Jane Yorke
Last person to be prosecuted under the 1735 Witchcraft Act, in 1944.
Helen Duncan
Last person to be imprisoned under the Witchcraft Act 1735, in 1944.
Witches of Warboys
Three members of the Samuel family who were executed for witchcraft in Huntingdonshire in 1593.
Elizabeth Lowys
First person to be prosecuted under the Witchcraft Act of 1563.
Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood
Group of English artists formed in 1848 to counter what they saw as the corrupting influence of the late Renaissance painter Raphael.
The Love Potion
Oil painting by the English artist Evelyn de Morgan, created in 1903.
Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star
English poem and nursery rhyme by Jane Taylor, first published in 1806 under the title “The Star”.
Witch of Berkeley
Legendary 11th–century witch who tried and failed to prevent the Devil from claiming her body after her death.
Witch’s familiar
Demonic spirit who attends upon a witch, possessing magical powers that can be used for good or evil. Often taking the form of a small animal such as a cat.
Jack Sprat
English nursery rhyme first recorded in the form we know it today in 1670.