Witches & witchcraft (125 pages found in this category)


Mary Lakeland

English woman executed for witchcraft in Ipswich in 1645, one of the few people in England to have been executed by burning after a conviction of witchcraft.

Mary Pannell

Woman associated with witchcraft at Ledston Hall in the West Riding of Yorkshire. Died in 1603, and is said to haunt the nearby woods.

Matthew Hopkins

English witch-hunter who claimed to hold the office of Witchfinder General, although that title was never bestowed by Parliament.

Meg Shelton

Reputed witch whose corpse kept reappearing from its grave until it was covered by a large boulder.

Molly Leigh (witch)

Woman accused by her local rector of being a witch, but never formally charged as such.

Mother Haggy

Witch of St. Albans, best-known for her salve to restore the hymen.

Mother Red Cap

Redirected to Jinney Bingham, Mother Damnable

Newes from Scotland

1591 pamphlet describing the North Berwick witch trials in Scotland, detailing the confessions given by the accused witches before the King.

Nicolas Lawson, witch

Redirected to Pittenweem witches.

North Berwick witch trials

Series of Scottish witch trials held between 1590 and 1593