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.
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.
Scottish cunning woman convicted of pretending to practise witchcraft
Six Scottish women accused of witchcraft on Bute during the Great Scottish Witch Hunt of 1661–1662.
Also known as the Bargarran witches or the Renfrewshire witches, were tried in Paisley, Renfrewshire, central Scotland, in 1697.
Three women from the Lancashire village of Samlesbury accused by a 14-year-old girl, Grace Sowerbutts, of practising witchcraft. All three were acquitted.
Convicted witch who escaped the death penalty because she had caused no harm to anyone.
The 1594 trial of alleged witch Allison Balfour is one of the most frequently cited Scottish witchcraft cases.
Cunning man who is alleged to have practised witchcraft at Cleworth Hall in Lancashire.
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.
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