|
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) |
