Elizabeth Melton
30 April 1597 · English
Printed calendar abstract; original docquet not located.
Edition details and citation
Sources
Green 1869, Calendar of State Papers Domestic Elizabeth 1595–1597, p.400, separate unnumbered docquet notice
Texts included
One complete printed calendar notice.
Edition
1.0
Prepared
2026-10-25
Reading conventions
Square brackets mark expansions, missing text or editorial descriptions; question marks mark tentative readings. Original text and English readings remain separate.
Suggested citation
Witches in Early Modern England, Elizabeth Melton, reading edition, 25 October 2026, section title and source folio or page.
Source rights
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Elizabeth Melton pardon notice
Mary Anne Everett Green, editor, Calendar of State Papers Domestic Series of the Reign of Elizabeth 1595–1597 (London, Longmans, Green, Reader and Dyer, 1869), p.400, volume CCLXII, under 30 April 1597, unnumbered notice. Cornell scan, Internet Archive cu31924091775282.
Nineteenth century calendar abstract; original docquet unlocated
Original English text
Pardon for Eliz. Melton, late of Collingham, co. York, condemned for witchcraft. [Docquet, bis.]
About this case and its sources
Reference
Green 1869, Calendar of State Papers Domestic Elizabeth 1595–1597, p.400, separate unnumbered docquet notice
Record dates
30 April 1597
Source languages
English
Record type
Calendared pardon docquet
Person
Elizabeth Melton, described as late of Collingham, Yorkshire
Recorded disposition
Pardon notice for a woman described as condemned for witchcraft
Coverage
One printed notice; the original docquet and trial proceedings are not represented
Texts in this edition
One complete printed calendar notice.
Text status
Printed calendar abstract; original docquet not located.
Edition
25 October 2026 · version 1.0
How to cite
Witches in Early Modern England, Elizabeth Melton, reading edition, 25 October 2026, section title and source folio or page.
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