Judges and Judiciary
Oct. 17, 2001
Clergy Burns Sorceress Over Assault
In In Re John of Kerneslawe, Assize Court of Northumberland County, Northumberland Assize Rolls, 7 Edward I (1279), the judge held the following, in pertinent part:
A certain unknown woman, a sorceress, entered the house of John of Kerneslawe at the hour of vespers, and assaulted John in such a way that John signed himself with the sign of the cross. This occurred d...
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