County: Hampshire
Code: D3049#2
Reference: Winchester, Hampshire Record Office: 21M65/A1/15, fol. 45v
Function: Abjuration




Jn the name of god Amen Jn the presence of you Maıstre Mıchael Clene Chaunceller  Cōmyssary ın thıs
behalue suffícíently deputed to the Reuende fadre ın god my lord Petre by the gᷓce of go Bysshop of wınchest
myn ordynary J Jsabeỻ Gartrygge sƀgíet vnto my seı Reuen lor  of hıs Díocíse of wynchestre detecte acuse
 put vp for a mysbylyvyn wōman for that J haue belyve lernyd  taūght [sic] ın the heretícal weys of sorcery
of Jncantacōn of wychecrafte  Also haue enlured  enduce oother to lerne the sey abhōínable craftys movı
theym  exortyn to forsake almyghty god  to bylyue on the deuel  hís werkꝭ  Confesse al thees erronyo~us,
wychecraftes  abhōí̄able opynyons that doōn ensue  me to haue holde wroūght  doon̄ the same · Fírst that
J haue Stycked a Tode wyth a rodde  put hym vndre the hows oves of Yngr Baker of Basynge Seíyng
thees woordꝭ Jn the devyls name Ferbe · J wıỻ the myspayre And thıs ın the name of the deuyl Ferbe J haue
dystroyed ıȷ qᷓrters of Malt of the seıd yngrams goodꝭ · / Also J haue holde taūght  doon thıs wych~crafte
that wt suche a styke that J haue stycke a Toode J haue strekyn̄ An horse of the seıd yngrams seıy the
wodꝭ aboue rehersy  he hath dye of my Crafte · Also J haue by my wychecrafte holpy a cowe
of the sey yngrams that was lykıly to ꝑyshe before tyme of myne owne wychecrafte · Also J haue
holde bylyued  taūght that and ıf a horse or a kow wa hurte by any means of wyches or oother
wıse  that wt the leıyng of an extre of a Carte ın the wey þt þe hors or kow mougħt goo ou ıt  he shul
be hoole · An lykewyse J haue hol taūght  bylyue that by the leıyn of a besom ın the wey
where pultry shul entre ınto an hous ıf they haue beēn by wyche before  lykely to dye yet they
shul by the Jnuocacōn  callyng of the devyls revyue · And so of hoggys or pyggys ıf they war by
wyche to ley on theyre entry the axtre of a plowe  they shulde be hoole And besydꝭ thís J haue leyde a
Tode vndre a fate of oon Rıchar Mountefort of Basıng  by my saı wychecrafte destroye hıs growte
Of aỻ thees erronyous bylyues  wychecraftys to me here ın yo᷑ psence Judycíally obıecte  by me
Confessyd J by myn owne · Confessıo as they haue beēn sıngꝉrly reherse  lawfully Conuycte þt
J haue holde bylyuyd  taūght the sey wychecraftes dāpne  forbodyn̄ by o modre holly churcħ
And by the detmínacōn of the same J yelde me gılty  culpable · Whıche craftys  abhōı̄able doyngꝭ
dampnable to sowlys of symple vndrestandyn J · the seı Jsabeỻ Gartrycħ sory contryte  very repēta
from thıs day forwar solemply abíure forswere forsake  expsly renounce  also the cōmpany of aỻ
oother wychıs  heretykꝭ  kepyn or cowncellyn of theyre doyngꝭ sƀmyttyng my self opynly an
expsly to the peyn̄ rygo  sharpnesse of lawe that a ꝑson̄ relapse ougxht to suffre by the lawe ıf
J doo or psume to attempte the contrary of thís my psent abíuracōn or íf J wíttyngly to any wychís or
heretyquys drawe or any suche mysdoyn ꝑsons ın the fayth~ or to suche as ben holden suspecte or mysguyde
people geue any fauo Counseıl or ayde or assıste puatly or aꝑtly at any tyme hereaftre Seesıng ín al þees
abouesey al man of Frawde decepcōn malyngy cautels  díssímílacōn Also go help me  thees hoolly
euᷓngelystꝭ Jn to wytnesse herof to thees psentȝ myn Abíuracōn J putto my sígne  [Latin: fecıt sıgnū Crucꝭ
Cor Magrō Cau  mıltꝭ Alıȷs ın Capella de Fromonde Jnfra Coỻ ƀte marıe vgı̄s ꝓpe wínto
ıȷdo dıe Menss Septembrıs Ao dm̄ Mıllesímo CCCCxCmo Prímo · /]