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Agnes Finnie, witchEdinburgh widow who was tried, convicted and executed for witchcraft.
Agnes SampsonScottish midwife, cunning woman and healer; central figure in the North Berwick witch trials.
Agnes Waterhouse, witchElderly Essex woman convicted and hanged for witchcraft at Chelmsford in 1566.
Alice GooderidgeStaffordshire woman convicted of witchcraft in 1596 on the false testimony of a 14-year-old boy.
Alice MollandPerhaps the last person to be executed for witchcraft in England, in 1685.
Alice NutterOne of the 11 men and women found guilty of causing harm by witchcraft in the Pendle witch trials of 1612, unique among the accused in being a respectable wealthy widow.
Alison Pearson, witchScottish woman found guilty of sorcery, witchcraft and invoking the spirits of the Devil in 1588, then strangled and burned.
Allison BalfourThe 1594 trial of alleged witch Allison Balfour is one of the most frequently cited Scottish witchcraft cases.
Andro ManElderly Scottish folk healer executed for witchcraft in January 1598.
Ann IzzardAlleged witch attacked by her neighbours in the village of Great Paxton, Huntingdonshire in 1808.
Barbara Napier, witchWoman accused of witchcraft and conspiracy to murder during the North Berwick witch trials.
Beatrix LeslieScottish midwife executed in 1661 for using witchcraft to cause the collapse of a coal pit, killing two girls.
Bute witchesSix Scottish women accused of witchcraft on Bute during the Great Scottish Witch Hunt of 1661–1662.
Edmund HartleyCunning man who is alleged to have practised witchcraft at Cleworth Hall in Lancashire.
Elizabeth Francis, witchEnglish woman tried three times for witchcraft, hanged in 1579 for bewitchment and murder by witchcraft.
Elizabeth LowysFirst person to be prosecuted under the Witchcraft Act of 1563.
Elizabeth Mortlock, witchWoman from the small farming village of Pampisford, in Cambridgeshire, convicted of witchcraft in an ecclestiastical court in Ely in 1566.
Elleine Smithe, witchEssex woman convicted and hanged for witchcraft in 1579.
Elspeth ReochScottish woman who confessed to witchcraft and deceiving islanders by pretending she was mute.
Essex witchesCollective name given to the 31 people accused of witchcraft in the English county of Essex between 1566 and 1589.
Euphame MacCalzeanWealthy Scottish heiress and member of the gentry convicted of witchcraft. A key figure in the North Berwick witchcraft trials of 1590–1591.
Geillis Duncan, witchYoung 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.
Isobel GowdieScottish 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, witchScottish woman tried, convicted and executed for witchcraft in 1629. Her case gives an almost unrivalled glimpse into 17th-century proceedings in witch trials.
Janet BoymanScottish woman found guilty and executed for witchcraft and associating with fairies.
Janet Douglas, Lady GlamisScottish aristocrat executed in 1537 for treason. Modern day academics highlight that earlier accounts declaring she was tried for witchcraft are inaccurate.
Janet HorneAlleged name of the last person to be executed for witchcraft in the British Isles, in 1727.
Janet Kennedy, visionaryJanet or Jonet Kennedy from Redden or Reydon was a Scottish visionary involved in the North Berwick witch trials of 1590–1593.
Jane WenhamLast person to be condemned to death for witchcraft in an English court, when she was found guilty at Hertford in 1712.
Jean Lyon, Countess of AngusScottish countess named in the North Berwick witch trials as consulting with witches.
Jean Maxwell, sorceressScottish cunning woman convicted of pretending to practise witchcraft
Jean WeirScottish woman tried for witchcraft and incest, executed on 12 April 1670.
Jinney Bingham, Mother Damnable17th-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, witchOne of the 31 Essex witches, hanged in 1589.
Joan WytteAlleged Cornish witch whose skeleton was put on public display.
John FianSchool teacher convicted of witchcraft in 1590, a central figure in the North Berwick witch trials.
Jonet Rendall, witchOrcadian woman executed for witchcraft in 1629.
Lilias Adie, witchElderly Torryburn woman who died after confessing to witchcraft; her face was reconstructed from photos of her skull.
Margaret Aitken, the great witch of Balwearie Pivotal figure in the great Scottish witchcraft panic of 1597.
Margaretha Horn, witchWoman arrested on suspicion of witchcraft in Rothenburg in 1652, who despite being tortured, vigorously protested her innocence.
Margaret Henderson, Lady PittadroMember of the Scottish elite who was accused then incarcerated for witchcraft in 1649, but died before her case went to trial.
Margery JourdemayneEnglish woman burnt at the stake for heretical witchcraft in 1441.
Mary Baguley, witchWoman found guilty of causing the death of the schoolteacher Robert Hall by the use of magic, executed in 1675.
Mary LakelandEnglish 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.
Meg of MeldonAlleged 17th-century Northumberland witch.
Meg SheltonReputed 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 HaggyWitch of St. Albans, best-known for her salve to restore the hymen.
Padiham witchConvicted witch who escaped the death penalty because she had caused no harm to anyone.
Paisley witchesAlso known as the Bargarran witches or the Renfrewshire witches, were tried in Paisley, Renfrewshire, central Scotland, in 1697.
Pendle witchesThe trials of the Pendle witches in 1612 are among the most famous witch trials in English history, and some of the best recorded of the 17th century.
Pittenweem witchesFive Scottish women accused of witchcraft in the small fishing village of Pittenweem in Fife on the east coast of Scotland in 1704.
Richard GrahamSorcerer, necromancer and wizard. Executed on the last day of February 1592 as part of the North Berwick witch trials, he was an associate of Francis Stewart, fifth Earl of Bothwell.
Robert Grierson, witchcraftNamed by several accused of witchcraft during the North Berwick witch trials, Grierson died whilst being tortured during his interrogation.
Sally the Dunstable Witch19th-century hoax to shame the rector into repairing his church.
Samlesbury witchesThree women from the Lancashire village of Samlesbury accused by a 14-year-old girl, Grace Sowerbutts, of practising witchcraft. All three were acquitted.
Ursula Kemp (witch)One of 14 women from St Osyth, Essex, accused of witchcraft and tried at Chelmsford in 1582.
Windsor witchesFour women from Windsor executed for witchcraft in 1579.
Witches of BelvoirMother and her two daughters accused of causing the deaths by witchcraft of two young nobles, Henry and Francis Manners.
Witches of WarboysThree members of the Samuel family who were executed for witchcraft in Huntingdonshire in 1593.
Witch of BerkeleyLegendary 11th–century witch who tried and failed to prevent the Devil from claiming her body after her death.
Witch of EndorFemale sorcerer who appears in the Old Testament (1 Samuel 28:3–25).
English painter of genre, landscape and historical scenes (c. 1846 –1909).
English author (1872–1965) known primarily for his books about ghosts.
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.
History of witch trials in England from the 15th to the 18th century.
Educational venture undertaken by the philanthropist Thomas Horsfall, inaugurated in 1877. It closed in 1953, and most of its collection is now in the possession of the Manchester Art Gallery.
English painter of the Victorian era , noted for his depiction of fairies and other supernatural subjects. Most were completed while he was an inmate of Bedlam and Broadmoor lunatic asylums.
English language idiom used in reference to something that is partly good and partly bad.
Woman associated with witchcraft at Ledston Hall in the West Riding of Yorkshire. Died in 1603, and is said to haunt the nearby woods.
