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The History of Witches
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Beyond Salem: 6 Lesser‑Known Witch Trials | HISTORY
Take a look back at six fiery trials that were part of the worldwide witch hunt frenzy.
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Alice Nutter, one of the accused and hanged Pendle Witches
Essex Witch Trials
Matthew Hopkins is perhaps the most notorious name in the history of English witchcraft, more commonly he was known as “The Witch-Finder General”. Throughout his reign of terror 1645-1646, Hopkins acquired a feared and evil reputation as a ‘fingerman’ (informer), paid by local authorities to commit perjury. Together with his henchman and fellow ‘Witch-Pricker’ John Sterne, in just 14 months, Hopkins was responsible for the condemnations and executions of some...
Mathew Hopkins (d1647) witch-finder of Manningtree, Essex, England. In 1645 Hopkina had 60 people executed for witchcraft in Essex alone. He fell under suspicion himself and was 'swum' as a witch. He floated so was found guilty and executed. Woodcut circa 1830 Stock Photo - Alamy
On August 20,in the year 1612, ten women and one man known as the Lancashire Witches were executed on the gallows in one of England's most famous Witch trials of the seventeenth century.
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Essex Life
Modern day plaque to the people of Essex who were imprisoned within the dungeons of Colchester Castle on charges of witchcraft.