Official site of the Broadway musical with ticket information, photos, sounds, and official merchandise. In medieval times many people believed that unexpected events such as a cow dying were the result of witches. Criminal action began in 1521 when the Pope Leo X issued a papal bull enabling religious court to order. Essex Family History. Witchcraft. In medieval times many people believed that unexpected events such as a cow dying were the result of witches. Criminal action began in 1. Pope Leo X issued a papal bull enabling religious court to order the execution of people convicted of witchcraft. This began a major campaign throughout Europe which to some extent was inflamed by the church. In England King Henry V1. Witchcraft (also called witchery or spellcraft) broadly means the practice of, and belief in, magical skills and abilities that are able to be exercised by individuals and certain social groups. Witchcraft is a complex concept. This FREE outdoor event is a one of a kind opportunity for adults to dress up and be whoever and whatever they want! Surrender yourself to the atmosphere while all around you performances blend with the patrons as the night.Witchcraft Act in 1. This brought him some problems with some allegations being made that his wife Anne Boleyn was a witch as she had 6 fingers and a mole on her neck . These deformities were considered one of the marks of a witch. In 1. 54. 7 the Witchcraft Act was repealed by King Edward V1 but on the accession of Elizabeth 1 another Witchcraft Act was passed in 1. The first trials of witches were recorded in Chelmsford in 1. Agnes Waterhouse hanged as a witch. Before ascending the English Throne James 1 attended a trial at North Berwick of several women accused of trying to create a storm that would drown James 1 and his wife on a recent trip to Denmark. He became so convinced about the threat that in 1. Halloween with Boowa and Kwala. Celebrate in style with our spooky animated intro. There are 4 games hidden in the picture. ALL GUESTS, NO MATTER THE AGE, MUST HAVE A TICKET! About Witches Night Out; Sponsors. In the period from about 1450 to 1750, somewhere around 40,000 to 60,000 individuals were tried as witches and condemned to death in central Europe. Of that number, as high as three-quarters of the victims. Daemonologie which condemned witchcraft. There were already laws in place to outlaw witchcraft but in 1. James 1 passed a new stronger statute which contained his statement that witches were loathe to confess without torture. The notorious Matthew Hopkins ' The Witch- finder General' was born during this period and from 1. Essex and Suffolk, partly based of the book written by James 1. Although Matthew Hopkins was based in the Essex Town of Manningtree which was 3. John Hopkins had a local connection being appointed at Presbyterian Minister of South Fambridge in 1. Witchcraft trials which only stopped when his act was repealed by King George II in 1. England was in 1. Scotland was in 1. Local stories of witchcraft abound - some are reproduced below. The ghostly bells of the River Crouch - The Hart. Family of witches The Hart family were the most notorious witches to. Many villages in this area have folklore relating to a Witch hart and most include the story of the stolen church bell from Latchingdon. As a witch Mistress Hart suffered from. Church Bells. She was especially annoyed by the bells at. Latchingdon Church. One night she removed the bells from the church tower and. Burnham where she attempted to take them to the opposite side of. Instead of a boat she used a barrel and used a feather for an oar. Legend has it that. River. Crouch. Another Witch Hart lived at North Fambridge. Witch Hart and her husband were taken to the river where they were tied to a boat by a rope while the boat sailed along the river. Mr Hart sunk and nearly drowned but Witch Hart floated. This was taken to be a sign that Witch Hart was a witch as witches could not drown. An alternative version of this legend has it that Witch Hart was taking the bell to Wallasea where another witch called Mother Redcap lived. The two witches planned to use the Bell as part of their witchcraft. The last Hart witch is documented as living near Deadway. Bridge, Latchingdon in the early 1. Rumour had it that legions of imps were. One night a man was riding past her cottage when he met a. He lashed his horse and escaped. Mistress Hart's. imps on their way to cause mischief. Witches and Warlocks. Fanny. Bird was Creeksea's witch who was used to get her way from people scared of her. One day a man refused to move out of her way. She said to the. man . I'll see you get home wetter than you started off today. She was accused of bewitching the animals and causing. John Smyth alias Salmon of Danbury also appeared before. Essex Quarter Sessions where he was found guilty of bewitching 8 cows,6 calves. Francis Simon of Stow Maries. He was however. acquitted on a charge of bewitching to death Rose Larkin also of Stow Maries. Buzzy was. renowned for his magic and his ability to cause farm machinery to stop merely by. His most famous magic was to look at a silent. Another wizard at Latchingdon used to travel around the area in a yellow carriage drawn by two large dogs. Captain Harriott in his book 'Struggles through Life, London, 1. Hart lived in a cottage near Fambridge Ferry. Young Harriott and his brother alternately patronised and teazed the old lady, and presently satisfied themselves by an experiment of. But the pair, long after the boy was gone, were wickedly persecuted by their neighbours, and according to Mr. Benton (History of Rochford Hundred) they were eventually . The husband was adjudged innocent, after being nearly drowned, but the wife was tied to a boat by a line, and consequently floated. She was ever afterwards regarded as a witch. Sentences for those found guilty of Witchcraft. The common perception is that witches were sentences to death by burning. This is not totally true in England as most witches were actually hanged although in Scotland burning was the normal sentence. The reason for this was that in England witchcraft was treated as a crime rather than treason against the state or church. The one exception to this rule was a female who used witchcraft to kill her husband. In this case the law prescribed death by burning as the punishment as . Richmond of Creeksea. Joan Litelberie of Bradwell. Joan Litelberie of Bradwell. Margery Sowman of Bradwell. Nicholas Johnson of Woodham Mortimer. Ralph Spacey of Southminster. Margaret Lyttelberie of Bradwell- on- sea. Joan Thorock of Burnham. Anne Bonner of Burnham. Agnes Thurrock of Burnham. Margaret Wiseman of Bradwell. Thomas Ward of Purleigh. Isabella Whyte of Purleigh. Grace Tabour of Stow Maries. William Walford of Cold Norton. John Webb of Woodham Mortimerto read about the trial of Agnes and Joan Thurrock for witchcraft.
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