Joan Gulpie, a Witchy Wednesday article.

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Joan Guppie: Certificate. (Catalogue ref: E 163/17/5


Accusations of witchcraft often stemmed from the grey area between using perceived supernatural powers for good, or for harm.

Jane (or Joan) Guppie was a healer or wise woman in Dorset who was accused by a neighbour, Judith Gibbs, of bewitching her and making her ill. The initial court case was launched by Jane herself, complaining that Judith and her friends had attacked her. Judith and her confederates responded that they had merely been attempting to ‘prick’ Jane – to draw a few drops of her blood to cure Judith of her illness.

This certificate was drawn up by other members of the community, testifying that Jane was not a witch, and that ‘she hath done good to many people as well in curing of diverse people of wounds and such like things’. One can clearly see the signatures and seals used by Jane’s neighbours to record their support.

The neighbours of a suspected witch were not always hostile towards them. This document (which is heavily damaged in places) is the certificate by some of the inhabitants of South Perrot, Dorset, stating that Joan Guppie was not a witch, 1606.

There is no transcript for this document owing to damage.

Information sourced from  https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/


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