...] belonging to James Holmested; "a cow, five heifers and four 'hoges'" belonging to Anonymous 491; "two cows and two mares [...] belonging to Thomas Cornyshe; and "'sowes' worth 40s" belonging to George Fy, whose animals died. ()

Appears in:
Essex Record Office, . Calendar of Essex Assize Records. Online. http://seax.essexcc.gov.uk: 2011,

1583, October 20 Great Leighs    Essex  Essex  England