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ID Short Description Date City Parish Current County Old county Nation
142

Temperance Lloyd is apprehended and put in prison.(9)

Appears in:
Anonymous. A True and Impartial Relation of the Informations Against Three Witches. London: 1682, 9

1682, August 14 Biddiford    Devon  Devon  England 
143

Mary Trembles allegedly confesses to pricking and tormenting Grace Barnes of Bideford.(30-31)

Appears in:
Anonymous. A True and Impartial Relation of the Informations Against Three Witches. London: 1682, 30-31

1682, July Biddiford    Devon  Devon  England 
144

Susanna Edwards confesses that devil had carnal knowledge of her body and sucked on her breasts and secret parts.(29)

Appears in:
Anonymous. A True and Impartial Relation of the Informations Against Three Witches. London: 1682, 29

1682, July 17 Biddiford    Devon  Devon  England 
147

Mary Floyd is executed for witchcraft on August 18, 1682.(6)

Appears in:
Anonymous. The Trial, Condemnation, and Execution of Three Witches. London: 1682, 6

1682, August 18 Exeter    Devon  Devonshire  England 
165

Temperance Floyd of Bideford is accused of being a witch, and of also teaching Mary Floyd and Susannah Edwards the art of witchcraft.(3)

Appears in:
Anonymous. The Trial, Condemnation, and Execution of Three Witches. London: 1682, 3

1682, August 18 Exeter    Devon  Devonshire  England 
206

Dorcas Colesman accuses Susanna Edwards of causing her tormenting pains that have lasted for many weeks. (2)

Appears in:
Anonymous. A True and Impartial Relation of the Informations Against Three Witches. London: 1682, 2

1680, August Biddiford    Devon  Devon  England 
207

Temperance Lloyd is accused of bewitching Grace Thomas, by causing her to feel as though she had been pricked with 'pins and awls.'(8)

Appears in:
Anonymous. A True and Impartial Relation of the Informations Against Three Witches. London: 1682, 8

1680, September 30 Biddiford    Devon  Devon  England 
208

Temperance Lloyd of Bideford is searched for and is allegedly found to have witch's marks.(11)

Appears in:
P., T.. A Relation of the Diabolical Practices of above Twenty Wizards and Witches of the Sheriffdom of Renfrew in the Kingdom of Scotland. London: 1697, 11

1682, July 2 Biddiford    Devon  Devon  England 
210

Temperance Lloyd allegedly met with the devil, who appeared in the likeness of a black man and convinced her to torment Grace Thomas.(13-14)

Appears in:
Anonymous. A True and Impartial Relation of the Informations Against Three Witches. London: 1682, 13-14

1682, September 30 Biddiford    Devon  Devon  England 
211

Temperance Lloyd pinches Grace Thomas' shoulders, arms, thighs and legs to torment her.(14)

Appears in:
Anonymous. A True and Impartial Relation of the Informations Against Three Witches. London: 1682, 14

1682, September 30 Biddiford    Devon  Devon  England 
212

Temperance Lloyd confesses to being involved with the devil for twelve years, and participating in William Herbert's death.(18)

Appears in:
Anonymous. A True and Impartial Relation of the Informations Against Three Witches. London: 1682, 18

1682, July 4 Biddiford    Devon  Devon  England 
213

Temperance Lloyd confesses to causing the death of Anne Fellow.(19)

Appears in:
Anonymous. A True and Impartial Relation of the Informations Against Three Witches. London: 1682, 19

1682, July 4 Biddiford    Devon  Devon  England 
214

Temperance Lloyd allegedly 'secretly' pricked Jane Dallyn, the wife of Symon Dallyn of Biddiford, Marriner, in one of her eyes, causing her death. Lloyd recounts she did this act in secret, and that "she was never discovered or punished for the same."(19)

Appears in:
Anonymous. A True and Impartial Relation of the Informations Against Three Witches. London: 1682, 19

1682, July 4 Biddiford    Devon  Devon  England 
215

Temperance Lloyd confesses to bewitching Lydia Burman to death by appearing to her in the form of a red pig.(19)

Appears in:
Anonymous. A True and Impartial Relation of the Informations Against Three Witches. London: 1682, 19

1682, July 4 Biddiford    Devon  Devon  England 
217

Mary Trembles allegedly arrives at Agnes Whitefield's door. It is at that moment that Whitefield comes to understand that "Mary Trembles, together with the said Susanna Edwards, were the very persons that had tormented her, by using some Magical Art or Witchcraft upon her said Body as aforesaid." (28)

Appears in:
Anonymous. A True and Impartial Relation of the Informations Against Three Witches. London: 1682, 28

1682, July 16 Biddiford    Devon  Devon  England 
218

Mary Trembles and Susanna Edwards are accused of pricking a Bideford woman named Grace Barns.(31)

Appears in:
Anonymous. A True and Impartial Relation of the Informations Against Three Witches. London: 1682, 31

1682, July 18 Biddiford    Devon  Devon  England 
219

Susanna Edwards confesses that the devil did carry her spirit around.(31)

Appears in:
Anonymous. A True and Impartial Relation of the Informations Against Three Witches. London: 1682, 31

1682, July 18 Biddiford    Devon  Devon  England 
220

Susanna Edwards confesses to pricking and tormenting Dorcas Coleman.(31)

Appears in:
Anonymous. A True and Impartial Relation of the Informations Against Three Witches. London: 1682, 31

1682, July 18 Biddiford    Devon  Devon  England 
221

Mary Trembles confesses that Susanna Edwards taught her the practice of witchcraft.(34)

Appears in:
Anonymous. A True and Impartial Relation of the Informations Against Three Witches. London: 1682, 34

1682, July 18 Biddiford    Devon  Devon  England 
222

Mary Trembles confesses that the devil appeared to her in the shape of a lion.(37)

Appears in:
Anonymous. A True and Impartial Relation of the Informations Against Three Witches. London: 1682, 37

1682 Biddiford    Devon  Devon  England 
223

Temperance Floyd of Bideford confesses to being in league with the Devil for twenty years, a period in which she claimed to be "guilty of many Cruelties, and [to have had] Hellish power afflicted both Man and Beast."(2)

Appears in:
Anonymous. The Trial, Condemnation, and Execution of Three Witches. London: 1682, 2

1682, August 18 Exeter    Devon  Devonshire  England 
224

Temperance Floyd, Mary Floyd, and Susanna Edwards of Bideford cause a cow to give blood instead of milk.(3)

Appears in:
Anonymous. The Trial, Condemnation, and Execution of Three Witches. London: 1682, 3

1682 Biddiford    Devon  Devon  England 
225

Temperance Floyd of Bideford confesses to causing ships to be cast away at sea and men dying as a result.(4)

Appears in:
Anonymous. The Trial, Condemnation, and Execution of Three Witches. London: 1682, 4

1682 Biddiford    Devon  Devon  England 
226

Temperance Floyd of Bideford confesses to having sexual relations with the devil for nine nights.(4)

Appears in:
Anonymous. The Trial, Condemnation, and Execution of Three Witches. London: 1682, 4

1682 Biddiford    Devon  Devon  England 
227

Temperance Floyd of Bideford confesses to killing Hannah Thomas, by squeezing the girl's arm till blood came out of her mouth.(4)

Appears in:
Anonymous. The Trial, Condemnation, and Execution of Three Witches. London: 1682, 4

1682, August 18 Biddiford    Devon  Devon  England 
238

Temperance Lloyd is accused of pricking and tormenting her accuser, Grace Thomas, causing intense bodily harm.(10)

Appears in:
Anonymous. A True and Impartial Relation of the Informations Against Three Witches. London: 1682, 10

1682, July 1 Biddiford    Devon  Devon  England 
925

Temperance Lloyd allegedly causes nine thorn pricks to appear on Grace Thomas' knees by pricking a piece of leather nine times.(13)

Appears in:
Anonymous. A True and Impartial Relation of the Informations Against Three Witches. London: 1682, 13

1682 Biddiford    Devon  Devon  England 
1079

Dorcas Coleman allegedly suffers from tormenting pains, with a pricking in her arms, stomach, and heart.(1-2)

Appears in:
Anonymous. A True and Impartial Relation of the Informations Against Three Witches. London: 1682, 1-2

1680, August Biddiford    Devon  Devon  England 
1085

Dorcas Coleman appeals to Thomas Bremincom and Dr. George Beare to remedy her pains. Beare attempts to heal her, but realizes the illness is beyond his skill level; he informs Coleman that she has been bewitched. (2)

Appears in:
Anonymous. A True and Impartial Relation of the Informations Against Three Witches. London: 1682, 2

1682, July 26 Biddiford    Devon  Devon  England 
1088

Dorcas Coleman allegedly becomes speechless and stuck to a chair when Susanna Edwards comes into her presence. Coleman then slides out of the chair and is unable to get up until Edwards leaves the room.(5-6)

Appears in:
Anonymous. A True and Impartial Relation of the Informations Against Three Witches. London: 1682, 5-6

1680 Biddiford    Devon  Devon  England 
1089

Grace Thomas is allegedly bewitched by Temperance Lloyd and becomes immobile as if she had been chained up. Thomas also, at the same time, suffers from a pain in her stomach that causes her belly to swell double in size.(8)

Appears in:
Anonymous. A True and Impartial Relation of the Informations Against Three Witches. London: 1682, 8

1680, August Biddiford    Devon  Devon  England 
1090

Temperance Lloyd is searched by a group of women (Anonymous 163) for witchs marks; two are found in her privy parts. The marks are described as inch long teats, which Lloyd confesses have been sucked on by a black man (the devil).(11)

Appears in:
Anonymous. A True and Impartial Relation of the Informations Against Three Witches. London: 1682, 11

1682, July 3 Biddiford    Devon  Devon  England 
1091

Temperance Lloyd confesses that the devil appeared in the shape of a bird outside Grace Thomas' house.(12)

Appears in:
Anonymous. A True and Impartial Relation of the Informations Against Three Witches. London: 1682, 12

1682, July 3 Biddiford    Devon  Devon  England 
1110

Temperance Lloyd confesses to seeing something in the form of a grey cat at Grace Thomas' house. Lloyd also meets with the cat. (14)

Appears in:
Anonymous. A True and Impartial Relation of the Informations Against Three Witches. London: 1682, 14

1682, July 3 Biddiford    Devon  Devon  England 
1113

Temperance Lloyd confesses that the devil appeared to her as a black man, was about the length of her arm in size, had very big eyes, and hopped towards her. After he appeared the devil sucked from teats in Lloyd's privy parts as she was lying on the ground.(15)

Appears in:
Anonymous. A True and Impartial Relation of the Informations Against Three Witches. London: 1682, 15

1682, July 3 Biddiford    Devon  Devon  England 
1116

Thomas Eastchurch, Elizabeth Eastchurch, Honor Hooper, and Anne Wakely give evidence against Temperance Lloyd. The evidence supports claims that Lloyd practiced witchcraft against the body of Grace Thomas.(17)

Appears in:
Anonymous. A True and Impartial Relation of the Informations Against Three Witches. London: 1682, 17

1682, July 3 Biddiford    Devon  Devon  England 
1120

Temperance Lloyd is brought to the Bideford parish church and questioned by Mayor Thomas Gist and Rector Michael Ogilby as to how long she has been tempted by the devil.(18)

Appears in:
Anonymous. A True and Impartial Relation of the Informations Against Three Witches. London: 1682, 18

1682, July 3 Biddiford    Devon  Devon  England 
1375

Anthony Smith, a surgeon from Kingston Devon, does surgery on Elizabeth Brooker, finding under her skin, despite its invisibility, a pin which was magically inserted into her muscle.(66, 67, 68, 69)

Appears in:
Baxter, Richard. The Certainty of the Worlds of Spirits and, Consequently, of the Immortality of Souls. London: 1691, 66, 67, 68, 69

1681 Exeter    Devon  Devonshire  England 
1378

Anthony Smith, a surgeon from Kingston, designed a Suppurative Cataplasm (a plaster designed to draw out infection) to Elizabeth Brooker's mysteriously aching leg. Brooker was dissatisfied with the treatment.(66, 67, 68, 69)

Appears in:
Baxter, Richard. The Certainty of the Worlds of Spirits and, Consequently, of the Immortality of Souls. London: 1691, 66, 67, 68, 69

1681 Exeter    Devon  Devonshire  England 
1458

Grace Matthew goes to Guildhall seeking help for her husband (Anonymous 209) who has been ill for three years and whom she believes has been bewitched. Dr. Browne offers her "phisicall directions" but they did not help her. He refers her to a former servant of his (Anonymous 210).(149-150)

Appears in:
Woollcombe, William Cotton, Henry . Gleanings from the Municipal and Cathedral Records Relative to the History of the City of Exeter. Unknown: 1877, 149-150

1652, November 13 Exeter (Guildhall, High Street)    Devon  Devon  England 
1459

Grace Matthew consults Dr. Browne's former servant (Anonymous 210) about her husband's (Anonymous 209) illness. Anonymous 210 gives her some remedies and warns her that if a woman "tall of stature, of a pale face, and blinking eye, "and useing to goe by a staff when she did come to her house" (Anonymous 211), that she should give this woman nothing, but instead say that her husband is bewitched and that a plot is laid for the suspected one. (150)

Appears in:
Woollcombe, William Cotton, Henry . Gleanings from the Municipal and Cathedral Records Relative to the History of the City of Exeter. Unknown: 1877, 150

1652 Broadclist  Broadclist  Devon  Devon  England 
1460

Joan Baker, allegedly feeling that her "spells were being interfered with," shows up immediately at Grace Matthew's door just as she was applying remedy to her husband.(150)

Appears in:
Woollcombe, William Cotton, Henry . Gleanings from the Municipal and Cathedral Records Relative to the History of the City of Exeter. Unknown: 1877, 150

1652, November Exeter    Devon  Devonshire  England 
1461

Joan Baker allegedly sneaks into Anonymous 209's house to find out that the remedy offered by the Broadclyst woman (Anonymous 210) worked, and he was healed. (151)

Appears in:
Woollcombe, William Cotton, Henry . Gleanings from the Municipal and Cathedral Records Relative to the History of the City of Exeter. Unknown: 1877, 151

1652, November Exeter    Devon  Devonshire  England 
1462

Joan Baker, seeing that her first victim (Anonymous 209) is healed, bewitches a servant-maid who is present. The maid becomes ill for three quarters of a year, often yelling that she is bewitched, and then dies. (151)

Appears in:
Woollcombe, William Cotton, Henry . Gleanings from the Municipal and Cathedral Records Relative to the History of the City of Exeter. Unknown: 1877, 151

1652, November Exeter    Devon  Devonshire  England 
1463

Joan Baker is committed to the goal for being found by her relative Peter Baker to be sitting next to a fire in her house with a toad on her lap and two others at her feet. (150)

Appears in:
Woollcombe, William Cotton, Henry . Gleanings from the Municipal and Cathedral Records Relative to the History of the City of Exeter. Unknown: 1877, 150

1652 Exeter    Devon  Devonshire  England 
1464

Diana Crosse, a suspected witch, stands trial at the City Assizes. She is accused by Mr. Ezekiel Trible of burning down his house, rendering him unable to smoke his pipe properly, and making one of his employees (Anonymous 213) sick by "cast[ing] her evil eye."(150-151)

Appears in:
Woollcombe, William Cotton, Henry . Gleanings from the Municipal and Cathedral Records Relative to the History of the City of Exeter. Unknown: 1877, 150-151

1654, August 12 Exeter    Devon  Devonshire  England 
1465

Mrs. Dicker testifies that shortly after she refused to help Diana Crosse, her child (Anonymous 214) becomes quite ill. She suddenly discovers the presence of a toad and a number of small worms in her house.(151)

Appears in:
Woollcombe, William Cotton, Henry . Gleanings from the Municipal and Cathedral Records Relative to the History of the City of Exeter. Unknown: 1877, 151

1654, August 12 Exeter    Devon  Devonshire  England 
1466

A woman (Anonymous 215) claims that because she refused to give Diana Crosse some milk, two of her children (Anonymous 216 and Anonymous 217) fell sick.(151)

Appears in:
Woollcombe, William Cotton, Henry . Gleanings from the Municipal and Cathedral Records Relative to the History of the City of Exeter. Unknown: 1877, 151

1654, August 14 Exeter    Devon  Devonshire  England 
1467

The witness (Anonymous 215), in her testimony about Diana Crosse, claims that her husband (Anonymous 218) fell ill about two years ago and that she consulted Dr. Browne who recommended that she give him some hot broth.(151)

Appears in:
Woollcombe, William Cotton, Henry . Gleanings from the Municipal and Cathedral Records Relative to the History of the City of Exeter. Unknown: 1877, 151

1654, August 14 Exeter    Devon  Devonshire  England 
1468

The witness (Anonymous 215) claims that she came home on certain occasions and the chimney was ablaze with either little or no fire in the hearth. She was not surprised, however, because she had heard that Diana Crosse had surreptitiously entered her room.(151)

Appears in:
Woollcombe, William Cotton, Henry . Gleanings from the Municipal and Cathedral Records Relative to the History of the City of Exeter. Unknown: 1877, 151

1652, August 14 Exeter    Devon  Devonshire  England 
1471

The next witness (Anonymous 220) testifies that he refused Diana Crosse when she came to him asking him to bring a petition to the mayor on her behalf. Shortly thereafter, his wife (Anonymous 221) became ill and his son (Anonymous 222) broke his arm and the brew Anonymous 220 had made would "not run at the 'penn'."(151)

Appears in:
Woollcombe, William Cotton, Henry . Gleanings from the Municipal and Cathedral Records Relative to the History of the City of Exeter. Unknown: 1877, 151

1652, August Exeter    Devon  Devonshire  England 
1472

Diana Crosse is allegedly pricked twelve times by a needle by Mary Cleake because Crosse had come near her sister, Joan Poole, who was allegedly ill. Crosse does not bleed.(151)

Appears in:
Woollcombe, William Cotton, Henry . Gleanings from the Municipal and Cathedral Records Relative to the History of the City of Exeter. Unknown: 1877, 151

1654, August Exeter    Devon  Devonshire  England 
1473

Mrs. Southcott testifies against Diana Crosse. She claims that her daughter went to Crosse's school but since she (Southcott) was displeased, she removed her daughter and put her in Goodwife Woodman's school. Shortly after, her daughter became ill. She was ill for five years and then died. Mrs. Southcott's husband died five weeks later and Goodwife Woodman died seven weeks after.(152)

Appears in:
Woollcombe, William Cotton, Henry . Gleanings from the Municipal and Cathedral Records Relative to the History of the City of Exeter. Unknown: 1877, 152

1643 Exeter    Devon  Devonshire  England 
1478

Johan Furnace is accused of bewitching "one Greene, who gets taken with fits in his head and distempers in his body." Greene is able to talk in Johan Furnace's presence, but gets distracted as soon as she leaves.(153)

Appears in:
Woollcombe, William Cotton, Henry . Gleanings from the Municipal and Cathedral Records Relative to the History of the City of Exeter. Unknown: 1877, 153

1658, January 4 Exeter    Devon  Devonshire  England 
1479

Johan Furnace allegedly bewitches Greene's child who had been "creemed," and Greene believes it would happen again with furnace was not fed "scutes," or small pieces of silver.(152)

Appears in:
Woollcombe, William Cotton, Henry . Gleanings from the Municipal and Cathedral Records Relative to the History of the City of Exeter. Unknown: 1877, 152

1658, Jaunary 4 Exeter    Devon  Devonshire  England 
1633

Nathan Crab, the son of Mr. Zacheus Crab, suffered from convulsions and falling fits for about nine years. After these nine years, a charm was administered in the hopes of curing Nathan of his afflictions. The charm consisted of a bag to hang around Nathan's neck, and "powder to take in White wine for one weeks time," and after wearing the bag for a week Nathan was to take it off and burn it. The bag, however, was taken off Nathan's neck after only "two Days and a Night," at which time a piece of paper was found inside with the words "Callen Dan Dant/Dan Dant Callen/ Dan Callen Dant" on it. The charm was ultimately thought to be "a Cure from the Devil" and was discarded. (47-48)

Appears in:
Baxter, Richard. The Certainty of the Worlds of Spirits and, Consequently, of the Immortality of Souls. London: 1691, 47-48

1691 Exeter    Devon  Devonshire  England 
1764

Nathan Crab, after leaving a religious meeting hosted by the Minister Robert Atkins, is allegedly pushed and tript up his Heels by an unknown force, after which he "rose again presently."(47)

Appears in:
Baxter, Richard. The Certainty of the Worlds of Spirits and, Consequently, of the Immortality of Souls. London: 1691, 47

1682 Exeter    Devon  Devonshire  England 
1765

Nathan Crab, some weeks after being pushed by an unknown force, experiences falling-fits and foaming at the mouth. These ailments continue on for a year and a half before any means were used suspected for Witchcraft.(47)

Appears in:
Baxter, Richard. The Certainty of the Worlds of Spirits and, Consequently, of the Immortality of Souls. London: 1691, 47

1682 Exeter    Devon  Devonshire  England 
1778

Zacheus Crab and his daughter (Daughter Crab) seek out the help of Mr. Gibs, a man whom they believe may cure Nathan Crab of his unexplained falling-fits and foaming at the mouth. They visit Mr. Gibs once every Week for a Month with the Youth's [Nathan Crab] Water. (47-48)

Appears in:
Baxter, Richard. The Certainty of the Worlds of Spirits and, Consequently, of the Immortality of Souls. London: 1691, 47-48

1682 Exeter    Devon  Devonshire  England 
1781

Mr. Gibs, after a month of being brought Nathan Crabs urine, states that weeks Papers of Powder would make a perfect Cure, but there would be an alteration, [and] that he [Nathan Crab] would have two or three panging fits different from the former because of it. This prediction comes to pass, which causes Zacheus Crab and his daughter (Daughter Crab) to question Mr. Gibs healing methods.(47-48)

Appears in:
Baxter, Richard. The Certainty of the Worlds of Spirits and, Consequently, of the Immortality of Souls. London: 1691, 47-48

1682 Exeter    Devon  Devonshire  England 
1782

Mr. Gibs, in a further attempt to cure Nathan Crab of his unexplained falling-fits and foaming at the mouth, gives Zacheus Crab and his daughter (Daughter Crab) a bag to hang around Nathan Crabs neck. They are also given Powder to take in White wine, which, along with the bag, are supposed to be administered for one week; it is instructed that Nathan Crab should take the bag off himself and burn it after the appropriate amount of time has passed.(47-48)

Appears in:
Baxter, Richard. The Certainty of the Worlds of Spirits and, Consequently, of the Immortality of Souls. London: 1691, 47-48

1682 Exeter    Devon  Devonshire  England 
1783

Mr. Elson removes the bag hanging around Nathan Crabs neck after it had been on [only] two Days and a Night. Mr. Elson shewed it to some, to inquire, whether it were not a charm," and a piece of paper is found inside the bag "with this writing, Callen Dan Dant, Dan Dant Callen, Dan Callen Dant.(47-49)

Appears in:
Baxter, Richard. The Certainty of the Worlds of Spirits and, Consequently, of the Immortality of Souls. London: 1691, 47-49

1682 Exeter    Devon  Devonshire  England 
1784

Mr. Elson keeps the piece of paper from the bag, which had been hanging around Nathan Crabs neck, for eighteen weeks. For these eighteen weeks Nathan Crab does not suffer from any falling-fits, and is able to return to sorting Wooll at his Trade, which he had not been able to do in a Year and quarter before. At the sixth week of the eighteen weeks, Mr. Gibs states that if Nathan Crabs fits return they will be more terrible than before.(47-49)

Appears in:
Baxter, Richard. The Certainty of the Worlds of Spirits and, Consequently, of the Immortality of Souls. London: 1691, 47-49

1682 Exeter    Devon  Devonshire  England 
1785

Nathan Crabs unexplained fits return about eighteen or nineteen weeks, upon a Shrove-Tuesday, after they had ceased. Mr. Elson believes the fits returned because he burned the piece of paper, which he had been unwilling to keep any longer, from the bag that had been hanging around Nathan Crabs neck.(48-50)

Appears in:
Baxter, Richard. The Certainty of the Worlds of Spirits and, Consequently, of the Immortality of Souls. London: 1691, 48-50

1682 Exeter    Devon  Devonshire  England 
1786

Nathan Crab is set upon a stool at the sign of an approaching fit. During the fit he falls off the stool, breaking his Leg, the main Bone, in two pieces, another Bone in many pieces. (50)

Appears in:
Baxter, Richard. The Certainty of the Worlds of Spirits and, Consequently, of the Immortality of Souls. London: 1691, 50

1682 Exeter    Devon  Devonshire  England 
1788

During his five week recovery from a broken leg, Nathan Crab does not suffer from any fits. When he is able to walk with crutches, however, his Fits returned in the same manner as before his Bone was broken. (50)

Appears in:
Baxter, Richard. The Certainty of the Worlds of Spirits and, Consequently, of the Immortality of Souls. London: 1691, 50

1682 Exeter    Devon  Devonshire  England 
1789

Nathan Crab is taken to Mr. Pridham in order to cure the boy of his tormenting fits. Mr. Pridham prescribes pills, but before the Pills, he had ordered a Vomit to be taken. Nathan Crab is given pills, which he then vomits up after they had stay'd above an Hour in his Stomach. Mr. Pridham notes how the pills have not dissolved at all, and states that, certainly there is something extraordinary in the case. (51)

Appears in:
Baxter, Richard. The Certainty of the Worlds of Spirits and, Consequently, of the Immortality of Souls. London: 1691, 51

1682 Morchard  Morchard Bishop  Devon  Devonshire  England 
1790

Nathan Crabs mother (Mrs. Crab) claims that Mr. Staddon drop'd some such words that her Son was bewitch'd or possess'd. Mr. Straddon evidently went through a Course of Physick with the Youth [Nathan Crab], but found no obvious reasons to explain his fits.(51)

Appears in:
Baxter, Richard. The Certainty of the Worlds of Spirits and, Consequently, of the Immortality of Souls. London: 1691, 51

1682 Exeter    Devon  Devonshire  England 
2308

Joseph Buxford, the fifteen year old son of the wool worker, John Buxford in Bow in the county of Devon, "being a stubborne and untowardly Boy," decided he did not want to be an apprentice to a weaver, as his father desired. He "secretly departed away to the Kings Army" after a month, where at "the defeat with the Cavaliers received at Langport-Moore," Joseph Buxford is "stripped and turned into rages," so he was left with no choice but to return home. His father entreats him to return to the weaver, but "no perswasions or entreaties could prevaile or worke upon the forward disposion of this obstinate and disobedient Boy," which caused his father to swear "in great fury," and to promise "he would bin him Apprentice to the Devill, which rash and in considerate threatenings, he often times used and repeated." John Buxford further promises to "put the same in execution."(2)

Appears in:
Massey, Edward. A True and Perfect Relation of a Boy, Who was Entertained by the Devill. London: 1645, 2

1645 Bow    Devon  Devon  England 
2320

After eight days in Hell, Joseph Buxford is "conveyed backe again to a place named Cannon Lee in Devon," as originally agreed in the contract with the Devil, under the guise of a carrier. He is discovered "by two honest Labourers being servants to Mr. Justice Cullum," under a hedge. He does not answer to words, but is "speechlesse, and his hands and legs strangely distorted, his haire of his head singyd, his cloathes all be smeared with pitch and rosin, and other sulfurous matter." They take him back to their master's house.(4)

Appears in:
Massey, Edward. A True and Perfect Relation of a Boy, Who was Entertained by the Devill. London: 1645, 4

1645, November 13     Devon  Devonshire  England 
2321

Joseph Buxford is found by two labourers in a hedge after he has been expelled from Hell, who take him "home to there Masters house," where is given clothing, a warm bed and "some nourishing broth." He is so revived by this, that he confesses "unto them his name, birth-place, and his strange journey with the Devill." At first, this seemed ridiculous to the justice, but after consideration was made for the manner in which he was found, and confirmation of his father in the "manner of his departure," it is concluded he is telling the truth.(4)

Appears in:
Massey, Edward. A True and Perfect Relation of a Boy, Who was Entertained by the Devill. London: 1645, 4

1645     Devon  Devonshire  England 
2322

Joseph Buxford, a fifteen year old boy who toured Hell with the Devil after having binded himself as an Apprentice to the Devil in the disguise of a carrier, is attended to by the minister, Mr. Jonathan Gainwell, who is "very zealous and godly." The minister gives the boy "pious admonitions of obedience," and listened to Joseph Buxford's testimonies of penitence "of his former lewd courses," and his reconciliation with his father, "with whom he now liveth and is almost cured of that distortion of his members." His experience is deemed "a stupendious Miracle."(4)

Appears in:
Massey, Edward. A True and Perfect Relation of a Boy, Who was Entertained by the Devill. London: 1645, 4

1645     Devon  Devonshire  England 
2323

Major General Massie receives a "true information" from Mr. Justice Cullum and Mr. Jonathan Gainwell, a minister, on the case of Joseph Buxford, and his eight days spent in Hell as the apprentice to the Devil, as he contracted when the Devil was under the disguise of a carrier. This news is "the noveltie thereof [...] much admired by all that ever heard it," and prompts Major General Massie to send a letter with "a Box of Reliques with a great Crucifix found in Tiverton Church," as evidence to Mr. Davenports Chesire in London.(5-6)

Appears in:
Massey, Edward. A True and Perfect Relation of a Boy, Who was Entertained by the Devill. London: 1645, 5-6

1645, November 18     Devon  Devonshire  England 
2324

On the same day the Devil delivers Joseph Buxford from Hell, he assumed his shape as a carrier again, and encounted "stragling Troopers of the Malignant Party," who attempted to steal his horses. However, "the Carrier and his Horses suddainely vanished away in the flames of fire," killing three of the plunderers, and leaving the rest "so terribly shaken and almost stifled with the noisome sent of Brimstone, that they hardly escaped to carry newes in this strange accident."(6)

Appears in:
Massey, Edward. A True and Perfect Relation of a Boy, Who was Entertained by the Devill. London: 1645, 6

1645, November 13     Devon  Devonshire  England 
2401

The servant of Mr. Philip Furze, one Francis Fey from the county of Devon, had appear "unto him, the resemblance of an Aged Gentleman, like his masters Father," in a field near his master's house. The resemblance had "a Pole or Staff in his hand, resembling that he was wont to carry when living, to kill the moles withal." The specter approached Francis Fey, and "bid him not be afraid of him, but tell his Master (who was his Son) that several Legacies which by his Testament he had bequeathed were unpaid." The specter further named two persons who each should receive ten shillings, but the young man replied that "the party he last named was dead, and so it could not be paid to him." The Ghost then desired the money be paid to the next relation of that person. Finally, the specter ordered Francis Fey to deliver twenty shillings to a gentleman, sister of the deceased, and promised that "if these things were performed to trouble him no further. The specter spoke of his second wife as a "wicked woman," though she was generally esteemed to be "a very good woman." Having had this conversation with Francis Fey, the specter left.(177 - 178)

Appears in:
Bovet, Richard. Pandaemonium. London: 1684, 177 - 178

1682, November Spraiton  Spraiton  Devon  Devon  England 
2402

After the ghost of his master, Mr. Philip Furze's father appears to the young servant Francis Fey, asking him to fulfill "several Legacies" that had been left unpaid after the death of the ghost, Francis Fey "according to the direction of the Spirit took care to see the small Legacies satisfied." However, the ghost's last request was to carry twenty shillings to "a Gentlewoman, Sister to the deceased,"(Anonymous 412) and she "utterly refused to receive it," as she believed it was sent her "from the Devil." Staying the night at her house, Francis Fey sees the specter again, "whereupon the young man challenged his promise, not to trouble him any more, saying he had performed all according to his appointment," but that the gentlewoman would not take the money. The specter then directed "the young man ride to Totness, and buy for her a Ring of that value," which he believed she would accept. This proved true, and she received the ring. The specter after this, "hath seemed to be at rest, having never given the young man any further trouble."(179)

Appears in:
Bovet, Richard. Pandaemonium. London: 1684, 179

1682, November Totness  Totnes  Devon  Devon  England 
2403

While returning from Totnes to his master's house in Spreyton, Francis Fey, a servant, along with the servant of a gentlewoman (Anonymous 413), had appear to him "upon the horse behind the young man, the resemblance of the second wife of the old Gentleman," who was the spectre of his master, Mr. Philip Furze's father. This "Daemon" threw the young man off his horse, "and cast him with such violence to the ground," that "the ground resounding with great noise, by reason of the incredible force," to the astonishment of the servant of the gentlewoman (Anonymous 413). The horse is also capable of leaping "one spring 25 foot," despite being "very poor, & out of case." (180)

Appears in:
Bovet, Richard. Pandaemonium. London: 1684, 180

1628 Spraiton  Spraiton  Devon  Devon  England 
2404

The ghost of the second of wife of the deceased father of the master of Francis Fey appears to the household of Francis Fey, including "mistress Thomasin Gidly, Ann Langdon [...] and a little Child." These people are "fair to remove from that house," because of the "troublesomeness" of the spirit. She appears to these people "sometimes in her own shape," and at other times "in forms very horrid." She also takes on the appearance of "a monstrous Dog belching out fire," which flies out the window; as well as the shape "of a Horse, carrying with it only one pane of glass, & a small piece of Iron."(180 - 181)

Appears in:
Bovet, Richard. Pandaemonium. London: 1684, 180 - 181

1628 Spraiton  Spraiton  Devon  Devon  England 
2405

Francis Fey is tormented by the ghost of his master's father's second wife. On one occasion, "the young mans head was thrust into a very strait place, betwixt a Beds head, and a Wall." It took the strength of "divers men" to be removed from this space. Francis Fey was not "much hurt, and bruised," but "much blood appeared about it."(181)

Appears in:
Bovet, Richard. Pandaemonium. London: 1684, 181

1628 Spraiton  Spraiton  Devon  Devon  England 
2406

After an accident where his head was "bruised" with "much blood," it was advised that Francis Fey, a servant, should "be bleeded, to prevent any ill accident that might come out of the bruise." After bleeding, "the ligature, or binder of his Arm was removed from thence, and conveyed about his middle, where it was strained with such violence," that the girding almost suffocated him, and killed him. When the girding was "cut asunder, it made a strange and dismal noise, so that standers by were affrighted by it." This may be caused by the daemon (Anonymous 169) who is the ghost of the second wife of Francis Fey's master's deceased father. (181)

Appears in:
Bovet, Richard. Pandaemonium. London: 1684, 181

1628 Spraiton  Spraiton  Devon  Devon  England 
2407

The servant, Francis Fey, is "at divers other times," been "strangled with Cravats, and Handkerchiefs, that he hath worn about his Neck." On these occasions, he is "with the sudden violence he hath near been choaked,," and barely escaped death. These events are likely caused by the daemon (Anonymous 169) who is the ghost of the second wife of Francis Fey's master's deceased father. (181)

Appears in:
Bovet, Richard. Pandaemonium. London: 1684, 181

1628 Spraiton  Spraiton  Devon  Devon  England 
2408

The specter (Anonymous 169) who is in fact the ghost of Francis Fey's master's father's second wife, "shewed great offence at the Perriwigs which the young man used to wear," often tearing them off of Francis Fey's head "after a very strange manner." When Francis Fey attempts to keep one "he esteemed above the rest," by putting it into a small box, and placing that box into another, which he set against the wall of his chamber. He put a "Joint-stool, with other weight" on top of it. However, in a short time, "the boxes were broken in sunder, and the Perriwig rended into small parts and tatters," by the specter.(182)

Appears in:
Bovet, Richard. Pandaemonium. London: 1684, 182

1628 Spraiton  Spraiton  Devon  Devon  England 
2409

The servant, Francis Fey, lies "in his Masters Chamber, with his Perriwig on his Head, to secure it from danger," from the specter of his master's father's second wife (Anonymous 169). However, "within a little time it was torn from him, and reduced into very small fragments."(182)

Appears in:
Bovet, Richard. Pandaemonium. London: 1684, 182

1628 Spraiton  Spraiton  Devon  Devon  England 
2410

The shoestrings of Francis Fey's shoes were observed "without the assistance of any hand" to come out of his shoe, "and fling itself to the other side of the Room." When a Maid (Anonymous 415) goes to pick it up, it "strangely clas'd and curl'd about her hand like a living Eel, or Serpent." This was witnessed by a "Lady of considerable Quality." (Anonymous 416) This event was likely caused by the specter (Anonymous 169) of Francis Fey's master's father's second wife.(182)

Appears in:
Bovet, Richard. Pandaemonium. London: 1684, 182

1628 Spraiton  Spraiton  Devon  Devon  England 
2411

A lady of "considerable Quality" (Anonymous 416) found one of Francis Fey's gloves, "which was torn in his pocket, whilst she was by." The glove was "so dexterously tatter'd, and so artificially torn," that it is believed that "a Cutler could not have contrived an Instrument, to have laid it abroad so accurately." However, this happened entirely in his pocket, "in the compass of one minute." This was likely to have caused by the specter (Anonymous 169) of Francis Fey's master's father's second wife.(182 - 183)

Appears in:
Bovet, Richard. Pandaemonium. London: 1684, 182 - 183

1628 Spraiton  Spraiton  Devon  Devon  England 
2412

A specter (Anonymous 169) of Francis Fey's master's father's second wife who haunts Francis Fey, a servant, causes havoc in the household by tearing people's clothes. If "the aforesaid young man, or another person, who is a Servant Maid in the house," decided to "wear their own Clothes," then those clothes "are certainly torn in pieces on their backs." However, if "the Clothes belong to any other," then their clothes are "not injured."(183)

Appears in:
Bovet, Richard. Pandaemonium. London: 1684, 183

1628 Spraiton  Spraiton  Devon  Devon  England 
2413

The "Daemon or Spirit," (Anonymous 169) who is the ghost of Francis Fey's master's father's second wife, causes many "strange and fantastical" things to happen in the house of Francis Fey. This includes making "a Barrel of Salt of considerable quantity," move by marching "from room to room without any human assistance."(183)

Appears in:
Bovet, Richard. Pandaemonium. London: 1684, 183

1628 Spraiton  Spraiton  Devon  Devon  England 
2414

The "Daemon or Spirit," (Anonymous 169) who is the ghost of Francis Fey's master's father's second wife, causes many "strange and fantastical" things to happen in the house of Francis Fey. This includes making "an hand-iron seem[...] to lay it self cross overthwart a pan of Milk that hath been scalding over the fire," at the same time that "two flitches of Bacon [...] of their own accord descended from the Chimney, where they were hung, and placed themselves upon the hand iron." (183)

Appears in:
Bovet, Richard. Pandaemonium. London: 1684, 183

1628 Spraiton  Spraiton  Devon  Devon  England 
2415

The "Daemon or Spirit," (Anonymous 169) who is the ghost of Francis Fey's master's father's second wife, causes many "strange and fantastical" things to happen in the house of Francis Fey. When the specter appears, she often wares the same clothing. The specter causes "the feet and legs of the young man (Francis Fey) aforesaid [to be] so intangled about his Neck, that he hath been loosed with great difficulty." On other occasions, the specter causes this to happen "about the frames of Chairs, and Stools, that they have hardly been set at liberty."(183-184)

Appears in:
Bovet, Richard. Pandaemonium. London: 1684, 183-184

1628 Spraiton  Spraiton  Devon  Devon  England 
2416

The servant, Francis Fey, is "taken up by the skirt of his doublet," one day, when returning home from his labour, and "carried a heighth into the Air." This was done by the "Female Daemon," (Anonymous 169) who is the ghost of Francis Fey's master's father's second wife.(184)

Appears in:
Bovet, Richard. Pandaemonium. London: 1684, 184

1628 Spraiton  Spraiton  Devon  Devon  England 
2417

On the same day the "Female Daemon" (Anonymous 169) who is the ghost of Francis Fey's master's father's second wife, carries the servant Francis Fey through the air "by the skirt of his doublet," his Master Mr. Philip Furze and several other servants look for him, but could not find him for half an hour. After that time, he was "heard singing, and whistling in a bog, or quagmire, where they found him in a kind of Trance, or extatick fit." After this time, he was affected by many more fits.(184 - 185)

Appears in:
Bovet, Richard. Pandaemonium. London: 1684, 184 - 185

1628 Spraiton  Spraiton  Devon  Devon  England 
2418

Upon being found in a bog, where "he was heard singing," and in a "Trance, or extatick fit," it takes the servant Francis Fey about an hour to "return[...] again to himself." When he is returned, Francis Fey "solemnly protested [...] that the Daemon (Anonymous 169) had carried him so high," that his master's house seemed "but as a Hay-cock," and he was fully aware of what was happening to him at that time. He further "prayed to Almighty God not to suffer the Devil to destroy him," and then the daemon set him down in the bog. A workman found a shoe on the side of Mr. Philip Furze's house, and another person found "his Perriwig hanging on the top of a Tree." This confirmed that Francis Fey was "carried a considerable heighth," and that his confession "was not a Fiction."(185)

Appears in:
Bovet, Richard. Pandaemonium. London: 1684, 185

1628 Spraiton  Spraiton  Devon  Devon  England 
2421

The young man, Francis Fey, a servant to Mr. Philip Furze, is continually "molested" by the spirit of his master's father's second wife, "in a very severe and rugged manner," and "often handled with great extremity." This continues indefinitely.(186 - 187)

Appears in:
Bovet, Richard. Pandaemonium. London: 1684, 186 - 187

1628 Spraiton  Spraiton  Devon  Devon  England