Examinations taken before Thomas Higgons, Mayor of the ancient town of Rye in the county of Sussex and the Jurats of the same town, the 26th day of September Anno Regni domini nostri Jacobi dei gratia Regis nunc Anglie etc. quinto et Scotie 41mo 1607 Susan Swapper the wife of Roger Swapper of Rye aforesaid […]
And Mistress Taylor did thrust a spit into the ground where they did dig, and they heard a sound, and this examinate being very sick could stay but a very little space, but departed away without setting any sage. But Mistress Taylor said (at the thrusting in of the spit the first time), It was […]
answered, “God be thanked, I heard nothing, and now I hope I am rid of them.” Then Mistress Taylor said unto this examinate, that She had spoke to somebody of it. And she answered, that She had said nothing unto anybody, but that Mistress Taylor and this examinate had said before this examinate’s husband. Then […]
of th’other. And there he did tell her In that valley there was a pot, and in that pot there was gold, and upon the top of the pot a chain. And beside the pit under a little stub, there was a crock, metal with three legs, in the which there was money. And then […]
Taylor and teld her of it, and she answered that if she had any, she should have some. And so she went and fetched three apples and delivered them to this examinate, and willed her to give it unto the woman, which accordingly she did. And two of them she did eat, and the third […]
she this examinate did see the two men spirits walking upon the bank, coming up the gungarden* at the north-east end, but she did not speak to them. And then she went to Mistress Taylor and teld her of it. And after that Robert Burditt was slain, Mistress Taylor said that it was a token […]
Articles to be ministered unto Roger Swapper upon the examination of his wife 1 Imprimis. What conference have you heard at any time between Mistress Taylor and your wife, for or concerning the the apparition of spirits, familiars or fairies? Declare the truth herein. 2 Item. What flesh, bread, Apples, water or other things whatsoever […]
Articles to be enquired of Master Taylor etc. 1 Imprimis. What apparitions or sights extraordinary or, as you think, above the course of nature, have you at any time seen in the glass windows of Master Fowkes*, and for what end or intent have you heard they were sent unto you, and by whom did […]
The examination of Roger Swapper of Rye in the county of Sussex, sawyer, taken before Thomas Higgons Mayor of the town of Rye aforesaid and the Jurats of the same town the 15th day of October Anno domini 1607, annoque Regni domini nostri Jacobi Regis nunc Anglie Quinto. Roger Swapper of Rye, sawyer, being examined […]
house, and then Mistress Taylor and that they did mean to bring Mistress Taylor unto her in the said garden. Then Mistress Taylor answered my his wife again, that She did know that there was money hid in her garden, and also did know where the same did lie. And that she had before this […]
