Agnes Sampson
Scottish midwife, cunning woman and healer; central figure in the North Berwick witch trials.
Female, Scottish, Witch
Witch
Female, Scottish, Witch
Lilias Adie, witch
Elderly Torryburn woman who died after confessing to witchcraft; her face was reconstructed from photos of her skull.
English, Female, Witch
Elleine Smithe, witch
Essex woman convicted and hanged for witchcraft in 1579.
English, Female, Witch
Elizabeth Francis, witch
English woman tried three times for witchcraft, hanged in 1579 for bewitchment and murder by witchcraft.
English, Female, Witch
Agnes Waterhouse, witch
Elderly Essex woman convicted and hanged for witchcraft at Chelmsford in 1566.
Female, Healer, Scottish, Witch
Alison Pearson, witch
Scottish woman found guilty of sorcery, witchcraft and invoking the spirits of the Devil in 1588, then strangled and burned.
English, Female, Male, Witch
Pendle witches
The 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.
Female, German, Witch
Margaretha Horn, witch
Woman arrested on suspicion of witchcraft in Rothenburg in 1652, who despite being tortured, vigorously protested her innocence.
Female, Scottish, Witch, Witch finder
Margaret Aitken, the great witch of Balwearie
Pivotal figure in the great Scottish witchcraft panic of 1597.
Female, Sorcerer, Witch
Witch of Endor
Female sorcerer who appears in the Old Testament (1 Samuel 28:3–25).
