Witches & witchcraft (125 pages found in this category)


Elizabeth Style

Redirected to Windsor witches.

Elleine Smithe, witch

Essex woman convicted and hanged for witchcraft in 1579

Elspeth Reoch

Scottish woman who confessed to witchcraft and deceiving islanders by pretending she was mute.

Essex witches

Collective name given to the 31 people accused of witchcraft in the English county of Essex between 1566 and 1589.

Euphame MacCalzean

Wealthy Scottish heiress and member of the gentry convicted of witchcraft. A key figure in the North Berwick witchcraft trials of 1590–1591.

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.

Hag stone

Redirected to hagstone.

Hagstone

Pebble pierced by a naturally occurring hole, believed to possess magical properties.

Ipswich witch

Redirected to Mary Lakeland.