Elizabeth Lowys
First person to be prosecuted under the Witchcraft Act of 1563.
Joan Cunny, witch
One of the 31 Essex witches, hanged in 1589.
Witch of Berkeley
Legendary 11th–century witch who tried and failed to prevent the Devil from claiming her body after her death.
Elizabeth Fraunces
Redirected to Elizabeth Francis.
Essex witches
Collective name given to the 31 people accused of witchcraft in the English county of Essex between 1566 and 1589.
Janet Douglas, Lady Glamis
Scottish aristocrat executed in 1537 for treason. Modern day academics highlight that earlier accounts declaring she was tried for witchcraft are inaccurate.
Janet Horne
Alleged name of the last person to be executed for witchcraft in the British Isles, in 1727.
Woodplumpton witch
Redirected to Meg Shelton.
Fylde Hag
Redirected to Meg Shelton.
Meg Shelton
Reputed witch whose corpse kept reappearing from its grave until it was covered by a large boulder.