Witches of Warboys
Three members of the Samuel family who were executed for witchcraft in Huntingdonshire in 1593.
English, Female, Male, Witch
English
Caricaturist, English, Poet, Satirist
John Collier (caricaturist)
English caricaturist and satirical poet (1708–1786).
English, Female, Witch
Elizabeth Lowys
First person to be prosecuted under the Witchcraft Act of 1563.
English, Female, Witch
Witch of Berkeley
Legendary 11th–century witch who tried and failed to prevent the Devil from claiming her body after her death.
English, Female, Male, Witch
Essex witches
Collective name given to the 31 people accused of witchcraft in the English county of Essex between 1566 and 1589.
English, Female, Poet, Writer
Jane Taylor
English children’s author (1783–1824), whose best known work is “Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star”.
