In 1566,  she was accused of witchcraft along with two other women: Elizabeth Francis and Joan Waterhouse. All three women were from the same village, Hatfield Peverel. She confessed to having been a witch and that her familiar was a cat (later turned into a toad) by the name of Satan, sometimes spelled Sathan, which originally belonged to Elizabeth Francis.
In 1566, she was implicated in a case of magical wrongdoing along with two other women: Elizabeth Francis and Joan Waterhouse. All three were from the same village, Hatfield Peverel. She confessed to being a practitioner of magic and stated that her spirit assistant was a cat (later transformed into a toad) named Satan.