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 Maistre Michael Clene Chaunceller & Commyssary in this
behalue sufficiently deputed to the Reuerende fadre in god my lord Petre by the grace of god Bysshop of winchestr~
myn ordynary J Jsabelle Gartrygge sbergiet vnto my seid Reuerend lord & of his Diocise of wynchestre detecte acused
& put vp for a mysbylyvyng~ womman for that J haue belyved lernyd & taunght [sic] in the heretical weys of sorcery
of Jncantaconn of wychecrafte & Also haue enlured & enduced oother to lerne the seyd abhominable craftys movig~
theym & exortyng~ to forsake almyghty god & to bylyue on the deuel & his werkes & Confesse al thees erronyoeus
wychecraftes & abhominable opynyons that doonn ensue & me to haue holde wrounght & doonn the same . First that
J haue Stycked a Tode wyth a rodde & put hym vndre the hows oves of Yngra~ Baker of Basynge Seiyng
thees woordes Jn the devyls name Ferbe . J wille the myspayre And this in the name of the deuyl Ferbe J haue
dystroyede~ ij quarters of Malt of the seid yngrams goodes . / Also J haue holde taunght & doone~ this wychecrafte
that wt suche a styke that J haue stycked a Toode J haue strekynn An horse of the seid yngrams seiyg~ the
wourdes aboue rehersyd & he hath dyed of my Crafte . Also J haue by my wychecrafte holpyn~ a cowe
of the seyd yngrams that was lykily to peryshe before tyme of myne owne wychecrafte . Also J haue
holde bylyued & taunght that and if a horse or a kow war~ hurte by any means of wyches or oother-
wise ; that wt the leiyng of an extre of a Carte in the wey þt þe hors or kow mought goo ouer it & he shuld
be hoole . And lykewyse J haue hold taunght & bylyued that by the leiyng~ of a besom in the wey
where pultry shuld entre into an hous if they haue beenn by-wyched before & lykely to dye yet they
shuld by the Jnuocaconn & callyng of the devyls revyue . And so of hoggys or pyggys if they war by-
wyched to ley on theyre entry the axtre of a plowe & they shulde be hoole And besydes this J haue leyde a
Tode vndre a fate of oon Richard Mountefort of Basing & by my said wychecrafte destroyed his growte
Of alle thees erronyous bylyues & wychecraftys to me here in your presence Judycially obiected & by me
Confessyd J by myn owne . Confession~ as they haue beenn singlrly rehersed & lawfully Conuycted þt
J haue holde bylyuyd & taunght the seyd wychecraftes dampned & forbodynn by our modre holly churche
And by the determinaconn of the same J yelde me gilty & culpable . Whiche-craftys & abhominable doynges
dampnable to sowlys of symple vndrestandyng~ J . the seid Jsabelle Gartryche sory contryte & very repentat~
from this day forward solemply abiure forswere forsake & expresly renounce & also the commpany of alle
oother wychis & heretykes & kepyng~ or cowncellyng~ of theyre doynges sbermyttyng my-self opynly and
expresly to the peynn rygour & sharpnesse of lawe that a personn relapsed ought to suffre by the lawe if
J doo or presume to attempte the contrary of this my present abiuraconn or if J wittyngly to any wychis or
heretyquys drawe or any suche mysdoyng~ persons in the fayth~ or to suche as ben holden suspecte or mysguyded
people geue any fauour Counseill~ or ayde or assiste priuatly or apertly at any tyme hereaftre Seesing in al þees
aboueseyd al maner of Frawde decepconn malyngyn~ cautels & dissimilaconn Also god help me & thees hoolly
euangelystes Jn-to wytnesse herof to thees presentȝ myn Abiuraconn J put to my signe & [Latin: fecit signum Cruces
Cora~ Magrom Caut~ & miltes Alijs in Capella de Fromonde Jnfra Colle berte marie virgins prope winton~
ijdo die Menss Septembris Ao dmn Millesimo CCCCxCmo Primo . /]