CP.H.4987 · Reading edition 2.2 · Editorial review
Brooke reports that Blackburne spoke of a “witch pap”. Askwith reports the paired insults in the shop. The pap wording belongs to Brooke’s account. The reviewed papers contain no sentence.
Partial edition. Gaps, damaged wording and unresolved passages are identified with the relevant text. English comes first, followed by the original where available. Brackets mark gaps, uncertainty or editorial intervention.
Documentary edition
Libel opening
CP.H.4987 image 2
English reading or editorial account
Editorial account: The opening identifies Grace Rayner and Richard Blackburne. The full libel remains unresolved.
Original transcription or surviving excerpt
[Original wording unresolved in the reviewed edition.]
Thomas Brooke’s deposition
CP.H.4987 image 4, fourth article, 10 January 1682 as written
English reading or editorial account
Editorial account: Brooke attributes the witch accusation to Blackburne and places the reported speech in the shop setting. Overwriting obscures the sequence and surrounding words.
Original transcription or surviving excerpt
Grace Rayner … was a witch and had a witch pap [provisional excerpt]
Timothy Askwith’s deposition
CP.H.4987 images 4–5
English reading or editorial account
Editorial account: Askwith reports that Blackburne called Grace a whore and a witch in the shop. The continuation describes repetition and damage to her good name. The visible passage does not substantiate the previously attributed pap wording.
Original transcription or surviving excerpt
she was a whore and a witche [working excerpt, image 5 left]
Source register
- Grace Rayner and Richard Blackborn / Blackburne. CP.H.4987 saved manuscript images https://discover.york.ac.uk/ark:/36941/CP_H_4987/presentation/3/manifest
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Cases
- Grace Rayner and John Charlesworth junior
- Grace Rayner and John Charlesworth senior
- Grace Rayner and John Walker
- Grace Rayner and Richard Blackborn / Blackburne
Events
- Editorial account: The opening identifies Grace Rayner and Richard Blackburne. The full libel remains unresolved.
- Editorial account: Brooke attributes the witch accusation to Blackburne and places the reported speech in the shop setting. Overwriting obscures the sequence and surrounding words.
- Editorial account: Askwith reports that Blackburne called Grace a whore and a witch in the shop. The continuation describes repetition and damage to her good name. The visible passage does not substantiate the previously attributed pap wording.