Witches in Early Modern England

Cases

Each case gathers the sources, events and people of one set of proceedings, with the editors' account of how they read the evidence.

  • Agnes alias Anne Burden and Elizabeth Anderson
    Deposition heading, three witnesses, four act-book entries and Raine’s printed selection. Full research commentary, source comparisons and evidence gaps from the authoritative edition accompany the so…
  • Agnes Brand and Isabel Raffles
    Six paired documentary units from all nine saved images; partial readings and translations explicitly marked.
  • Agnes Broadley and Anthony Mason
    Libel and prayer, two witness depositions, personal answers and reverse dockets. Full research commentary, source comparisons and evidence gaps from the authoritative edition accompany the source pass…
  • Alice Brerely
    One complete printed calendar notice. Full research commentary, source comparisons and evidence gaps from the authoritative edition accompany the source passages.
  • Anne Cooke and Jane Kay — CP.H.1505
    Six paired units from seven saved images; partial readings and translations explicitly marked.
  • Christian Weech
    Printed calendar summary, copied justices’ appeal and two calendared pardon notices. Full research commentary, source comparisons and evidence gaps from the authoritative edition accompany the source…
  • Dorothy Cooke and Katherine Greetham
    All independent case text in four saved images of two catalogued pieces; original and English, critical case-specific scholarship, procedural context and explicit uncertainties. No missing witness evi…
  • Elizabeth Melton
    One complete printed calendar notice. Full research commentary, source comparisons and evidence gaps from the authoritative edition accompany the source passages.
  • Elizabeth Mould and Charles Empson
    Seven paired documentary units from eighteen saved images; substantial unread Latin and marginal text explicitly retained as gaps.
  • Elizabeth Speight and Richard Hanson
    Available-source edition of all independent case text in seven saved repository images, with original and English layers, source comparison, contextual scholarship and explicit gaps. Missing libel and…
  • Grace Rayner and John Charlesworth junior
    All independent documentary units represented from eight saved images; partial legal readings and translations explicitly marked.
  • Grace Rayner and John Charlesworth senior
    All independent text in eight saved images represented in six paired units, with gaps retained, cited contextual discussion and documentary distinctions. No missing performance or payment record recon…
  • Jane Kay and Anne Cooke — CP.H.1504
    Six paired units from all six saved images; partial readings and translations explicitly marked.
  • Jane Kay and Anne Cooke — CP.H.1506
    Five paired units from all five saved images; partial readings and translations explicitly marked.
  • Janet Walker and John Dawson
    All independent text in nine saved images of three catalogued pieces; original and English, contextual discussion and explicit uncertainty. No missing deposition or payment record reconstructed.
  • Joan Guppie and the South Perrott dispute
    Available-source edition authorized for local cumulative integration; original collation incomplete; not imported
  • John Prowse
    Five manuscript screenshot readings and eleven separately labelled printed records. Full research commentary, source comparisons and evidence gaps from the authoritative edition accompany the source p…
  • Margaret Alcock and Mary Atkinson
    All independent text in six saved full-resolution images of three catalogued pieces, with originals, English renderings, cited modern discussion and explicit gaps. No missing sentence reconstructed.
  • Margaret Reed and Margaret Howhett
    Three entries, three explicitly partial date-heading extracts and Raine’s printed abstract. Full research commentary, source comparisons and evidence gaps from the authoritative edition accompany the…
  • Margery Tomlinson and Frances Brown
    Libel and prayer, personal answers, four witness depositions and dockets. Full research commentary, source comparisons and evidence gaps from the authoritative edition accompany the source passages.
  • Richard Mawburne and Christopher Thompson
    All independent text represented in seven saved repository images; three catalogued pieces, six documentary units including dockets. Contextual secondary discussion, reading register and evidence gaps…