26 suggestions for "english+female+witch"
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.
Ann IzzardAlleged witch attacked by her neighbours in the village of Great Paxton, Huntingdonshire in 1808.
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.
Essex witchesCollective name given to the 31 people accused of witchcraft in the English county of Essex between 1566 and 1589.
Jane WenhamLast person to be condemned to death for witchcraft in an English court, when she was found guilty at Hertford in 1712.
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.
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.
Mary PannellWoman associated with witchcraft at Ledston Hall in the West Riding of Yorkshire. Died in 1603, and is said to haunt the nearby woods.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Woman associated with witchcraft at Ledston Hall in the West Riding of Yorkshire. Died in 1603, and is said to haunt the nearby woods.
Woman accused by her local rector of being a witch, but never formally charged as such.
Elderly Scottish folk healer executed for witchcraft in January 1598.
