Stisted
Stisted | ||
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Shire county | ||
Region | ||
Country | England | |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom | |
Post town | BRAINTREE | |
Postcode district | CM77 | |
Dialling code | 01376 | |
Police | Essex | |
Fire | Essex | |
Ambulance | East of England | |
UK Parliament | ||
Stisted is a
History of Stisted
In 1589 the village came to notice when a local woman, Joan Cunny, who was about 80, was accused of witchcraft. She admitted that she had made a circle and made prayers to the devil. Spirits had materialised and she had allowed them home with her and she confessed to feeding them. She had two daughters and the three of them were accused by one of her grandsons. One of her daughters was spared, the other was imprisoned and Cunny was hanged in Chelmsford on 5 July 1589 in line with a 1563 law.[3]
The manor of Stisted also belonged to the monks of Canterbury Cathedral before the reformation. It was sold to Thomas Wiseman in 1549, whose heirs sold it to William Lingwood in 1685, whose widow (his third wife) bequeathed it to John Savill in 1719. It was inherited by Savill's brother, and then his niece, who married the Rev. Charles Onley, from whom Onley Savill-Onley was descended.
Stisted parish was a
In 2003,
References
- ^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 7 September 2016.
- Times Newspapers. 24 September 2006. Retrieved 6 November 2008.
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- ^ "Discover Hertford Online | History | Samuel Stone". Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 29 June 2007.
- ^ He seems to have been a specialist of Semitic languages. Cf. British Library Catalogue
- ^ inscription Archived 2007-05-28 at archive.today
- ^ selling land Archived 2004-09-26 at the Wayback Machine