Briefly, the house of Mr.
Mompesson, near Ludgarshal, in Wilts, was disturbed in the usual way, for at least two years, from April, 1661, to April, 1663, or later.
The noises, and copious phenomena of moving objects apparently untouched, were attributed to the unholy powers of a wandering drummer, deprived by Mr.Mompesson of his drum.

A grand jury presented the drummer for trial, on a charge of witchcraft, but the petty jury would not convict, there being a want of evidence to prove threats, malum minatum, by the drummer.

In 1662 the Rev.Joseph Glanvil, F.R.S., visited the house, and, in the bedroom of Mr.
Mompesson's little girls, the chief sufferers, heard and saw much the same phenomena as the elder Wesley describes in his own nursery.

The "little modest girls" were aged about seven and eight.

Charles II.
sent some gentlemen to the house for one night, when nothing occurred, the disturbances being intermittent.