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The typical victim of an English witch trial was a poor old woman with a bad reputation, who was accused by her neighbours of having a familiar and of having injured or caused harm to other people's livestock by use of sorcery. [1] About 500 people are estimated to have been executed for witchcraft in England. [5] [2]
Hanged during the Salem witch trials. Rebecca Nurse: 1621–1692: Massachusetts Bay Colony: Hanged during the Salem witch trials: Sarah Good: 1655–1692: Massachusetts Bay Colony: One of the first to be convicted in the Salem witch trials. Samuel Wardwell: 1643–1692: Massachusetts Bay Colony: Hanged during the Salem witch trials. Sarah ...
Daniel Andrew (1643-1702) – From Salem Village, Daniel was accused of witchcraft but fled before he could be brought in. [3] Philip and Mary English – Fled to New York. Returned to Salem after the conclusion of the trials.
The Bury St Edmunds witch trials were a series of trials conducted intermittently between the years 1599 and 1694 in the town of Bury St Edmunds in Suffolk, England. Two specific trials in 1645 and 1662 became historically well known. The 1645 trial "facilitated" by the Witchfinder General saw 18 people executed in one
The trials of the Pendle witches in 1612 are among the most famous witch trials in English history, and some of the best recorded of the 17th century. The twelve accused lived in the area surrounding Pendle Hill in Lancashire, and were charged with the murders of ten people by the use of witchcraft.
The Salem witch trials were a series of hearings and prosecutions of people accused of witchcraft in colonial Massachusetts between February 1692 and May 1693. More than 200 people were accused. More than 200 people were accused.
In 2022, lawmakers exonerated Elizabeth Johnson Jr., clearing her name 329 years after she was convicted of witchcraft in 1693 and sentenced to death at the height of the Salem witch trials ...
English people executed for witchcraft (49 P) W. Witchcraft Acts (5 P) Pages in category "Witch trials in England" The following 38 pages are in this category, out of ...