Others Accused
Although the above were recorded in the original tracts of the time, subsequent tracts have also mentioned the following women as accused in 1612, but without evidence that they were ever executed:
- Katherine Gardiner
- Joan Lucas
- Alice Harris
- Alice Abbott
- Three 'Wilsons'
In addition, Arthur Bill's mother and father are also said to have been dunked and both floated, condemning them as witches. Ewen explains that the tracts suggest they both committed suicide in prison, although there is an alternative story in the same book which says that the father renounced his family to save his own neck after which the mother slit her throat rather than stand trial.
This was the first recorded use of water-ordeal in England in order to test witches.
Finally there is mention of one Mother Rhodes who lived just outside Ravensthorpe, the next village up from Guilsborough. There is further reference to her in the folklore of Guilsborough.
Read more about this topic: Northamptonshire Witch Trials
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