According to Ronald Hutton, his response was to claim an entirely independent, traditional line of descent, leading ultimately to the appearance of Alexandrian Wicca as an entity separate from Gardnerian Wicca.
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Bone was a close confidant of Gardner's initiator Dafo, and she reported that the New Forest coven was a hereditary coven that followed the old ways of the Hampshire region, and that they traced their origins to the time of the death of King William Rufus in the Norman era.
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Among her initiatory down-line are Madge and Arthur Worthington, who went on to found the well-known Whitecroft line of Gardnerian Wicca.
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She later met and became friends with Gerald Gardner, and was initiated into Wicca, becoming the High Priestess in one of his covens.
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Eleanor "Ray" Bone (1910 - 21 September 2001) was an influential figure in the neopagan religion of Wicca.
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She claimed to have been initiated in 1941 by a couple of hereditary witches in Cumbria.
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Many important and influential figures in Wicca were members of the coven, including Dafo, Doreen Valiente, Jack Bracelin, Frederic Lamond, Dayonis, Eleanor Bone and Lois Bourne.