Warboys Flashcards
how did the Witches of Warboys begin
when Jane Throckmorton the 10 year old daughter of the squire of Warboys in Huntingdonshire began suffering fits and episodes of rigid paralysis
who did Jane receive a visit from
a local woman Alice Samuel and the children continued to grow worse and experience fits
what did Janes father then do
Robert Throckmorton had subsequently had Alice Samuel snatched and Brought to his estate for questioning in the presence of Lady Cromwell, it appeared that torture ewes illegally used
following the interrogation of Alice Samuel what happened
Lady Crowmell became trolled by dreams of witchcraft
and lady Cromwell died 1 year and a quarter later
Alice her daughter and husband were all charged with witchcraft
what happened to the Samuel property after charges
the Samuel property was granted to the throckmortons who used its income to endow a lecture at Cambridge on the evils of witchcraft
