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918

A twelve year old girl who is allegedly bewitched. She accuses four women of bewitching her.()

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Elizabeth Jennings Elizabeth Jennings Victim
918

A twelve year old girl who is allegedly bewitched. She accuses four women of bewitching her.()

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Elizabeth Jennings Elizabeth Jennings Accuser
919

A woman whose daughter is allegedly bewitched. She quarrels with her neighbour and that is thought to have potentially caused her daughter's fits.()

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Jennings Lady Jennings Accuser
920

A woman (potentially Margaret Russell) from Thistleworth (now the London Borough of Islington) who unexpectedly arrives at her door and begs Elizabeth Jennings for a pin. This moment is seen as the genesis of Jennings' physical and spiritual malaise, and the woman comes to be read as having bewitched Jennings.()

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Anonymous 139 Witch
921

A woman who is accused of bewitching Elizabeth Jennings.()

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Katherine Stubbs Katherine Stubbs Witch
922

A London physician who brought Elizabeth Jennings to London in 1622 to administer treatment for her fits and convulsions. Dr. Fox in one of at least two physicians who treated Jennings. ()

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Fox Dr. Fox Physician
923

A man (Anonymous 140) from London described as a physician who administered treatment to Elizabeth Jennings for her fits and convulsions, the "medicines rather producing contrary effects." Anonymous 140 is one of at least two physicians who treated Jennings. ()

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Anonymous 140 Physician
924

A woman who lived in London. In an attempt to save Elizabeth Jennings, Margaret Russell appears to attempt to access a network of female physicians and cunning women, but would come to be accused of, examined for, and imprisoned for bewitching Jennings. She is accused blaming Jennings' possession on a conflict between the Jennings' and Higgins' houses. ()

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Margaret Russell Margaret Russell (Countess) Witch
924

A woman who lived in London. In an attempt to save Elizabeth Jennings, Margaret Russell appears to attempt to access a network of female physicians and cunning women, but would come to be accused of, examined for, and imprisoned for bewitching Jennings. She is accused blaming Jennings' possession on a conflict between the Jennings' and Higgins' houses. ()

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Margaret Russell Margaret Russell (Countess) Cunning-folk
925

A woman in London, wife of Henry Goodcole, and appears to have been a "female physician" in her own right. She claimed under oath to have visited Lady Jennings' daughter, in the company of Lady Fowler, leaving medicine for Elizabeth, but her advise and treatment appear to have been unheeded. ()

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Anne Goodcole Anne Goodcole Witness
925

A woman in London, wife of Henry Goodcole, and appears to have been a "female physician" in her own right. She claimed under oath to have visited Lady Jennings' daughter, in the company of Lady Fowler, leaving medicine for Elizabeth, but her advise and treatment appear to have been unheeded. ()

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Anne Goodcole Anne Goodcole Physician
927

A woman who lived on the Strand, a street the City of Westminster, London, who witnessed Elizabeth Jennings' bewitchment and witnessed her accusation of Jane Flower, Katharine Stubbs, Margaret Russell (Countess), and Nan Wood.()

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Elizabeth Arpe Elizabeth Arpe Witness
930

A witness to Elizabeth Jennings miraculous (and temporary) recovery, and examiner of Margaret Russell, the woman accused of bewitching her.()

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Thomas Fowler Thomas Fowler Examiner/Justice
930

A witness to Elizabeth Jennings miraculous (and temporary) recovery, and examiner of Margaret Russell, the woman accused of bewitching her.()

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Thomas Fowler Thomas Fowler Witness
931

A surgeon who witnesses the Elizabeth Jennings's miraculous (and temporary) recovery. ()

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William Giddings William Giddings Surgeon
931

A surgeon who witnesses the Elizabeth Jennings's miraculous (and temporary) recovery. ()

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William Giddings William Giddings Witness
932

A witness to the Elizabeth Jennings's miraculous (and temporary) recovery.()

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William Power William Power Witness
933

A witness to the Elizabeth Jennings's miraculous (and temporary) recovery.()

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Katharine Percy Katharine Percy Witness
934

A witness to the Elizabeth Jennings's miraculous (and temporary) recovery.()

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Katharine Browne Katharine Browne Witness
935

A witness to the Elizabeth Jennings's miraculous (and temporary) recovery.()

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Agnes Faulkner Agnes Faulkner Witness
1057

One of four women who Elizabeth Jennings, while in a fit, accuses of bewitching her.()

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Jane Flower Jane Flower Witch
1102

An Apothecary in London who, via Margaret Russell, is implicated in the bewitchment of Elizabeth Jennings.()

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Higgins Mr. Higgins Apothecary
1102

An Apothecary in London who, via Margaret Russell, is implicated in the bewitchment of Elizabeth Jennings.()

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Higgins Mr. Higgins Co-conspirator
1105

A woman who instructs Margaret Russell, who has come looking for help curing the suffering Elizabeth Jennings, to ask Mrs. Goodcole for the name of a "female physician," rather than a "witch" or a "cunning woman."()

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Dromondby Mrs. Dromondby Un-witcher
1105

A woman who instructs Margaret Russell, who has come looking for help curing the suffering Elizabeth Jennings, to ask Mrs. Goodcole for the name of a "female physician," rather than a "witch" or a "cunning woman."()

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Dromondby Mrs. Dromondby Witness
1109

A woman from Gunpowder Alley in the City of London, who is allegedly bewitched. She acts as a kind of consulted on treatments for the "forespoken." Her expertise is grounded on her personal experience and the contents of her "book." She suggests that only a "seminary priest," a catholic, could cure Elizabeth Jennings. ()

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Saxey Mrs. Saxey Demoniac
1110

A woman (one of four) who is accused of bewitching Elizabeth Jennings and implicated in the bewitchment of her siblings.()

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Nan Wood Nan Wood Witch
1114

A man who examines Margaret Russell on charges of having bewitched Elizabeth Jennings.()

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William Slingsby Sir William Slingsby Examiner/Justice