Witches (82 pages found in this category)


Fylde Hag

Redirected to Meg Shelton.

Geillis Duncan, witch

Young Scottish maidservant suspected of witchcraft by her employer in November 1590. After being tortured, the initial testimony she gave led to the start of the North Berwick witch trials.

Ipswich witch

Redirected to Mary Lakeland.

Isobel Adam, witch

Redirected to Pittenweem witches.

Isobel Gowdie

Scottish woman accused of witchcraft in 1662 and probably executed, whose detailed testimony provides one of the most comprehensive insights into European witchcraft folklore at the end of the era of witch-hunts.

Isobel Young, witch

Scottish woman tried, convicted and executed for witchcraft in 1629. Her case gives an almost unrivalled glimpse into 17th-century proceedings in witch trials.

Issobell Young

Redirected to Isobel Young, witch

Jane Wenham

Last person to be condemned to death for witchcraft in an English court, when she was found guilty at Hertford in 1712.

Janet Boyman

Scottish woman found guilty and executed for witchcraft and associating with fairies.

Janet Douglas, Lady Glamis

Scottish aristocrat executed in 1537 for treason. Modern day academics highlight that earlier accounts declaring she was tried for witchcraft are inaccurate.