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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Licence: Public Domain Mark

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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    verfed with the Woman above defcrib’d, and return’d Home, was not above 6 or 7 Minutes at the molt, (o that file ran at the Rate of above 8 Miles an Hour : A great Swiftnefs this in aCrimle that had her Knee but jufl fet, which from the Time 01 its being out, to the Time it was fct again, was 19 Hours. To be fully fatished of the Truth of what the Girl had related, (which might pollibly have never been really per¬ formed, but only the Suppofition of a Wild Fancy^) Mr. Gardiner and Mr. Bragge went to John Chapman's, and enquired of the Two Men whom Anne TWz (aid fhe had met; they related that they faw Anne thorn running up the Hill with a prodigious Swiftnefs, that one of them endea¬ voured to flop her, but could not; the fame alfo Danid Chapman afterwards confirm'd, all of them exa<Sly agree¬ ing with what Anne thorn had related. There was this Agreement between the Cafe of Matthew Giljlon, and that ct Anne thorn, that to both of them ap¬ peared an Old Woman in a Riding-hood, and both were lent on llrange Errands, the one to fetch Straw, the other Sticks; but herein they differ, that the Boy continued well afterwards, whereas this was only the Beginning of Sorrows to the unhappy Maid ; for. The next Morning, being the 12th of February, after fhehad had a pretty good Night’s Reft, her Miftrefs asked her whether lhe thought fhe could go to Miftrefs Adams’s Houfe, (a near Neighbour.) to fetch a few Peafe? She faid fhe thought fhe could, and went with Miftrefs Rofe Adams (who had breakfafted that Morning with Miftrefs Gardiner,) to her Houfe; having got her Peafe, as fhe was coming Home fhe met Jane Wenham, who asked her why fhe told fuch Stories of her, as if (he had Bewitched her ? Anne thorn anfwered, fhe had faid nothing but what was true, and fhe was the Caufe of all her Diforder ; to this Jane Wenham leplfd, if you tell any more fuch Stories of me it fhall be worfe for you than it has been yet, and fhov’d her with her Hand* As foon as Anne thorn had Limped Home, (he told her Miftrefs with a great Concern, that (lie had met Jane Wenham, and what had pall between them. ' . When this Circumftance was prefs’d upon Jane Wenham afterwards, before Sir Henry Chauncy, fhe deny’d that fhe had met Anne thorn, faying, that (he was at that Time at Wejton, Three Miles oft; to difprove which, thomas Ire¬ land