Witches (79 pages found in this category)


Janet Kennedy, visionary

Janet or Jonet Kennedy from Redden or Reydon was a Scottish visionary involved in the North Berwick witch trials of 1590–1593.

Jean Maxwell, sorceress

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

Lilias Adie, witch

Elderly Torryburn woman who died after confessing to witchcraft; her face was reconstructed from photos of her skull.

Lillie Wallace, witch

Redirected to Pittenweem witches.

Margaret Aitken, the great witch of Balwearie

Pivotal figure in the great Scottish witchcraft panic of 1597.

Margaret Echlin, Lady Pittathrow

Redirected to Margaret Henderson, Lady Pittadrow.

Margaret Henderson, Lady Pittadro

Member of the Scottish elite who was accused then incarcerated for witchcraft in 1649, but died before her case went to trial.