Witches & witchcraft (125 pages found in this category)


Tyldesley witch

Redirected to Edmund Hartley.

Walter Bruce, minister

Scottish minister at Inverkeithing and Rosyth who played a significant role in the witch-hunt of 1649–1650.

Whole trial and examination of Mrs. Mary Hicks and her daughter Elizabeth

Pamphlet purporting to tell the story of Mary Hicks, executed for witchcraft in 1716.

Windsor witches

Four women from Windsor executed for witchcraft in 1579.

Witch bottle

Bottles or jars used in counterspells to reverse a curse imposed by a witch.

Witch of Berkeley

Legendary 11th–century witch who tried and failed to prevent the Devil from claiming her body after her death.

Witch of Burslem

Redirected to Molly Leigh (witch).

Witch of Endor

Female sorcerer who appears in the Old Testament (1 Samuel 28:3–25).

Witch of Redden

Redirected to Janet Kennedy, visionary.

Witch of Stapenhill

Redirected to Alice Gooderidge.