ID | Short Description | Date | City | Parish | Current County | Old county | Nation |
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1352 | Jennet and George Benton are tried for witchcraft before Jo. Warde.(74)
Appears in:
Raine, James. Depositions from the Castle of York. Unknown: 1861, 74
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1656, June 7 | York | York | Yorkshire | Yorkshire | England |
1353 | Richard Jackson testifies that shortly after throwing stones at Jennet and George Benton for trespassing on his property, his wife, his son, and he himself, started suffering from various fits. His wife lost her hearing; his child started having fits in the night; Jackson started having pains throughout his body.(74)
Appears in:
Raine, James. Depositions from the Castle of York. Unknown: 1861, 74
|
1656, June 7 | Wakefield | Yorkshire | Yorkshire | England | |
1354 | Richard Jackson claims he heard strange noises like music, groans, and the ringing of small bells when his fits commenced, noises his wife also hears and which cause dogs to howl.(74-75)
Appears in:
Raine, James. Depositions from the Castle of York. Unknown: 1861, 74-75
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1656, June 7 | Wakefield | Yorkshire | Yorkshire | England | |
1355 | Richard Jackson claims that strange things have been happening around his barn. The pigs have broken through the doors, apparitions that look like cats and/or dogs have been seen around the house, and boxes as well as trunks have started disappearing.(75)
Appears in:
Raine, James. Depositions from the Castle of York. Unknown: 1861, 75
|
1656, June 7 | Wakefield | Yorkshire | Yorkshire | England | |
1356 | George and Jennet Benton are accused by Richard Jackson of causing the death of eighteen of his horses by witchcraft. (75)
Appears in:
Raine, James. Depositions from the Castle of York. Unknown: 1861, 75
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1656, June 7 | Wakefield | Yorkshire | Yorkshire | England | |
1357 | George and Jennet Benton deny all accusations made against them.(75)
Appears in:
Raine, James. Depositions from the Castle of York. Unknown: 1861, 75
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1656, June 7 | York | York | Yorkshire | Yorkshire | England |