Witchcraft in England
and Scotland
|
1542 |
Statute
of Henry VIII against witchcraft |
1547 |
Repeal
of statute of 1542 in reign of Edward VI |
1563 |
Statute
of Queen Elizabeth against witchcraft |
1566 |
The
first Chelmsford witch trials |
1579 |
The
Windsor witches; also the second Chelmsford trials |
1582 |
St.
Osyth Witches of Essex (case tried at Chelmsford) |
1584 |
Publication
of Discovery of Witchcraft, by the sceptic Reginald
Scot |
1589 |
Third
Chelmsford witch trials |
1593 |
Warboys
witches of Huntingdon |
1597 |
Publication
of Demonology by James VI of Scotland (later
James I of England) |
1597 |
Case
of the Burton Boy (Thomas Darling) in Staffordshire |
1604 |
James
l's statute against witchcraft |
1604 |
Case
of the Northwich Boy (an impostor) |
1605 |
Abingdon
witches and Anne Gunter (an impostor) |
1612 |
Lancashire
witch trials |
1616 |
Case
of the Leicester Boy (John Smith), an impostor |
1620 |
Case
of the Bilson Boy (William Perry), an impostor |
1645 |
Case
of the Faversham witches, Kent Witchfinder-general Matthew
Hopkins and the Chelmsford (or Manningtree) witch trials |
1646 |
Death
of Matthew Hopkins by tuberculosis |
1647 |
Publication
of Discovery of Witches, Matthew Hopkins |
1649 |
Case
of the St. Albans witches, Hertfordshire |
1652 |
"Dr.
Lamb's Darling": the trial of Anne Bodenham Trial of the
Wapping Witch (Joan Peterson) near London |
1662 |
The
Bury St. Edmunds witch trials |
1674 |
Trial
of Anne Foster at Northampton |
1682 |
Trial
of three Exeter Witches |
1684 |
Last
execution for witchcraft in England (Alice Molland at
Exeter) |
1712 |
Jane
Wenham of Walkern in Herefordshire is last person convicted
of witchcraft in England |
1722 |
Last
execution for witchcraft in Scotland |
1736 |
Repeal of Statute of James 1 (1604) |