East Anglia - New Grid

Charles moved his forces East after Parliamentary victory at the battle of X in X - judged to be too dangerous for judges to make the journey from London.

Marshall's Elm, August 1642

Battle of Naseby. Decisive Parliamentarian victory - interpreted as providential and divinely ordained (legitimacy of their cause in the eyes of the Puritans). Date?

24th June 1645

By X- The Royalist army was advancing near to Cambridge, giving a new urgency to the Bury St Edmund/Suffolk Assizes

August 1645

Oversaw Essex summer assizes in July 1645 - he had very little legal experience

Earl of Warwick

Assizes in X were suspended after news of trouble in Cambridge - Condemned prisoners immediately executed and those waiting trial sent back to cells.

Bury St Edmunds

X% - conviction rate of Hopkins and Stearne

42%

X became more powerful as an institution - official duties were to make and amend laws, and approving taxation.

Parliament

X woman writing in X - Without kingly authority, normal laws did not apply.

Norfolk, 1645

Biblical passage on the cover of the Discovery of Witches

Exodus 22:18

Counties of East Anglia formed the X in the Civil War - provided a significant number of troops for the Parliamentarians. Mostly Puritan, with pockets of Catholicism being rooted out.

Eastern Association

Witches in X were connected with radical Puritan sects that believed women could be viewed as socially and spiritually equal to men

Wingfield, Westhorpe and Stradbroke

Iconoclast General

William Dowsing

Dowsing travelled throughout East-Anglia in X. He visited over X churches in Suffolk and Cambridge (incl. several college chapels), Was met with lots of resistance and non-co-operation, but because he had the authority from parliament to use military force if necessary, he got his way.

1642-44, 250

Author of The World turn'd upside down

John Taylor

When was The World turn'd upside down published

1647

In 1646, the price of wheat rose by X%

20%

Since the start of the civil war price of livestock had increased by X% and grain by X%

12, 15

When was the Weekly Assessment introduced

1643

The weekly assessment was collected in East Anglia at a rate Xx times higher than the Ship Money tax

12x

Where was Margaret Moone from?

Thorpe-le-Soken

X - evicted from cottage when a man offered X shillings more than she could afford in rent, fell into begging, and later accused of the death of livestock, crop failures, and child murder

Margaret Moone, 10

X wet summer which led to staples of wheat, rye being inedible and rotted with ergot. Seed corn had to be eaten instead - threatening next year's harvest.

1646

X and X - heavy rain caused crops to rot and fields to be trodden in mud. Most extreme wet weather in living memory.

October 1645, 1646

X% of men in X left their villages and towns in order to go and fight.

20%, Suffolk

How much common land at Sutton did Sir Miles Sandys enclose

4000 acres

How many families were evicted as a result of Sir Miles Sandys ' actions

30 families

What church was Hopkins' father the vicar of, where?

St John's Church, Great Wenham

Siblings of Hopkins

2x elder brothers

Staunch Puritan and he had a significant good working knowledge of the scriptures. Had the ear of Grimston - he was entrusted to advance the confession of Clarke (Hopkins volunteered to join him). Accompanied Hopkins in the systematic rooting out of suspected witches.

John Stearne

John Stearne Publication

A confirmation and discovery of witchcraft'

Searcher for Hopkins and Stearne

Mary Philips

How much was Philips paid for her services at Aldeburgh

£2

Resident in Manningtree. In March 1645 he accused Elizabeth Clarke of bewitching his wife. Convinced that her illness had no earthly cause

John Rivet

Cunning woman that John Rivet approached about his wife's possession

Goodwife Hovey

Highly principled man, with 50 years' experience in defending the truth in religion and politics. He believed the witchcraft threat to be real, and gave Stearne a warrant to discover from Clarke the names of other witches.

Sir Harbottle Grimston

The assistant of Grimston.

Sir Thomas Bowes

Presided over the JPs conducting the Chelmsford Trials. Very little legal experience - impact of the civil war as the assize judges couldn't travel to preside over the courts. 19 witches condemned to death

Earl of Warwick

Judge at Bury St Edmunds (Suffolk Assizes)

John Godbolt

Casualties from Suffolk Assizes (women, men)

16, 2

Godbolt asserted at Suffolk confessions must always be 'X'

Purely voluntary and unconstrained

How was John Lowes tortured

Watched, walked and swum

How much did Godbolt claim in expenses for his work at Suffolk

£130

How many were accused at the first Ely assizes

3

When was the first Ely assizes

September 1646

When was the second Ely assizes

September 1647

Who was sentenced to death at the second Ely assizes

Margaret Moore

How many public confessions had Margaret Moore given?

3

How old was Elizabeth Clarke

80

Marital status of Elizabeth Clarke

Widowed

Which 4 women stripped and searched Elizabeth Clarke looking for a mark

Mary Philips, Mary Parsley, Grace Norman and Frances Miles

When did 4 women strip and search Elizabeth Clarke looking for a mark

21st March 1645

Where was Elizabeth Clarke held whilst waiting for the Chelmsford assizes

Colchester Castle

Name of Elizabeth Clarke's familiars - A greyhound with long legs, who turned into a 4-year-old boy with no head.

Vinegar Tom

Name of Elizabeth Clarke's familiars - a demonic black rabbit

Sacke and Sugar

When was Elizabeth Clarke found guilty, at the Chelmsford assizes

17th July 1645

Occupation of Elizabeth Gooding's Husband

Shoemaker

Who accused Elizabeth Gooding

Robert Tayler

How much cheese was Elizabeth Gooding refused for credit for, who owned this cheese shop

1/2 pound, Robert Tayler

When was Elizabeth Gooding found guilty, at the Chelmsford assizes

17th July 1656

Marital status of Anne West

Widow

Where was Anne West from

Lawford

When was Anne West previously tried for witch-craft and aquitted

1641

Who had previously accused Anne West previously for witchcraft - killing his pig

Thomas Hart

How old was Rebecca West

15

Role of Rebecca West in the legal proceedings

Informant

Whos son did Anne Leech confess to murdering

Richard Edward

Where was Anne Leech from

Mistley

Who was the mother of Helen Clarke

Anne Leech

Occupation of Helen Clarke's husband

Stonemason

Helen Clarke was the prime suspect in whos murder?

Anne Parsley

Religious persuasion of John Lowes

Anti-Calvinist

Parish of John Lowes

Brandeston

In the moat of where was John Lowes swum

Framlingham Castle

When was John Lowes found guilty

26th August 1645

Which accused individual did John Lowes speak in defence of

Ann Annson

Confession of John Lowes - Sinking a ship off X that killed X people

Harwich, 14

When approached by John Rivet to ask her to cure her wife/work out what was wrong with his wife, so told him that she had been bewitched and pointed to the 'woman up the hill' - Elizabeth Clarke.

Goodwife Hovey

Parish of John Gaule

Great Staughton

Publication of John Gaule title and date

Select cases of conscience touching Witches and Witchcraft, 1646

When was the confession of Margaret Moone

April 1645

Who was the judge at Yarmouth

Miles Corbett

When was the Kings Lynn trial?

24th September 1646

Who was the judge at Kings Lynn

Miles Corbett

How many died in jail before the Chelmsford trial

4

How many women were tried at Chelmsford

29

How many were found guilty at Chelmsford

19

How many were fully acquitted at Chelmsford

1

When was Chelmsford trial

17th June 1645

How many were executed on the 18th June 1645

15

How many were hung at Manningtree on the 1st August 1645

4

Summer of 1645 - As many as X men and women from Suffolk, from X small towns and villages, were identified at witches.

150, 50

How many were originally on trial at Suffolk

90

How many did the Grand Jury approve for trial at Suffolk

60

When was the Suffolk assize

26th August 1645

When was Hopkins in Aldeburgh

January 1646

How many women were tried, executed at Aldeburgh

7, 7

Aldeburgh trial - Cost the town X of annual expenses for the witch-hunt

1/7

How much was Hopkins paid for Aldeburgh

£8

How much was food and drink at Aldeburgh

£15

How many were tried at the Norfolk assizes in 1645

40