Kirsten C. Uszkalo - Being Bewitched: A True Tale of Madness, Witchcraft, and Property Development Gone Wrong

[xi] Jennings Family

Elizabeth Jennings: bewitched or hysterical thirteen-year-old daughter of John Jennings and Dorothy (Bulbeck) Jennings, stepdaughter to John Latch; accused Margaret Russell (and three others) of witchcraft

Dorothy Jennings: mother of Elizabeth and Thomas Latch (and others), wife of John Jennings, then of John Latch, daughter of Thomas Bulbeck and Ursula (Grey) Bulbeck

John Jennings: the Lunatic Lord, father to Elizabeth and John Jennings

Thomas Jennings: brother to Elizabeth, stepbrother to Franke, son of John Latch and Dorothy Jennings; later business partner to John Latch

John Latch: stepfather to Elizabeth and Thomas and father to Franke, second husband to Dorothy Jennings, later business partner of Thomas Jennings

Franke Latch: daughter of Dorothy Jennings and John Latch, stepsister to Elizabeth and Thomas Latch

Cecil Family

Robert Cecil: 1st Earl of Salisbury, half brother to Thomas Cecil; watched over the division of the Jennings estate

Thomas Cecil: 1st Earl of Exeter, husband to Frances Brydges, father of William, Elizabeth, and Georgi-Anne

Frances Brydges: second wife of Thomas Cecil, mother of Georgi-Anne; accused of witchcraft by her daughter-in-law Elizabeth (Brydges) Cecil

[xii] Georgi-Anne Cecil: daughter of Thomas Cecil and Frances Brydges; died from phlebotomy

Higgins Family

Stephen Higgins: apothecary, master to Nicholas Culpeper; physician to Mary Gargrave and Robert Cecil; builder; fought with and accused by Russell of bewitching the Jennings/Latch home

Mary Higgins (the elder): wife of Stephen Higgins; made comment about Jennings/Latch family not able to prosper because of the fallout of ongoing feud between families

Arnold Higgins: son of Stephen Higgins; builder; fought with Jennings/Latch family

Mary Higgins (the younger): daughter of Stephen Higgins; wife of developer Robert Baker

Robert Baker: husband to Mary Higgins Jr.; prosperous tailor; popularized piccadilles; builder

Goodcole Family

Anne Goodcole: female physician; previously prescribed Elizabeth medicine; had knowledge of conict between Higgins and Jennings house; wife of Henry Goodcole

Henry Goodcole: author of famous witch text; regular visitor at Newgate Prison; led pseudo-legal examination of Russell; husband of Anne Goodcole

Frances Ashton: female physician; possibly had knowledge of conict between Higgins and Jennings houses; sister of Anne Goodcole

Medical Team

Simeon Foxe: aka Doctor Foxe; physician, primary caregiver to Elizabeth; later president of the Royal College of Physicians

Richard Napier: astrological-physician; later treated Elizabeth, John Latch, Franke Latch

William Giddings: a surgeon named as witness to Elizabeths accusation against Russell

[xiii] Examiners

William Slingsby: justice, developer; examined Russell, Anne and Henry Goodcole, and Frances Ashton

Thomas Fowler: Baron of Islington; justice, developer; husband of Lady Elizabeth Fowler and father of Jane Fowler (and ten others); examined Russell, Anne and Henry Goodcole, and Frances Ashton

Thomas Bates: aka Doctor Bates, apothecary; examined Russell, Anne and Henry Goodcole, and Frances Ashton

Witches

Margaret Russell: aka Countess; accused witch, frequent visitor; imprisoned, questioned by Slingsby, Fowler, Bates, and Goodcoles; center of female medical/spiritual knowledge network

Jane Flower: accused witch, may be Jane Fowler, wife of Sir Thomas Fowler Sr. or daughter of Sir Thomas Fowler Jr.; possible reference to Lincolnshire witches

Katharine Stubbs: accused witch, possible reference to A Crystal Glass for Christian Women (1591)

Nan Wood: accused witch, possibly Agnes Wood

Witnesses

Elizabeth Arpe: aka Nan Arpe, a neighbor; witness to onset of Elizabeths bewitchment and her continued sickness; patient of Richard Napier

Mary Gargrave: former maid of honor to Queen Anne; witness to Elizabeths bewitchment and Mary Higginss threat to the Jennings