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| Archive Reference / Library Class No. | Q/SB/2/1213 |
| Title | Information of William Smith of Ilkeston, husbandman, Allice, wife of William Day of Ilkeston, Elizabeth, wife of George Gothard, Ilkeston, and of Ann, wife of Thomas Arnold (?); and Alice, wife of William Cupin, against Ann Wragg of Ilkeston, for witchcraft |
| Date | 26 Jun 1650 |
| Extent | 1 item |
| Level | Item |
| Repository | Derbyshire Record Office |
| Archive Creator | Derbyshire County Quarter Sessions |
| Privacy Notice | Data Subjects in Archives Privacy Notice |
| Format | Document |
| Related Material | Relates to Q/SB/2/170, re Ann Wagg [sic] |
| Publication Note | Reprinted in Three Centuries of Derbyshire Annals by Cox Vol II p89 |
| Term | Witchcraft |
| Transcript or Index | Modern transcription, with all abbreviations expanded and modern spelling
Derby' ?
The Information of William Smith of Ilkeston in the County of Derby husbandman Taken before Gervase Bennet Esquire one of the Justices of the peace for the said County June the six & twentieth 1650
This Informant saith that about two Months since Ann Wagg came to John Ellott [?Elliott] to desire milke & she not being provided to give her went away crumbling & this Informant said would you had given her some but before the next morning then found a calfe of theirs dead which was well overnight.
The Information of Alice the wife of William Day of Ilkeston aforesaid taken the same day concerning the same matter
Saith that about two or three years since one Elizabeth Webster died who took it upon her death that Anne Wagg had done her hurt & this Informant would have had her the said Webster to have ?forgiven the said Ann Wagg but she refused and would not.
The Information of Elizabeth the wife of George Gothard of Ilkeston aforesaid taken concerning the same matter
Saith about fifteen years since Ann Wag came to this Informant's house to buy some whey but this Informant told her she had promised it her sister & she answered is not my money as good as hers & the same night this Informant's child fell suddenly sick & was taken with a continual shaking & so continued a week & then recovered & by the fourteen days the child was well recovered & then the said Ann Wagg the very same Saturday was fortnight came to buy butter but this Informant not having any for her she went away & the very same night the child fell sick suddenly & died before morning.
The Information of Ann the wife of Thomas ?Arnold taken the same day concerning the same matter
This Informant saith about ten days since she had a daughter about fifteen years of age who being sick the said maid in her sickness & diverse of the neighbours had some fear least Anne Wagg had done her some hurt & caused her to be sent for & they asked forgiveness each of other & so the Girl died & in the time of her sickness the maid said she was witchridden for this she knows because she could not speak.
Ger. Bennett |
| Archivist Note | Date amended from Jul 1650, 9 December 2021, BS. |