Witches & witchcraft | Engole

Elizabeth Mortlock, witch

Woman from the small farming village of Pampisford, in Cambridgeshire, convicted of witchcraft in an ecclestiastical court in Ely in 1566.

17th-century woman also known as Mother Red Cap and the Shrew of Kentish Town, suspected of being a witch, a murderer and poisoner.

Janet or Jonet Kennedy from Redden or Reydon was a Scottish visionary involved in the North Berwick witch trials of 1590–1593.

Mother and her two daughters accused of causing the deaths by witchcraft of two young nobles, Henry and Francis Manners.

Named by several accused of witchcraft during the North Berwick witch trials, Grierson died whilst being tortured during his interrogation.

Series of Scottish witch trials held between 1590 and 1593

Wealthy Scottish heiress and member of the gentry convicted of witchcraft. A key figure in the North Berwick witchcraft trials of 1590–1591.

School teacher convicted of witchcraft in 1590, a central figure in the North Berwick witch trials

Scottish midwife, cunning woman and healer; central figure in the North Berwick witch trials.

Elderly Torryburn woman who died after confessing to witchcraft; her face was reconstructed from photos of her skull.