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1582-83. Nottingham. A certain Batte examined before the ”Meare” of Nottingham. _Hist. MSS. Comm. Reports_, XII, pt. 4, 147.

1582-83. King's Lynn. Mother Gabley probably hanged. Excerpt from parish register of Wells in Norfolk, in the _Gentleman's Magazine_, LXII (1792), 904.

1583. Kingston-upon-Hull, Yorks.h.i.+re. Three women tried, one sentenced to a year's imprisonment and the pillory.

J. J. Sheahan, _History of Kingston-upon-Hull_ (London, 1864), 86.

1583. Colchester, Ess.e.x. Two women sentenced to a year in prison and to four appearances in the pillory. E.

L. Cutts, Colchester (London, 1888), 151. Henry Harrod, _Report on the Records of Colchester_ (Colchester, 1865), 17; App., 14.

1583. St. Peter's, Kent. Ellen Bamfield suspected by the church authorities. _Archaeol. Cant._, XXVI, 45.

1584. Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. Elizabeth Butcher (punished before) and Joan Lingwood condemned to be hanged. C. J. Palmer, _History of Great Yarmouth_, I, 273.

1584. Staffords.h.i.+re. An indictment preferred against Jeffrey Leach. _Cal. St. P., Dom., 1581-1590_, 206.

1584. ”The oulde witche of Ramsbury” and several other ”oulde witches and sorcerers” suspected. _Cal. St.

P., Dom., 1581-1590_, 220.

1584. York. Woman, indicted for witchcraft and ”high treason touching the supremacy,” condemned. _Cal.

St. P., Dom., Add. 1580-1625_, 120-121.

1584. Middles.e.x. Elizabeth Bartell of St. Martin's-in-the-Fields acquitted. _Middles.e.x County Records_, I, 145.

1585. Middles.e.x. Margaret Hackett of Stanmore executed.

From t.i.tles of two pamphlets mentioned by Lowndes, _The severall Facts of Witchcrafte approved on Margaret Haskett ..._ 1585, and _An Account of Margaret Hacket, a notorious Witch ..._ 1585.

1585. Middles.e.x. Joan Barringer of ”Harroweelde” (Harrow Weald) acquitted. _Middles.e.x County Records_, I, 157.

1585. Dorset. John Meere examined. _Cal. St. P., Dom., 1581-90_, 246-247.

1585-86. Alnwick, Northumberland. Two men and two women committed to prison on suspicion of killing a sheriff.

_Denham Tracts_, II, 332; _Cal. S. P., Dom., Add. 1580-1625_, 168.

1586. Eckington, Derbys.h.i.+re. Margaret Roper accused. Discharged.

Harsnett, _Discovery of the Fraudulent Practises of John Darrel_, 310.

1586. Faversham, Kent. Jone Cason [Carson] tried before the mayor, executed. Holinshed, _Chronicles_ (1586-1587), III, 1560.

1587. Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. Helena Gill indicted. C. J.

Palmer, _History of Great Yarmouth_, 273. H. Harrod in _Norfolk Archaeology_, IV, 248, a.s.signs this to 1597, but it is probably a mistake.

c. 1588. A woman at R. H. said to have been imprisoned and to have died before the a.s.sizes. Gifford, _Dialogue_ (London, 1603), C.

1589. Chelmsford, Ess.e.x. Three women hanged. _The apprehension and confession of three notorious Witches._

1589. Several persons to be examined about their dealings in conjuration with an Italian friar. _Acts P. C._, n. s., XVII, 31-32.

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