' 'Savery
pretends to be a doctor, but is probably a conjurer.
pretends to be a doctor, but is probably a conjurer.
Ben Jonson - The Devil's Association
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9.
He was employed after the sudden death of Dr. Forman. Wright
(_Sorcery and Magic_, p. 228) says that the name is written
Lavoire in some manuscripts. 'Mrs. Turner also confessed, that
Dr. Savories was used in succession, after Forman, and practised
many sorceries upon the Earle of Essex his person. '--Spark,
_Narrative History_, Somer's _Tracts_ 2. 333.
In the _Calendar of State Papers_ the name of 'Savery' appears
four times. Under date of Oct. 16, 1615, we find Dr. Savery
examined on a charge of 'spreading Popish Books.
' 'Savery
pretends to be a doctor, but is probably a conjurer. ' And again
under the same date he is interrogated as to his relations with
Mrs. Turner and Forman. Under Oct. 24 he replies to Coke. 'Oct.
? ' we find Dr. Savery questioned as to his 'predictions of
troubles and alterations in Court. ' This is the last mention
of him.
Just what connection Gresham and Savory had with the Overbury
plot is a difficult matter to determine. Both are spoken of as
following Forman immediately, and of neither is any successor
mentioned except the actual poisoner, Franklin. It seems
probable that Gresham was the first to be employed after Forman,
and that his own speedy death led to the selection of Savory.
How the latter managed to escape a more serious implication in
the trial it is difficult to conceive.
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He was employed after the sudden death of Dr. Forman. Wright
(_Sorcery and Magic_, p. 228) says that the name is written
Lavoire in some manuscripts. 'Mrs. Turner also confessed, that
Dr. Savories was used in succession, after Forman, and practised
many sorceries upon the Earle of Essex his person. '--Spark,
_Narrative History_, Somer's _Tracts_ 2. 333.
In the _Calendar of State Papers_ the name of 'Savery' appears
four times. Under date of Oct. 16, 1615, we find Dr. Savery
examined on a charge of 'spreading Popish Books.
' 'Savery
pretends to be a doctor, but is probably a conjurer. ' And again
under the same date he is interrogated as to his relations with
Mrs. Turner and Forman. Under Oct. 24 he replies to Coke. 'Oct.
? ' we find Dr. Savery questioned as to his 'predictions of
troubles and alterations in Court. ' This is the last mention
of him.
Just what connection Gresham and Savory had with the Overbury
plot is a difficult matter to determine. Both are spoken of as
following Forman immediately, and of neither is any successor
mentioned except the actual poisoner, Franklin. It seems
probable that Gresham was the first to be employed after Forman,
and that his own speedy death led to the selection of Savory.
How the latter managed to escape a more serious implication in
the trial it is difficult to conceive.
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