A full and impartial account of the discovery of sorcery and witchcraft, : practis'd by Jane Wenham of Walkerne in Hertfordshire, upon the bodies of Anne Thorn, Anne Street, &c. The proceedings against her from her being first apprehended, till she was committed to gaol by Sir Henry Chauncy. Also her tryal at the assizes at Hertford before Mr. Justice Powell, where she was found guilty of felony and witchcraft, and receiv'd sentence of death for the same, March 4. 1711-12.

  • Bragge, Francis, 1664-1728.
Date:
1712
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Credit: A full and impartial account of the discovery of sorcery and witchcraft, : practis'd by Jane Wenham of Walkerne in Hertfordshire, upon the bodies of Anne Thorn, Anne Street, &c. The proceedings against her from her being first apprehended, till she was committed to gaol by Sir Henry Chauncy. Also her tryal at the assizes at Hertford before Mr. Justice Powell, where she was found guilty of felony and witchcraft, and receiv'd sentence of death for the same, March 4. 1711-12. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    THE TH E Proceedings againft Jane Wenhacn having made fa great a Noife in the whole County, and Occafioned fa ~ '■ many various Reflexions, the whole Courfe of the Occurrences having been all along very ftrange and furprizmga it was thought proper to draw up the following Account of them, both for the Information of the Worlds and the Vindication of the Perfons more immediately concerned in this Profecution ; efpe~ dally fincefame People have thought fit, in a Public Manner, to expnfs their PFonder, that Two Divines * Jhould concern them- f elves in a Thing of this Nature, as if detecting the mofl Ab- ftrufe, and Hi dderi Works of the Dev if and his Spiteful and Malicious Vajfals, were a Bufjnefs wholly foreign to, and in- confijtent with, */?£• 0/ # Minifier of Chrift. if ix humbly hoped, ez/ery Impartial Pleader will be at leaf fo far fails fled with this Narrative, <zx to own there was another Reafonfor this Profecution, than either the Knavery or Eolly of the Promoters; that what we Jaw with our Eyes, and 0Ur -&arsj ^as at leafl very extraordinary, and ju- Jtified a Strict and Solemn Enquiry, even by the Judge, into fo ftran&€ Myfteries of Iniquity. When [aw a poor Cripple, not only Arife and Walk, but Run with a prodigious Swiftnefs; when we heard her complain \frtevqufly, and with Tears, of the excejfive Torments (he was laid under, upon the Tbreatning of a wiu'ted Neighbour, and to is without the leafl Reafon to fufpeX any Cheat or Trick, the lerjon being wholly uncap able of carrying m fuch a Dcfigri, and 1 nos f ;The Reverend Mr. Gardiner, ReOor of Walkeme, Mt. Strutt, Vicar of Ardlg* 1 '■ * ' V *