The said Examinate, Thomas Walshman, vpon his oath saith, That hee had a childe died about Lent was twelue-month, who had beene sicke by the space of a fortnight or three weekes, and was afterwards buried in Salmesburie Church:  which childe when it died was about a yeare old; But how it came to the death of it, this Examinate knoweth not.  And he further saith, that about the fifteenth of Aprill last, or thereabouts, the said Grace Sowerbutts was found in this Examinates fathers Barne, laid vnder a little hay and straw, and from thence was carried into this Examinates house, and there laid till the Monday at night following:  during which time shee did not speak, but lay as if she had beene dead.

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The Examination of IOHN SINGLETON:  Taken at Salmesbury, in the Countie of Lancaster, the seuenth day of August:  Anno Reg.  Regis IACOBI Angliae, Franciae, & Hiberniae, Fidei Defensor. &c.  Decimo & Scotiae, xlvj.

Before

ROBERT HOVLDEN,[L4_b_1] Esquire, one of his Maiesties
Iustices of Peace in the County of Lancaster.

Against

IENNET BIERLEY, ELLEN BIERLEY, and
IANE SOVTHWORTH, which hereafter followeth.

The said Examinate vpon his oath saith, That hee hath often heard his old Master, Sir Iohn Southworth[L4_b_2] Knight, now deceased, say, touching the late wife of Iohn Southworth, now in the Gaole, for suspition of Witchcraft:  That the said wife was as he thought an euill woman, and a Witch:  and he said that he was sorry for her husband, that was his kinsman, for he thought she would kill him.  And this Examinate further saith, That the said Sir Iohn Southworth in his comming or going betweene his owne house at Salmesbury, and the Towne of Preston, did for the most part forbeare to passe by the house, where the said wife dwelled, though it was his nearest and best way; and rode another way, only for feare of the said wife, as this Examinate verily thinketh.

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The Examination of WILLIAM
ALKER of Salmesbury, in the Countie of Lancaster,
Yeoman:  Taken the fifteenth day of Aprill, Anno Reg. 
Regis IACOBI, Angliae, Franciae, & Hiberniae, Decimo
& Scotiae, quadragesimo quinto.

Before

ROBERT HOVLDEN, one of his Maiesties Iustices of Peace in the County of Lancaster:  Against IENNET BIERLEY, ELLEN BIERLEY, and IANE BIERLEY, which hereafter followeth. viz.

The said Examinate vpon his oath saith, That hee hath seene the said Sir Iohn Southworth shunne to meet the said wife of Iohn Southworth, now Prisoner in the Gaole, when he came neere where she was.  And hath heard the said Sir Iohn Southworth say, that he liked her not, and that he doubted she would bewitch him.