𝗜𝗺𝗮𝗴𝗲 2️⃣ - the pamphlet of the trial with an engraving of Anges Waterhouse from the 16th century. 𝗜𝗺𝗮𝗴𝗲 3️⃣ - a contemporary engraving of a witches ‘familiar in the shape of a dog with a mans head. Agnes Brown was a 12 year old girl living in Essex and was one of the many villagers who accused Agnes Waterhouse, also known as Mother Waterhouse, of Witchcraft in 1566. It was on her evidence that Agnes Waterhouse became the first woman to be executed for witchcraft in England. In her testimony, Agnes Brown described the demon (or familiar) that Mother Waterhouse controlled as a black dog with a face like an ape, a short tail, a chain and a silver whistle around his neck, and a pair of horns on his head. She said that in their first encounter he asked her for some butter, which she refused him, so the dog - who had a key to the milkhouse door - opened the door and got some butter. She then testified that the dog later returned for the last time with a knife and threatened to kill her, saying “that he would thrust his knife to my heart but he would make me to die.” The most incriminating piece of evidence was the account that Agnes Brown gave of her asking the dog who is ‘Dame’ was and the dog confirmed it was Mother Waterhouse. #witchcraft #essex #familiar #childtestimony #earlymodern #earlymodernperiod #socialhistory #legalhistory #tudors #dog #witches #womeninhistory #women #criminalhistory #children #essexhistory #atoz https://www.instagram.com/p/CB8jszDHsu8/?igshid=1ukj15g4z24nn
