The alleged dispossession of the fourteen year old girl, Mary Glover begins with fasting and prayer as prompted by Mary Glover herself, on Tuesday, December 14, 1602, at her father's house on Thames Street in London. Mary Glover suffers from an affliction she believes is caused by the woman, Elizabeth Jackson. The fasting and prayer begin at eight in the morning, and continue through until seven at night. The preacher Mr. Skelton led the prayers, "which consisteth of a commaundement cast downe, and of a promise, to exalte." These events are witnessed and embellished by Mr. Glover and Mrs. Glover (the parents of the child), John Swan who is a student of divinity, and several other preachers leading to a total of six: Mr. Barber, Mr. Evans, Mr. Lewis Hughes, and Mr. Bridger.(4-5)