Scottish cunning woman convicted of pretending to practise witchcraft
Jinney Bingham, Mother Damnable
17th-century woman also known as Mother Red Cap and the Shrew of Kentish Town, suspected of being a witch, a murderer and poisoner.
Joan Cunny, witch
One of the 31 Essex witches, hanged in 1589.
John Fian
School teacher convicted of witchcraft in 1590, a central figure in the North Berwick witch trials
John Kincaid, witch-finder
Professional witch-finder or pricker of witches based in Tranent, East Lothian.
John Kincaid, witch-pricker
Redirected to John Kincaid, witch-finder.
Joseph Neil Paton
Damask designer and antiquarian with large collection containing witchcraft objects, including the skull of Lilias Adie. Father of the artist Joseph Noel Paton.
Kiss of Shame
Redirected to Osculum Infame.
Liber Poenitentialis
Set of 7th-century ecclesiastical laws applied to women – and only women – perfoming acts such as divination, raising storms, or murder by the use of magic.
Lilias Adie, witch
Elderly Torryburn woman who died after confessing to witchcraft; her face was reconstructed from photos of her skull.