Paisley witches
Also known as the Bargarran witches or the Renfrewshire witches, were tried in Paisley, Renfrewshire, central Scotland, in 1697.
Elizabeth Ann Linley
Singer who possessed great beauty, subject of several paintings, poet and writer.
Elizabeth Raffald
18th-century English entrepreneur, author of The Experienced English Housekeeper, and possible inventor of the Eccles cake.
Samlesbury witches
Three women from the Lancashire village of Samlesbury – Jane Southworth, Jennet Bierley, and Ellen Bierley – accused by a 14-year-old girl, Grace Sowerbutts, of practising witchcraft. Their trial at Lancaster Assizes in England on 19 August 1612 was one in a series of witch trials held there over two days. All three women were acquitted.
Padiham witch
Convicted witch who escaped the death penalty because she had caused no harm to anyone.
Allison Balfour
The 1594 trial of alleged witch Allison Balfour is one of the most frequently cited Scottish witchcraft cases.
Isobel Gowdie
Scottish 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.
Pittenweem witches
Five Scottish women accused of witchcraft in the small fishing village of Pittenweem in Fife on the east coast of Scotland in 1704.
Elspeth Reoch
Scottish woman who confessed to witchcraft and deceiving islanders by pretending she was mute.
Janet Boyman
Scottish woman found guilty and executed for witchcraft and associating with fairies.