Jean Maxwell, sorceress
Scottish cunning woman convicted of pretending to practise witchcraft
Female, Scottish, Witch
Witch
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.
Female, Scottish, Witch
Allison Balfour
The 1594 trial of alleged witch Allison Balfour is one of the most frequently cited Scottish witchcraft cases.
English, Male, Witch
Edmund Hartley
Cunning man who is alleged to have practised witchcraft at Cleworth Hall in Lancashire.
Female, Scottish, Witch
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.
Female, Scottish, Witch
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.
Female, Scottish, Witch
Elspeth Reoch
Scottish woman who confessed to witchcraft and deceiving islanders by pretending she was mute.
