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ID Short Description Date City Parish Current County Old county Nation
1512

A poor and base woman and suspected witch (Anonymous 229) is sent to prison in Wisbech for allegedly being "the first mover of the mutiny" according to a complaint made to the Earl of Bedford. The woman (Anonymous 229) and the other accused (Anonymous 230) are said to be so miserably poor and base that they cannot appear before Lords.(150)

Appears in:
Great Britain. Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts, . Calendar of State Papers, Domestic Series, Reign of Charles 1: 1637. H. M. Stationery Office: 1868, 150

1637, May 25 Wisbech    Cambridgeshire  Cambridgeshire  England 
1513

Anonymous 229 allegedly puts a curse on messengers (Anonymous 231) who passed by her house in a boat.()

Appears in:
Great Britain. Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts, . Calendar of State Papers, Domestic Series, Reign of Charles 1: 1637. H. M. Stationery Office: 1868,

1637, May Wisbech    Cambridgeshire  Cambridgeshire  England 
1514

A waterman (Anonymous 232) is "stricken with such a lamentable crick in his back that he was constrained to get help" soon after the messengers (Anonymous 231) are allegedly cursed by Anonymous 229.(150)

Appears in:
Great Britain. Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts, . Calendar of State Papers, Domestic Series, Reign of Charles 1: 1637. H. M. Stationery Office: 1868, 150

1637, May 25 Wisbech    Cambridgeshire  Cambridgeshire  England