John Kincaid, witch-finder
Professional witch-finder or pricker of witches based in Tranent, East Lothian.
David Gregory
Scottish physician and inventor accused of witchcraft. He inherited Kinnairdy Castle in Banffshire.
Bute witches
Six Scottish women accused of witchcraft on Bute during the Great Scottish Witch Hunt of 1661–1662.
Paisley witches
Also known as the Bargarran witches or the Renfrewshire witches, were tried in Paisley, Renfrewshire, central Scotland, in 1697.
Witchcraft in Orkney
Witchcraft in Orkney possibly has its roots in the settlement of Norsemen on the archipelago from the eighth century onwards. Until the early modern period magical powers were accepted as part of the general lifestyle, but witch-hunts began on the mainland of Scotland in about 1550.
The Wonderfull Discoverie of Witches in the Countie of Lancaster
Account of a series of English witch trials that took place on 18–19 August 1612, commonly known as the Lancashire witch trials.
Samlesbury witches
Three women from the Lancashire village of Samlesbury – Jane Southworth, Jennet Bierley, and Ellen Bierley – accused by a 14-year-old girl, Grace Sowerbutts, of practising witchcraft. Their trial at Lancaster Assizes in England on 19 August 1612 was one in a series of witch trials held there over two days. All three women were acquitted.
Padiham witch
Convicted witch who escaped the death penalty because she had caused no harm to anyone.
Allison Balfour
The 1594 trial of alleged witch Allison Balfour is one of the most frequently cited Scottish witchcraft cases.
Edmund Hartley
Cunning man who is alleged to have practised witchcraft at Cleworth Hall in Lancashire