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Notes Regarding the History of Witchcraft

Museum of Cambridge Research Notes on Witchcraft

A document headed by the printed name of the Cambridge and County Folk Museum with handwritten text below regarding witchcraft.

Notes_Witchcraft©MoC

Typewritten document titled Definitions of Witchcraft listing five numbered historical points about beliefs in witchcraft.

Notes_Witchcraft1 ©Moc

A typed document page titled Persecution of witches, outlining the history of witchcraft accusations and religious laws.

Notes_Witchcraft2 ©MoC

A typed document detailing a chronological history of witchcraft statutes and persecution in England.

Notes_ Witchcraft3 ©MoC

Typed document on white paper numbered 4, outlining eight points regarding the history and nature of English witchcraft trials.

Notes_Witchcraft4 ©MoC

A document page with typed headers numbered 5, listing Testing of witches, Swimming, Lords Prayer, Salt Test, and Searching for Marks.

Notes_Witchcraft5 ©MoC

A typed document page numbered six, listing points about historical beliefs regarding witches, familiars, and rituals.

Notes_Witchcraft6 ©MoC

A document featuring typed text listing the alleged powers of witches, including murder, weather control, and illness.

Notes_Witchcraft7 ©MoC

A typewritten document lists measures against witches, including items like holed stones, witch bottles, and horse shoes.

Notes_Witchcraft8 ©MoC

A typed document stating that William Adams and his wife were fined for the ill treatment of Phoebe Haly in 1769.

Notes_Witchcraft Caldecote 1769 ©MoC

Typewritten document titled Horseheath, describing an encounter between a local man and a witch involving an imp.

Notes_Witchcraft Horseheath ©MoC

Typewritten document about Castle Camps and Horseheath, containing a narrative regarding the history of local witchcraft.

Notes_Witchcraft ©Horseheath&CastleCamps 1915

Typewritten document describing local traditions about witches and bribery in Horseheath, presented in black text on paper.

Notes_Witchcraft Horseheath ©MoC

A typed document titled CAMBRIDGE 1604, describing a 17th-century legal case regarding witchcraft and the King's intervention.

Notes_Witchcraft Cambridge 1604 ©MoC

Typewritten document mentioning a 1619 case in Cambridge involving Samuel Peacock and accusations of sorcery and treason.

Notes_Witchcraft Cambridge 1619 ©MoC

Typed document excerpt titled SAWSTON 1577 stating that Alice, wife of John Rumbold, is suspected of witchcraft.

Notes_Witchcraft Sawston 1577 ©MoC

A typed document entitled Haddenham 1615 recounts a historical narrative regarding accusations of witchcraft against a woman.

Notes_Witchcraft Haddenham 1615 ©MoC

A typed document titled HADDENHAM 1647 containing a paragraph about Adam Sabie, Lady Sandys, and an alleged spirit encounter.

Notes_Witchcraft Haddenham 1647 ©MoC

Typewritten document on white paper detailing a 1647 Haddenham court case concerning witchcraft accusations against a woman.

Notes_Witchcraft Haddenham 1647 ©MoC

Typed document titled Horseheath - Mother Redcap containing a 1928 newspaper excerpt about a woman and her alleged imps.

Notes_Witchcraft Horseheath 1928 ©1928

A typed document describing local lore about the Witch's Grave in Horseheath, Cambridgeshire, dating from the 18th century.

Notes_Witchcraft Horseheath 18th cent ©MoC

A typed document titled WISBECH 1630-6 detailing an account of a farrier giving evidence about the mysterious death of horses.

Notes_Witchcraft Wisbech 1630 ©MoC

Typewritten document from 1637 detailing the imprisonment of a woman in Wisbech accused of witchcraft and inciting riots.

Notes_Witchcraft Wisbech 1637 ©MoC

Typewritten document fragment describing the 1602 trial of Margaret Cotton for feeding creatures shaped like chickens.

Notes_Witchcraft Cambridge 1602 ©MoC

Typewritten document stating that in Cambridge 1645 a woman was hanged for keeping a tame frog sworn to be her Imp.

Notes-Witchcraft Cambridge 1645 ©MoC

A typewritten document recounting a 1647 tale from Sutton about a man named John Bonham and his encounter with the Devil.

Notes_Witchcraft Sutton 1647 ©MoC

A document fragment shows typed text detailing evidence given by John Stearn in 1647 regarding witchcraft marks on Thomas Pie.

Notes_Witchcraft Sutton 1647 ©MoC

A typed document describes an anecdote about bewitched cattle in Orwell, Cambridgeshire, and a ritual involving dead shrews.

Notes_Witchcraft Orwell 1880 ©MoC

Typed document titled Stretham 1647 detailing sworn testimony and an examination regarding witchcraft and supernatural events.

Notes_Witchcraft Stretham 1647 ©MoC

A typewritten document entitled ELY c. 1850 recounting a narrative about a carpenter, a woman named Gotobed, and horseshoes.

Notes_Witchcraft Ely 1850 ©MoC

Typed document headed Longstanton 1659 detailing accusations made by Margaret Pryor regarding witchcraft and a court trial.

Notes_Witchcraft Longstanton 1659 ©MoC

Typewritten document concerning a 1677 legal dispute in Lolworth regarding threats and nocturnal noises.

Notes_Witchcraft Longstanton 1677 ©MoC

Typewritten document excerpt from 1678 detailing testimony regarding a witchcraft allegation in Linton, Cambridgeshire.

Notes_Witchcraft Linton 1678 ©MoC

A typed document detailing the history of a woman named Judy Finch and a pit called Judy's Hole in Burwell, dated c. 1800.

Notes_Witchcraft Burwell 1800 @MoC

Typewritten document titled BOTTISHAM 1903 describing an account of a local man attempting to cure bewitched horses.

Notes_Witchcraft Bottisham 1903 @MoC

Typewritten document titled Brandon Creek c. 1830 describing a folk tale about a reputed witch and a three-sided iron bottle.

Notes_Witchcraft Brandon Creek 1830 ©MoC

A typed document describes a ritual involving a bottle of urine, a fire, and the expulsion of a witch from a house.

Notes_Witchcraft Brandon Creek 1830 ©MoC

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