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  2. Janet Horne - Wikipedia

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    Janet Horne (died 1727) was the last person to be executed legally for witchcraft in the British Isles. [1] Horne and her daughter were arrested in Dornoch in Sutherland and imprisoned on the accusations of her neighbours. Horne was showing signs of senility, and her daughter had a deformity of her hands and feet.

  3. Dornoch - Wikipedia

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    Her name was reported as Janet Horne; she was tried and condemned to death in 1727. There is a stone, the Witch's Stone, commemorating her death, inscribed with the year 1722. [9] The golf course designer Donald Ross began his career as a greenkeeper on the Royal Dornoch links. The golf course is next to the award-winning blue flag beach.

  4. Horne (surname) - Wikipedia

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    Horne is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Alexander Robert Horne (1881–1953) Scottish engineer; Alex Horne (born 1978), British comedian and creator of Taskmaster; Alistair Horne (1925–2017), British historian; Amelia Horne (1839-1921), (also known as Amy Haines and Amelia Bennett) British memoire writer

  5. List of people executed for witchcraft - Wikipedia

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    Janet Horne: d. 1727 Scotland: Last British person to be executed for sorcery; burned to death. [citation needed] Catherine Repond: 1662–1731 Switzerland: Strangled and burned to death. Helena Curtens: 1722–1738: Electoral Palatinate: One of the last people to be executed for witchcraft in Germany. Bertrand Guilladot: d. 1742 France

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  7. House of Burnett - Wikipedia

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    It remains uncertain if the name of Burnett is of Saxon or Norman origins. It has been suggested that the name Burnett is derived from the Old French burnete, brunette, which is a diminutive of brun meaning "brown", "dark brown". Another proposed origin of the name is from burnete, a high quality wool cloth originally dyed to a dark brown ...

  8. Janet (given name) - Wikipedia

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    Janet is a feminine given name meaning "God is gracious" or "gift from God". It is the feminine form of John. It is the feminine form of John. It is a variation of the French proper noun Jeannette , Spanish proper noun Juanita , Russian Жанет (Zhanet), Circassian Джэнэт (Dzhenet), and Hungarian Zsanett .

  9. Agnes Sampson - Wikipedia

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    This image, from The History of Witches and Wizards (1720), depicts The Devil giving witches wax dolls. Agnes Sampson (died 28 January 1591) [1] was a Scottish healer and purported witch.

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