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ID Short Description Date City Parish Current County Old county Nation
393

Elizabeth Wright is searched for witch's marks by Anonymous 165 and allegedly has two teats like warts behind her arm, and a large collection of marks towards the top of her shoulder which is described as "udder of an ewe." Sir Humphrey and Master Graysley examine the marks.(9-10)

Appears in:
D., I.. The Most Wonderfull and True Story, of a Certain Witch named Alice Gooderige of Stapen hill. London: 1597, 9-10

1597 Burton upon Trent    Staffordshire  Stafford  England 
395

Alice Gooderigde is searched for witch's marks by Anonymous 165 and is found to have a bloody hole as big as two pence on her stomach; the searchers believe the bloody hole is a result of a wart or teat being cut off; Gooderidge claims the hole is a result of holding a knife while falling off a ladder, which caused the knife to be thrust into her stomach; the hole is not festering, and therefore the searchers do not believe her story. The marks are examined by Sir Humphrey and Master Graysley.(9)

Appears in:
D., I.. The Most Wonderfull and True Story, of a Certain Witch named Alice Gooderige of Stapen hill. London: 1597, 9

1597 Burton upon Trent    Staffordshire  Stafford  England 
396

Alice Gooderidge is sent to the Derby prison for allegedly bewitching Thomas Darling.(11)

Appears in:
D., I.. The Most Wonderfull and True Story, of a Certain Witch named Alice Gooderige of Stapen hill. London: 1597, 11

1597 Darbie    Derbyshire  Derbyshire  England 
1147

Thomas Darling claims, during his violent fits and vomiting, to see a green angel in the window, and a green cat who troubles him.(1)

Appears in:
D., I.. The Most Wonderfull and True Story, of a Certain Witch named Alice Gooderige of Stapen hill. London: 1597, 1

1597 Burton upon Trent    Staffordshire  Stafford  England 
1148

Thomas Darlings urine is collected and taken to a physician two times in an attempt to determine what illness he has. The physician first claimed he "saw no signes of anie natural disease in the Child, vnles it were the wormes." Darling's aunt took his urine to the physician again, "who iudged as before, saying further, he doubted that the Childe was be witched."(2)

Appears in:
D., I.. The Most Wonderfull and True Story, of a Certain Witch named Alice Gooderige of Stapen hill. London: 1597, 2

1597 Burton upon Trent    Staffordshire  Stafford  England 
1149

Thomas Darling suffers from a violent fit, during which he falls upon his back, raises his legs stiffly up in the air, contorts his belly so it is over his head, and roars loudly. Darling then rises up, walks around on his hands and feet, and says the Lord's name.(2-3)

Appears in:
D., I.. The Most Wonderfull and True Story, of a Certain Witch named Alice Gooderige of Stapen hill. London: 1597, 2-3

1597 Burton upon Trent    Staffordshire  Stafford  England 
1150

Thomas Darling claims to have seen green cats during one of his violent fits. Darling would point out an invisible green cat which troubled him.(3)

Appears in:
D., I.. The Most Wonderfull and True Story, of a Certain Witch named Alice Gooderige of Stapen hill. London: 1597, 3

1597 Burton upon Trent    Staffordshire  Stafford  England 
1151

Thomas Darling asks his friends (Friends of Thomas Darling), who in turn ask Jesse Bee, to read scriptures in between his fits so that he may hopefully be cured.(3)

Appears in:
D., I.. The Most Wonderfull and True Story, of a Certain Witch named Alice Gooderige of Stapen hill. London: 1597, 3

1597 Burton upon Trent    Staffordshire  Stafford  England 
1152

Thomas Darling claims that he came across a little old woman wearing a gray gown, black fringe cape, broad hat, and who had three warts on her face. Darling angered the woman, causing her to curse him to go to hell. Darling believes this was the Witch of Stapen Hill, while others think it was Alice Gooderidge. (4)

Appears in:
D., I.. The Most Wonderfull and True Story, of a Certain Witch named Alice Gooderige of Stapen hill. London: 1597, 4

1597 Burton upon Trent    Staffordshire  Stafford  England 
1158

Thomas Darling is tormented by violent fits during the day and fearful dreams during the night. Darling claims that in these dreams he sometimes prays, and other times is tossed up and down on a string by a cat.(5)

Appears in:
D., I.. The Most Wonderfull and True Story, of a Certain Witch named Alice Gooderige of Stapen hill. London: 1597, 5

1597 Burton upon Trent    Staffordshire  Stafford  England 
1160

Alice Gooderidge is detained and questioned by Mistress Walkden about Thomas Darling about whether or not she has any knowledge of him. Gooderidge does not confess; she denies knowing Darling.(5)

Appears in:
D., I.. The Most Wonderfull and True Story, of a Certain Witch named Alice Gooderige of Stapen hill. London: 1597, 5

1597 Burton upon Trent    Staffordshire  Stafford  England 
1161

Thomas Darling scratches Alice Gooderidges face and the back of her hands to draw her blood, in hopes of curing his bewitchment. Gooderidge wipes the blood from the back of her hand on Darling while saying God help thee, to which Darling answers, thy prayer can do me no good.(5-6)

Appears in:
D., I.. The Most Wonderfull and True Story, of a Certain Witch named Alice Gooderige of Stapen hill. London: 1597, 5-6

1597 Burton upon Trent    Staffordshire  Stafford  England 
1164

Master Graysley brings Elizabeth Wright to Thomas Darling, which causes Darling to go into a violent fit. Graysley asks Wright if she can do anything for Darling and Wright answers that her daughter (Alice Gooderidge) could help. Graysley tells Wright to kneel and pray for Darling. Wright prays in a language no one can understand and is then dismissed. Darling recovers after Wright leaves.(8)

Appears in:
D., I.. The Most Wonderfull and True Story, of a Certain Witch named Alice Gooderige of Stapen hill. London: 1597, 8

1597 Burton upon Trent    Staffordshire  Stafford  England 
1165

Alice Gooderidge is scratched by Sir Humphrey in an attempt to cure Thomas Darling of his fits and illness.(9)

Appears in:
D., I.. The Most Wonderfull and True Story, of a Certain Witch named Alice Gooderige of Stapen hill. London: 1597, 9

1597 Burton upon Trent    Staffordshire  Stafford  England 
1166

Alice Gooderidges husband (Oliver Gooderidge) and daughter (Daughter Gooderidge) are examined during her trial; they are found to disagree in their tales.(10)

Appears in:
D., I.. The Most Wonderfull and True Story, of a Certain Witch named Alice Gooderige of Stapen hill. London: 1597, 10

1597 Burton upon Trent    Staffordshire  Stafford  England 
1167

Thomas Darling speaks with the Devil during one of his violent fits. The Devil tries to persuade Darling to worship him, but Darling says he will worship the Lord God alone. (10)

Appears in:
D., I.. The Most Wonderfull and True Story, of a Certain Witch named Alice Gooderige of Stapen hill. London: 1597, 10

1597 Burton upon Trent    Staffordshire  Stafford  England 
1168

Elizabeth Wright, on the rare occasion of being in town, is apprehended, stripped of her clothing to show her witches mark, and cursed for being born. Wright is also questioned about who brought her to Burton, to which she allegedly replies, the devil.(13)

Appears in:
D., I.. The Most Wonderfull and True Story, of a Certain Witch named Alice Gooderige of Stapen hill. London: 1597, 13

1597 Burton upon Trent    Staffordshire  Stafford  England 
1169

A stranger (Anonymous 142) visits Thomas Darling and greatly upsets him by questioning his belief in God, and by proposing that witches do not exist. Darling falls into another set of fits in the strangers presence; it is possible that the stranger is the Devil himself.(15-16)

Appears in:
D., I.. The Most Wonderfull and True Story, of a Certain Witch named Alice Gooderige of Stapen hill. London: 1597, 15-16

1597 Burton upon Trent    Staffordshire  Stafford  England 
1170

Master Eccarshall, the Pastor of Burton, encourages Thomas Darling to not answer the Devil when he speaks to him, because the devil is a liar and is possibly making Darling ill.(16)

Appears in:
D., I.. The Most Wonderfull and True Story, of a Certain Witch named Alice Gooderige of Stapen hill. London: 1597, 16

1597 Burton upon Trent    Staffordshire  Stafford  England 
1171

Jesse Bee reads from the bible and encourages Thomas Darling to fight the Devil. Although Darling has fits throughout the reading, Bee is able to finish the entire first chapter of the Gospel of John, a feat that had not been previously accomplished.(16-17)

Appears in:
D., I.. The Most Wonderfull and True Story, of a Certain Witch named Alice Gooderige of Stapen hill. London: 1597, 16-17

1597 Burton upon Trent    Staffordshire  Stafford  England 
1172

Widow Worthington, the good witch of Hoppers, claims that Thomas Darling has been bewitched, and that she cannot help him.(18)

Appears in:
D., I.. The Most Wonderfull and True Story, of a Certain Witch named Alice Gooderige of Stapen hill. London: 1597, 18

1597 Burton upon Trent    Staffordshire  Stafford  England 
1173

Alice Gooderidge is apprehended and brought to Robert Toone's home, where a Cunning man pressures her to confess to bewitching Thomas Darling. Unsuccessful at cajoling or coercion, the Cunning man puts a new pair of shoes on Gooderidge and places her near the fire so that the shoes will constrict and cause her pain, forcing her to confess.(24-25)

Appears in:
D., I.. The Most Wonderfull and True Story, of a Certain Witch named Alice Gooderige of Stapen hill. London: 1597, 24-25

1597 Burton upon Trent    Staffordshire  Stafford  England 
1174

Alice Gooderidge is tried for supposedly bewitching Thomas Darling. Jerome Horabin, Edward Weightman, and Mistress Caldwall are among those who come to hear Gooderidge's confession.(25)

Appears in:
D., I.. The Most Wonderfull and True Story, of a Certain Witch named Alice Gooderige of Stapen hill. London: 1597, 25

1597 Burton upon Trent    Staffordshire  Stafford  England 
1175

Alice Gooderidge confesses that the Devil appeared to her in the likeness of a little red and white coloured dog, which she calls Minny. Gooderidge allegedly sends Minny to seek revenge on a boy who called her a witch.(26)

Appears in:
D., I.. The Most Wonderfull and True Story, of a Certain Witch named Alice Gooderige of Stapen hill. London: 1597, 26

1597 Burton upon Trent    Staffordshire  Stafford  England 
1176

Alice Gooderidge claims her familiar looks like William Gregories dog, an assertion which creates the rumor that Gregories dog actually is Gooderidges familiar. However, Gooderidge claims she received her familiar from her mother (Elizabeth Wright).(27)

Appears in:
D., I.. The Most Wonderfull and True Story, of a Certain Witch named Alice Gooderige of Stapen hill. London: 1597, 27

1597 Burton upon Trent    Staffordshire  Stafford  England 
1183

Alice Gooderidge confesses to Robert Toone and a Cunning man that she is sorry for confusing Thomas Darling with another boy who broke her eggs.(24-25)

Appears in:
D., I.. The Most Wonderfull and True Story, of a Certain Witch named Alice Gooderige of Stapen hill. London: 1597, 24-25

1597 Burton upon Trent    Staffordshire  Stafford  England 
1203

Anne Whittle alleges in her confession that, starting fourteen or fifteen years before, a spirit would come to her in the shape of a man for four years. When he came, he would ask her for her soul. At the end of the four years, Whittle finally agreed, and the spirit promised that "Thou shalt want nothing; and be reuenged of whom thou list." He commanded her to call him by the name of Fancie, and to call that name whenever she wanted anything of him. Not long after, Fancie tried to convince her to let him hurt Richard Baldwyn's wife, but she would not let him.(D3-D3v)

Appears in:
Potts, Thomas. The Wonderfull Discovery of Witches in the County of Lancaster. London: 1613, D3-D3v

1597   The Forest of Pendle  Lancashire  Lancaster  England 
1624

William Whycherly, during his examination by Sir Thomas Smith, confesses to attempting to conjure a circle with a consecrated sword and ring, but was unsuccessful because "an old priest being there was so sore afraide that he ran away before the spirit called Ambrose Waterduke could appeare."(334)

Appears in:
Foxe, Thomas Cranmer, John Gough Nichols, John. Narratives of the Days of the Reformation. Unknown: 1859, 334

1597 Yarmouth    Norfolk  Norfolk  England 
1625

William Whycherly, during his examination by Sir Thomas Smith, claims that "he knoweth that one Lowth, in Flete-strete, a broderer, useth the cristall stone, and goeth about daily to dygge for treasure."(334)

Appears in:
Foxe, Thomas Cranmer, John Gough Nichols, John. Narratives of the Days of the Reformation. Unknown: 1859, 334

1597 London (Fleet Street)    London, City of  Middlesex  England 
1626

William Whycherly, during his examination by Sir Thomas Smith, claims that "Thomas Malfrey of Goldstone besides Yarmouth, [and] a woman [Anonymous 257] besides Stoke Clare, whose name [he] knoweth not, are skryers of the glasse [divination tools]."(334)

Appears in:
Foxe, Thomas Cranmer, John Gough Nichols, John. Narratives of the Days of the Reformation. Unknown: 1859, 334

1597 London   London  London, City of  London  England 
1627

William Whycherly, during his examination by Sir Thomas Smith, claims that Sir John Lloyd, and "Maier, a preest, and now say-master of the mynt at Durham house, hath conjured for treasure and their stolne goods."(334)

Appears in:
Foxe, Thomas Cranmer, John Gough Nichols, John. Narratives of the Days of the Reformation. Unknown: 1859, 334

1597 London (Durham House in the Strand)    London, City of  Middlesex  England 
1628

William Whycherly, during his examination by Sir Thomas Smith, claims that "Thomas Owldring, of Yarmouth, is a conjurer, and hath very good bookes of conjuring, and that a great nomber."(334)

Appears in:
Foxe, Thomas Cranmer, John Gough Nichols, John. Narratives of the Days of the Reformation. Unknown: 1859, 334

1597 Yarmouth    Norfolk  Norfolk  England 
1629

William Whycherly, during his examination by Sir Thomas Smith, claims that the priest Sir Robert Brian of Highgate is sometimes "a conjureth with a syve and a pair of sheeres, invocating saith Paule and Saint Peter. And that he also useth the psalter and the key with a psalme." (334)

Appears in:
Foxe, Thomas Cranmer, John Gough Nichols, John. Narratives of the Days of the Reformation. Unknown: 1859, 334

1597 Highgate     London, Greater  Middlesex  England 
1630

William Whycherly, during his examination by Sir Thomas Smith, claims that "One Thomas Shakilton occupieth the syve and sheeres, and he dwellith in Aldersgate-strete, a laborer."(334)

Appears in:
Foxe, Thomas Cranmer, John Gough Nichols, John. Narratives of the Days of the Reformation. Unknown: 1859, 334

1597 London (Aldersgate Street)    London, City of  Middlesex  England 
1631

WIlliam Whycherly, during his examination by Sir Thomas Smith, claims that "Christopher Morgan, a plaisterer, and his wife (Mrs. Morgan), dwelling in Beche-lane, besides the Barbicane, occupieth the syve and sheeres also."(334)

Appears in:
Foxe, Thomas Cranmer, John Gough Nichols, John. Narratives of the Days of the Reformation. Unknown: 1859, 334

1597 London   London  London, City of  London  England 
1973

William Sommers is brought back before the Commission to see if he would confess who had persuaded him to insist his initial possession was faked. Sommers tries to run up the stairs and throw himself over the gallery to break his neck, but is prevented. When questioned this time, he is treated more roughly than before, until the Commission and all present are satisfied that he is indeed possessed once again. Mr. Walter Archdeacon acknowledges that the finger of God must be upon the whole affair. There is rejoicing in Nottingham, as the Commission is said to have pleased God for the truth to have been so revealed.(Image 7)

Appears in:
Co., G.. A Breife Narration of the Possession, Dispossession, and, Repossession of William Sommers. Amsterdam: 1598, Image 7

1597 Nottingham    Nottinghamshire  Nottinhamshire  England 
1974

William Sommers is committed to the custody of certain residents of Nottingham after the Commission returns to Yorke, where he continues to be tormented by fits and tells of his ordeal to his captors. Sommers recounts how the Devil appeared to him in prison in the shape of a mouse, and that the Devil and certain persons urged him to say he had counterfeited his first possession, making promises to him should he do as they asked. His confessions are written down by some of his listeners.(Image 7)

Appears in:
Co., G.. A Breife Narration of the Possession, Dispossession, and, Repossession of William Sommers. Amsterdam: 1598, Image 7

1597 Nottingham    Nottinghamshire  Nottinhamshire  England 
1975

The Archbishop of Yorke receives the depositions taken by the high Commission on William Sommers' possession and is satisfied that Sommers is truly possessed. He chastises John Darrell for his actions in Sommers' case, demanding that Darrell keep his insistence that the Devil might be driven out of a person through prayer and fasting to himself, as it is Darrell's opinion only. The Archbishop declines to enlighten Darrell on how the Devil might be better driven out, preferring to leave Darrell with the demand to cease claiming that prayer and fasting are effective.(Image 7)

Appears in:
Co., G.. A Breife Narration of the Possession, Dispossession, and, Repossession of William Sommers. Amsterdam: 1598, Image 7

1597 York  York  North Yorkshire  Yorkshire  England 
1976

John Darrell, after his chastisement by the Archbishop of Yorke, is summoned before the Commissioners of Canterbury, and after a day of harsh speeches, is sent to the Gatehouse.(Image 7)

Appears in:
Co., G.. A Breife Narration of the Possession, Dispossession, and, Repossession of William Sommers. Amsterdam: 1598, Image 7

1597 Canterbury    Kent  Kent  England 
1977

William Sommers is brought to London, where he continues to allege that his first possession was a fake, and accuses John Darrell of hiring him to do it. He says that he has known Darrell for four years, and that Darrell first hired him to counterfeit possession in Ashbie Park. Sommers alleges that Darrell instructed him on how to act during his dispossession. Darrell denies these accusations, but Sommers has become a man of great credit and is believed over Darrell. During his time in London, Sommers is kept first in the custody of a barber of East Smithfield, and then in the home of the Bishop of London.(Image 7)

Appears in:
Co., G.. A Breife Narration of the Possession, Dispossession, and, Repossession of William Sommers. Amsterdam: 1598, Image 7

1597 London   London  London, City of  London  England 
1978

John Darrell is held prisoner for a week in London, then convented at Lambeth, for allegedly having William Sommers counterfeit possession. He is held on the strength of there being many known counterfeited possessions, and for Sommers' own insistence that his possession was not real. There are, however, doubts regarding Sommers' possession, as the depositions against him claim that he had done things that could not be faked.(Image 7-8)

Appears in:
Co., G.. A Breife Narration of the Possession, Dispossession, and, Repossession of William Sommers. Amsterdam: 1598, Image 7-8

1597 London   London  London, City of  London  England 
2854

According to John Darrell, William Sommers said "there came vnto me a thing like vnto a Dogg, and said vnto me, And if I would consent vnto him & say that I was a cou[n]terfeit, he would giue me a bagge of golde, and if I woulde not, hee woulde make me be hanged, or else he would teare mee in peeces: And if I would, I should doe any thing that I would take in hand. And he would come to me like a Mouse, & would helpe me. And there came to me a thing like a Nass, and said, if I would not say that I was a Counterfeit, hee would cast me into the well, and so went away." Sommers was also allegedly intimidated into confessing he faked his possession by John Cooper and Nicholas Shepherd.(5-8)

Appears in:
Darrel, John. A Brief Apologie Prouing the Possession of William Sommers. Middleburg: 1599, 5-8

1597 Nottingham    Nottinghamshire  Nottinhamshire  England