Joan Cunny is an eighty year old mother and widow from Stysted in the County of Essex. She is described as having lived "very lewedly," and having likewise produced "two lewde Daughters," Margaret and Avice Cunny who were themselves "no better then naughty packs," and grandmother to their two "Bastard Children: beeing both boyes" ten and twelve years old. Cunny allegedly uses magic to conjure the devil and familiars, in the likeness of black frogs, Jack and Jill (who can kill livestock but not men), and to practicing witchcraft. She confesses to learning magic (and conjurations) from Mother Humfrey of Maplested.(Image 3 - Image 4)

Joan Upeny is a mother of two girls from Dagenham, in the county of Essex. She allegedly has a number of relatively sickly and disobedient familiars -- her first being a mole, given to her by Mother Arnold (alias White-cote), a witch from Barking, and a number of different moles and toads, one of which allegedly killed Alice Foster and one of which allegedly killed Joan Harwood/ Harrolde. The last of two died of starvation when she ran away, having heard John Harrolde and Richard Foster "say she was a witch, and such other woordes." Upney denied being a witch until she reached the gallows, where fearing for her soul, (and likely with a fear of fire and brimstone Mater Ward instilled in her) she finally confessed.(Sig. Aiiiv, B, Biii-Biiii)

Joan Prentice is a woman from Hinningham Sibble, in the county of Essex. She claims that she became a witch circa 1583 when the Devil appeared to her in the shape of a ferret with fiery eyes and demanded her soul saying: "Joan if thou will haue me doo any thing for thee, I am and wilbe alwaies ready at thy commaundement." She accepted and named the familiar Bidd. Prentice confessed to allowing Bidd to suck blood from her cheek, and sending him to spoil "William Adams' wife (of Hinningham Sibble) brew. In the course of her examination, Prentice also accused Elizabeth Whale and Elizabeth Mott or being "acquainted" with Bidd, but does not go so far as suggesting they had killed or harmed anyone with him; the women were brought to the Assize on the weight of this claim, but freed on insufficient proof. Prentice also confessed to sending Bidd to Glascock's house to "nippe one of his Children a little, named Sara, but hurt it not," after being refused alms at the Glascock home (disregarding the fact that it was a servant, not a relation which refused her). Bidd allegedly returned, claiming he had followed her, giving the two year old Sara Glascock a nip which would soon kill her. Prentice and Bidd soon fell out; she called him a villain and he disappeared never to return. Prentice was tried for the malefic murder of Sara Glascock. Prentice was hung in Chelmsford in July 5th, 1589.()

Joan Prentice is a woman from Hinningham Sibble, in the county of Essex. She claims that she became a witch circa 1583 when the Devil appeared to her in the shape of a ferret with fiery eyes and demanded her soul saying: "Joan if thou will haue me doo any thing for thee, I am and wilbe alwaies ready at thy commaundement." She accepted and named the familiar Bidd. Prentice confessed to allowing Bidd to suck blood from her cheek, and sending him to spoil "William Adams' wife (of Hinningham Sibble) brew. In the course of her examination, Prentice also accused Elizabeth Whale and Elizabeth Mott or being "acquainted" with Bidd, but does not go so far as suggesting they had killed or harmed anyone with him; the women were brought to the Assize on the weight of this claim, but freed on insufficient proof. Prentice also confessed to sending Bidd to Glascock's house to "nippe one of his Children a little, named Sara, but hurt it not," after being refused alms at the Glascock home (disregarding the fact that it was a servant, not a relation which refused her). Bidd allegedly returned, claiming he had followed her, giving the two year old Sara Glascock a nip which would soon kill her. Prentice and Bidd soon fell out; she called him a villain and he disappeared never to return. Prentice was tried for the malefic murder of Sara Glascock. Prentice was hung in Chelmsford in July 5th, 1589.()

William Adams is a man whose brew was destroyed after his wife had a falling out with Joan Prentice.(B2)

A man from Dagenham, in the County of Essex, husband of Alice Foster, and an accuser or amateur witch-finder. Foster, along with John Harrolde, identifies Joan Upney as a witch, forcing her to, or giving her time to flee. Upney does run, but she does not make it far, and she later confesses to sending her familiar to pinch Foster's wife soon after.(Sig. Aiiiv, B)

A man from Dagenham, in the County of Essex, husband of Alice Foster, and an accuser or amateur witch-finder. Foster, along with John Harrolde, identifies Joan Upney as a witch, forcing her to, or giving her time to flee. Upney does run, but she does not make it far, and she later confesses to sending her familiar to pinch Foster's wife soon after.(Sig. Aiiiv, B)

A man who allegedly publicly identifies Joan Upney as a witch. Upney confesses to sending her familiar to plague his wife soon after()

A man who allegedly publicly identifies Joan Upney as a witch. Upney confesses to sending her familiar to plague his wife soon after()

A woman from Dagenham in the County of Essex and wife of John Harrolde. Joan is allegedly pinched and sucked by one of Joan Upney's familiar toads. She dies on August 14, 1588. (Sig. Aiiiv, B)

A man whose child was nipped by Joan Prentice's familiar bid, and whose logs were knocked over by John Cunny's familiars, Jack and Jyll(8)

A woman, the wife of John Sparrow (the elder), who was bewitched by Joan Cunny's familiars, Jack and Jyll()

A man whose wife was bewitched by Joan Cunny's familars, Jack and Jyll()

A woman who teaches Joan Cunny the art of witchcraft and how to pray to the Devil by kneeling and making a circle on the ground.()

A woman who teaches Joan Cunny the art of witchcraft and how to pray to the Devil by kneeling and making a circle on the ground.()

A man who is physically hurt by Joan Cunny's imps Jack and Jill(8)

A woman whose brew was destoyed after she had a falling out with Joan Prentice(B2)

A man who owns a field called Cowfenn where Joan Cunny goes to cast a circle associated with witchcraft.(1)

A child, the daughter of John Glascock, who was allegedly killed by Joan Prentice's familiar Bidd, the day after Joan was turned away empty handed from Glascock's door()

A Minister who is successfully able to ward off a physical attack from Joan Cunny's familiars by means of a strong religious faith.(2)

A Minister who is successfully able to ward off a physical attack from Joan Cunny's familiars by means of a strong religious faith.(2)

A Minister who is successfully able to ward off a physical attack from Joan Cunny's familiars by means of a strong religious faith.(2)

A town shoe maker who is successfully able to ward off a physical attack from Joan Cunny's familiars because of his strong religious faith.(2)

A town shoe maker who is successfully able to ward off a physical attack from Joan Cunny's familiars because of his strong religious faith.(2)

A woman from Stisted in the county of Essex, daughter of Joan Cunny, and sister to Avice Cunny, Margaret Cunny is described as a "lewde Daughter," who was "no better then a naughty pack" and mother to a ten or twelve year old bastard son (who turns, as does his cousin, witness against his mother, aunt, and grandmother. who has a falling out with Father Hurrill and curses him. Joan Cunny claims that she may have sent her familiars to her daughter to facilitate this bewitchment. Margaret Cunny is found "guilty of witchcraft and to be remanded in prison for a year and pilloried."(A3, A3V-A4)

A man who Margaret Cunny curses after the two have a falling out.(2-3)

A man who Margaret Cunny curses after the two have a falling out.(2-3)

A woman Joan Cunny is suspected of physically hurting with her familiars.(3)

A man Joan Cunny is suspected of physically hurting with her familiars.(3)

A woman from Stisted (or Braintree) in the county of Essex and the wife of Harry Finch. Mrs. Finch who denies Joan Cunny drink because she is too busy brewing to give her any. Displeased by this, Cunny sends her familiars to seek revenge, causing her pain in the head and side of the body for a week, after which she dies.(3)

A man from Stisted (or Braintree) in the county of Essex whose wife is bewitched by Joan Cunny's familiars Jill after she is refused alms (in the form of a beverage) at their home. (3)

A ten or twelve year old boy from Stisted in the county of Essex, grandson to Joan Cunny and the son of either Margaret or Avice Cunny. The person serves as chief witness against his grandmother. He testifies that while on her way to Braintree Market, Cunny stopped by Harry Finches' house, "to demaund some drink, his wife being busie and a brewing, tolde her she had no leysure to giue her any." Cunny allegedly cursed Mrs. Finch for her poor manners; Mrs. Finch stricken by head and side pain, died within a week (Cunny allegedly confessed to sending her familiar Jill to torment her). He also blamed another boy for stealing a bundle of wood, which he was meant to have collected; an act of theft allegedly punished by laming the boy (who testified against her). The boy finally claimed that, on his grandmother's instructions, took her familiar Jack, to Sir Edward Huddlestone's property, where the familiar summoned a wind which blew his oak tree down, on an otherwise calm day. (3-4)

A ten or twelve year old boy from Stisted in the county of Essex, grandson to Joan Cunny and the son of either Margaret or Avice Cunny. The person serves as chief witness against his grandmother. He testifies that while on her way to Braintree Market, Cunny stopped by Harry Finches' house, "to demaund some drink, his wife being busie and a brewing, tolde her she had no leysure to giue her any." Cunny allegedly cursed Mrs. Finch for her poor manners; Mrs. Finch stricken by head and side pain, died within a week (Cunny allegedly confessed to sending her familiar Jill to torment her). He also blamed another boy for stealing a bundle of wood, which he was meant to have collected; an act of theft allegedly punished by laming the boy (who testified against her). The boy finally claimed that, on his grandmother's instructions, took her familiar Jack, to Sir Edward Huddlestone's property, where the familiar summoned a wind which blew his oak tree down, on an otherwise calm day. (3-4)

A ten or twelve year old boy from Stisted in the county of Essex, grandson to Joan Cunny and the son of either Margaret or Avice Cunny. The person serves as chief witness against his grandmother. He testifies that while on her way to Braintree Market, Cunny stopped by Harry Finches' house, "to demaund some drink, his wife being busie and a brewing, tolde her she had no leysure to giue her any." Cunny allegedly cursed Mrs. Finch for her poor manners; Mrs. Finch stricken by head and side pain, died within a week (Cunny allegedly confessed to sending her familiar Jill to torment her). He also blamed another boy for stealing a bundle of wood, which he was meant to have collected; an act of theft allegedly punished by laming the boy (who testified against her). The boy finally claimed that, on his grandmother's instructions, took her familiar Jack, to Sir Edward Huddlestone's property, where the familiar summoned a wind which blew his oak tree down, on an otherwise calm day. (3-4)

A young boy from Sisted in the county of Essex whose foot is pricked by one of Joan Cunny's familiars after he steals wood from Cunny's grandson.()

A man from Stisted in the county of Essex and the High Sheriff of that Shire. Huddlestone's tree is seemingly ripped out of the land as though it came down in a storm, although there was no wind. This property damage is blamed on the work of Joan Cunny's familiar Jack.(4)

A man from Stisted in the county of Essex and the High Sheriff of that Shire. Huddlestone's tree is seemingly ripped out of the land as though it came down in a storm, although there was no wind. This property damage is blamed on the work of Joan Cunny's familiar Jack.(4)

A woman from Barking in the county of Essex who allegedly gives Joan Upney a familiar that resembles mole and "tolde her if she ought any body any ill will, if she did bid it, it would goe clap them." This could be Mother Arnold, whose story is recorded in _The Examination and Confession of a Notorious Witch named Mother Arnold, alias Whitecote, alias Glastonbury, at the Assise of Burntwood [Brentwood] in July 1574._(4)

A woman from Barking in the county of Essex who allegedly gives Joan Upney a familiar that resembles mole and "tolde her if she ought any body any ill will, if she did bid it, it would goe clap them." This could be Mother Arnold, whose story is recorded in _The Examination and Confession of a Notorious Witch named Mother Arnold, alias Whitecote, alias Glastonbury, at the Assise of Burntwood [Brentwood] in July 1574._(4)

A woman from Henningham Sibble (aka Sible Hedingham) and the wife of a laborer named Michael Whale. Joan Prentice accuses Elizabeth Whale of being "as well acquainted with her Bidd as her selfe is," suggesting that Whale is a practicing witch, although Prentice provides no mention of crimes Whale is meant to have done. Whale is brought to court and presumably examined. She "appeared upon [her] bail and discharged, because no wrong was found against [her]."(B, B2v)

A woman, and the wife of John Mott, who is well acquainted with Joan Prentice's familiar Bidd; it is unknown if she uses Bidd to harm any of her own neighbours.(8)

A labourer whose wife, Elizabeth Whale, is acquainted with Joan Prentice's famliar Bidd.(8)

A town cobbler whose wife, Elizabeth Mott, is acquainted with Joan Prentice's familiar Bidd.(8)

A woman from Dagenham, in the county of Essex, the eldest daughter of Joan Upney, this daughter would "never abide to meddle with her Toades." Her refusal to use familiars makes her part of a witching family, but not a witch herself. (Sig. Aiiiv, B)

A woman from Dagenham, in the county of Essex, the youngest daughter of Joan Upney, this daughter "would handle them, and vse [Joan Upney's familiars] as well as her selfe." The use of her mother's familiars makes Upney Daughter 2 a witch in practice. (Sig B)

A woman from Stisted in the county of Essex, daughter of Joan Cunny, and sister to Margaret Cunny, Avice Cunny is described as a "lewde Daughter," who was "no better then a naughty pack" and mother to a ten or twelve year old bastard son (who turns, as does his cousin, witness against his mother, aunt, and grandmother. Avice Cunny is found guilty "of murder by incantation," but pleads her belly and after being examined and found pregnant, is remanded. (A3, A4 )

A young boy from Stisted in the county of Essex, grandson to Joan Cunny and the son of either Margaret or Avice Cunny. The person allegedly serves as one of the chief witness against his grandmother, although his testimony is not recorded. (A4)

A young boy from Stisted in the county of Essex, grandson to Joan Cunny and the son of either Margaret or Avice Cunny. The person allegedly serves as one of the chief witness against his grandmother, although his testimony is not recorded. (A4)