The First English Actresses: Women and Drama, 1660-1700

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He has been staunchly supported throughout his tenure by his wife, Bobbie, whose warmth and kindness has endeared her to so many. Sir Henry and Lady Aubrey-Fletcher have given generously of themselves for the good of the county, and I extend my gratitude and best wishes to them both.‘

Abigail Williams was 11 at the time of Elizabeth Howe's trial in 1692. She was one of the most well-known "afflicted" girls in the Salem witch trials. Her name appeared on the arrest warrant for Elizabeth Howe. [2] She was the niece of Reverend Samuel Parris, reverend of Salem Village and was one of the first two girls to become "afflicted". [6] Van Buren Perley, Martin. A Short History of the Salem Village Witchcraft Trials. M.V.B. Perley, 1911. They took the child to several doctors who told them she was "under an evil hand." Her condition continued for two or three years until "she pined away to skin and bones and ended her sorrowful life." For years afterwards, there were times when I just wanted to beat the shit out of the man who murdered Lizzie. I knew that if I was in the same room, I would want to kill him. This is not healthy. I had never experienced anything like that before – a kind of uncontrollable, bubbling anger remote from anything in my experience. Hatred is exhausting. Only Lizzie's killer being put in prison for ever – albeit five years after her death – quelled my feelings and my fears. Knowing that he was out of harm's way – my harming him's way – lifted the burden of hatred.Anger followed by mischief is one form of evidence that was brought against Elizabeth Howe. The Perley (sometimes spelled Pearly) family, who had also accused her of afflicting their ten-year-old daughter, blamed the sudden illness of the family's cow upon her. [2] This was due, they claimed, to the fact that they had thwarted Elizabeth Howe's chance of becoming a member of the Ipswich Church. Samuel Perley (or Pearly) stated: "the above said goode how had a mind to joyn to Ipswich Church thai being unsatisfied sent to us to bring in what we had against her and when we had decleared to them what we knew thai se cause to put a stop to her coming into the Church". Samuel went on to explain a few days afterwards his cow suddenly went mad and ran into a pond drowning herself. [2]

Vital Records of Ipswich, Massachusetts: To the End of the Year 1849, Volume 2, Marriages and Deaths. The Essex Institute, 1910. Paul Boyer and Stephen Nissenbaum, eds., The Salem Witchcraft Papers (hereafter SWP), Vol. I, DaCapo Press, 1977, pp. 248-255 Another witness, Edward Payson, testified that he was also present with Rev. Phillips during the conversation between Howe and Hannah Perley and confirmed that Hannah Perley stated Howe had never done anything to hurt her. May 27: Governor William Phips issues a commission for a Court of Oyer and Terminer and appoints as judges John Hathorne, Nathaniel Saltonstall, Bartholomew Gedney, Peter Sergeant, Samuel Sewall, Wait Still Winthrop and Lieutenant Governor William Stoughton. Lord Stevenson was co- president of our successful multi- million pound appeal to build, furnish and equip the Epilepsy Society Research Centre, which officially opened in March 2013. Sir Richard Sykes, DSc, FRS, FMedSci, HonFREngAccording to an article in the Essex Institute Historical Collections periodical, prior to this incident, Howe was well liked in her community and it was this disagreement between Perley and Howe that damaged her reputation: Another accusation of anger before mischief was raised against Elizabeth Howe by her own brother-in-law. From his account we learn that she asked John Howe to go with her to "Salem farmes". [2] He told her that had she been accused of any other thing he would go with her, but because the accusation was witchcraft he "would not for ten pounds", he continued, "If you are a witch tell me how long you have ben[ sic] a witch and what mischeve you have done and then I will go with you". [2] His report explains that she "semed to be aingry with me". John owned a sow with six small piglets. Around sunset he recounted the sow "leaped up about [three or four feet high] and [turned about] and gave one [squeak] and fell [down dead]". He went on to say that he cut off the ear of the sow and the hand he used to do this became numb and full of pain for several days after. All of this he blamed upon his sister-in-law Elizabeth How [ sic]. [2] Witnesses on behalf of Howe [ edit ]

Court conditions verged on the point of ridiculous during the Salem witch trials. There are many pauses in court records because of the chaos that surrounded trials of the supposed witches. For instance, "afflicted" girls would throw themselves on the ground in hysterical fits, and when the examinant moved their body the afflicted individuals would cry out in pain. [1] Magistrate Samuel Sewall of Boston recorded his observation about the conditions he found in the meeting house. His diary reads, "Went to Salem, where in the meeting house, the persons accused of witchcraft were examined ... 'twas awful to see how the afflicted persons were agitated". [9] John Indian cried out ‘O she bites,’ and fell into a grievous fit, & so carried to her in his fit & was well upon her grasping him. Angela and Richard have supported Epilepsy Society since 1990 and became associate members in 1998. A close relative of theirs has been through assessment at the Society’s Chalfont Centre with very positive results.Police Scotland carried out inquiries for the force when Elizabeth’s car was detected in Glencoe on New Year’s Day but no trace of Elizabeth was found. The behavior of several children in the home of the Goodwin family in Boston results in the accusation, trial and execution of their Irish washerwoman, Ann Glover (also known as "Goody Glover"), for witchcraft. At the time, an interim colonial government was in charge and Sir William Phips, the new governor, was considered weak. In response, says Baker, people felt a spiritual decline. “Puritans thought God was telling them something,” he says. Add to this the extreme weather of the “ Little Ice Age”—hot dry summers and lethally cold winters—famine, economic failures and frontier wars with the French and Native Americans, and it became a scenario ripe for disaster. Although numerous people came to the court to provide testimony against Elizabeth Howe, a number of people spoke in her defense too. In 1710, Elizabeth Howe’s daughters, Mary and Abigail, petitioned the General Court in Ipswich asking for compensation for the unjust imprisonment and death of their mother. The petition states: