was the occasion of this translation. 'A True Discourse upon the matter of Martha Brossier of Romorantin, pretended to be possessed by a Divell,’ London, 1599, from the French. The dedication to Richard Bancroft, bishop of London, explains that the cases of possession and witchcraft at Nottingham which, in his capacity of secretary to the archbishop, Hartwell had become acquainted with had suggested this translation to him. She was examined by Louis Duret and Jean Riolan and found she had nothing from the devil, but many pretended things plus a few diseases. Hartwell was the last member admitted into the old Society of Antiquaries. Two short papers which he wrote for the society are printed in Thomas Hearne's 'Curious Discourses,’ London, 1771; they are entitled 'Of Epitaphs' (ii. 375), and 'Of the Antiquity, Variety, and Reason of Motts with Arms of Noblemen and Gentlemen in England' (i. 278), and were both read before the society in 1600. Two of Hartwell's letters to Whitgift written in Latin survive in the Cambridge University Library. Notes References Further reading External links Abraham Hartwell, Of Epitaphs (1600), in A collection of curious discourses (Volume 2, 1775), full text online at books.google.com 1553 births 1606 deaths English translators English antiquarians 16th-century antiquarians 17th-century antiquarians 17th-century English male writers 16th-century English translators 17th-century English translators English MPs 1586–1587 English MPs 1593 Members of the pre-1707 English Parliament for constituencies in Cornwall Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge Italian–English translators French–English translators