He said that there was more than enough to poison the whole town growing on that site alone. Posted by Elizabeth C. Creely on July 31, at pm. Posted by fenlandphil on July 31, at pm. The Fens are a much different landscape to where you live, we just have flat earth and enormous skies. My great great grandfather Robert Holmes, was from Hogsthorpe, a place called Charity Farm, and I finally made it there in I loved the land there- I thought it was beautiful.
I hope to make it back as soon as the dread virus is tamed. I would love to bike from Skeggness throughout. Posted by fenlandphil on August 2, at pm.
Some of my ancestors were Holmes from Stickney in Lincolnshire and nearby according to census records. Creely on August 3, at am. It is quite a popular name in those parts! My Holmes and Waterman family were from Hogsthorpe and Mumby, and other places around there… Truly a lovely place, that part of Lincolnshire. I really enjoyed seeing it, and seeing Charity Farm as well.
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Fenlandphil's Blog A blog from the low country. Raymond Chandler and some of his quotes. The Warboys Witches My wife lived in Warboys before we married and her brother still continues to live there in the family home. The Weir at Warboys as it is now photo credit Robert Hogg. Share this: Twitter Facebook. Like this: Like Loading Leave a Reply Cancel reply Enter your comment here The Warboys trial strongly influenced the passage of the harsh Witchcraft Bill of through Parliament.
You must be logged in to post a comment. Pope, Essay on Criticism An in-depth and complete evaluation of Witchcraft Across the World — Europe -. Witchcraft Across the World — Asia -. According to the account, when one of the daughters of Robert Throckmorton fell ill with strange fits, the family did not at first suspect witchcraft to be behind her illness.
As his other daughters also started to share their sister's strange symptoms however, suspicion slowly but surely grew, and the finger was pointed at local woman Alice Samuel, fuelled by the girls themselves naming her as their tormentor, along with, eventually, her husband John and daughter Agnes. The Manor House at Warboys. With kind permission of Philip Almond. Second wife to Sir Henry Cromwell, who was not only an influential man in the area but also happened to be the landlord of the Samuel family Lady Cromwell and her daughter-in-law visited the beleaguered Throckmorton household to offer their sympathies for the suffering of the children.
According to the pamphlet, Lady Cromwell:. And were so grievously tormented for the time that it pitied the good lady's hear to see them, insomuch that she could not abstain from tears. It was not long before she sent for Alice Samuel; being unable to refuse a summons from the wife of the family landlord, Alice had no choice but to attend, whatever her misgivings might have been.
Much to her horror, upon Alice's arrival the condition of the ill children worsened, something that did not bode well for the Samuel family for:. Being thus accused of causing the suffering of the children, Alice was understandably upset, denying the accusation and retorting that the Throckmorton's accused her unjustly. It wasn't Master and Mistress Throckmorton who accused her, Lady Cromwell reminded Alice firmly, but the girls themselves who pointed the finger, the spirit that spoke through the girls when they were in their fits vowing that Alice was to blame for their pitiful condition.
Joan Throckmorton, hearing Alice's denial, insisted that Alice was indeed responsible despite her protestations to the contrary, and that there was a spirit with her who was saying as much at that precise moment. The girl professed extreme surprise to learn that no one else present could hear the 'spirit' speak, as she herself could hear it loud and clear. Throughout this, Alice Samuel continued to insist that she had nothing to do with the strange illness that had invaded the household, but Lady Cromwell, unconvinced, wished to question her further in the presence of a visiting divine, Master Doctor Hall.
Wellcome Library, London. Alice made excuse after excuse however, and it was clear that she intended to leave for her home without satisfying Lady Cromwell in her questions.
Thus frustrated, Lady Cromwell pulled off the kerchief Alice wore over her head and cut off a lock of her hair.
Not only that, but she took the old woman's hair lace and gave both to the mother of the children with the instruction to put both in the fire to burn them in order to break Alice's power over the girls. At this unexpected and unwarranted violation, Alice Samuel lost whatever composure she had remaining, uttering the fateful and — some later vowed, fatal — words:. What happened next goes unrecorded, but Lady Cromwell left the Throckmorton household that night to return home.
She did not sleep well at all, and was 'very strangely tormented' by dreams of Alice Samuel. Her agitated state woke her daughter-in-law who was sleeping with her, and she woke Lady Cromwell in turn, at which the older woman described how a cat, sent to her by Alice Samuel had tormented her in her sleep, threatening to pick the skin and flesh from her arms and body.
Lady Cromwell was so disturbed by the dream that she did not sleep again that night our of sheer terror. Not only that, we are told that 'not long after' she fell ill with a strange sickness.
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