Indictment of Mary Wallys of Guildford, for bewitching to death Nich: Wallys, her Grandchild, for practicing whitchraft and sorcery(?)
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Mary Wallys was a spinster accused by her sons and daughters-in-law of a number of attempts to harm their children. Based on their testimony and that of several neighbors, she was found guilty of causing the death of her 6-year old grandchild, who she had predicted "will not live till it be 7 years old." She was sentenced to be hanged in 1656, but court records indicate she was still languishing in prison several years later.