Richard Graham
Sorcerer, 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.
Male, Scottish, Sorcerer, Witch
Witch
Female, Scottish, Witch
Barbara Napier, witch
Woman accused of witchcraft and conspiracy to murder during the North Berwick witch trials.
English, Female, Witch
Jane Wenham
Last person to be condemned to death for witchcraft in an English court, when she was found guilty at Hertford in 1712.
Female, Scottish, Witch
Geillis Duncan, witch
Young 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.
English, Female, Witch
Alice Nutter
One 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.
Female, Scottish, Witch
Jean Maxwell, sorceress
Scottish cunning woman convicted of pretending to practise witchcraft
Female, Scottish, Witch
Bute witches
Six Scottish women accused of witchcraft on Bute during the Great Scottish Witch Hunt of 1661–1662.
Female, Male, Scottish, Witch
Paisley witches
Also known as the Bargarran witches or the Renfrewshire witches, were tried in Paisley, Renfrewshire, central Scotland, in 1697.
English, Female, Witch
Samlesbury witches
Three women from the Lancashire village of Samlesbury accused by a 14-year-old girl, Grace Sowerbutts, of practising witchcraft. All three were acquitted.
English, Female, Witch
Padiham witch
Convicted witch who escaped the death penalty because she had caused no harm to anyone.
