Witch Hunt
The following are all documented incidents in
the killings of "witches."
ONLY incidents relating to witchcraft accusations
have been included. Bear in mind that this is assuredly not all
of them.
Some were guilty. Most were probably innocent.
Some were "satanists," others were not. Some were just
senile. Or too ugly. Or too pretty. Or just in the wrong place
at the wrong time.
THE NAMES
Adamson, Francis: executed at Durham, England, in 1652
Albano, Peter of: died in prison circa 1310 Allen, Joan:
hanged at the Old Bailey, London, England, in 1650 Allen,
Jonet: burned in Scotland in 1661 Amalaric, Madeline: burned
in France in mid-1500's Ancker, (first name unknown): beheaded
at Wurzburg, Germany, 1628-1629 Andrius, Barthelemy: burned
at Carcassonne, France in 1330 Andrius, Jean: burned at Carcassonne,
France in 1330 Andrius, Phillippe: burned at Carcassonne,
France in 1330 Arnold, (first name unknown): hanged at Barking,
England, d'Arc, Joan: burned at Rouen, France, on 30 May,
1431 Ashby, Anne: hanged at Maidstone, England, in July,
1652 Askew, Anne: burned for witchcraft 1546 Audibert,
Etienne: condemned for witchcraft in France, on Aupetit,
Pierre: burned at Bordeaux, France, in 1598 Babel, Zuickel:
beheaded at Wurzburg, Germany, 1628-1629 Babel, (first name
unknown): beheaded at Wurzburg, Germany, 1628-1629 Baker,
Anne: executed in Leicester, England, in 1619 Balcoin, Marie:
burned in the reign of Henry IV of France Balfour, Alison:
burned at Edinburgh, Scotland, on 16 December, 1594 Bannach,
(husband) (first name unknown): beheaded at Wurzburg, Germany,
Bannach, (wife) (first name unknown): beheaded at Wurzburg,
Germany, 1628-1629 Barber, Mary: executed in Northhampton,
England, on 22 July, 1612 Barker, Janet: burned in Scotland
in 1643 Baroni, Catterina: beheaded and burned at Castelnovo,
Italy, on 14 April, 1647 Barthe, Angela de la: burned at
Toulouse, France, in 1275 Barton, William: executed in Scotland
(year unknown) Basser, Fredrick: beheaded at Wurzburg, Germany,
1628-1629 Batsch, (first name unknown): beheaded at Wurzburg,
Germany, 1628-1629 Bayerin, Anna: executed at Salzburg, Austria,
in 1751 Beaumont, Sieur de: accused of witchcraft on 21 October,
1596 Bebelin, Gabriel: beheaded at Wurzburg, Germany, 1628-1629
Beck, Viertel: beheaded at Wurzburg, Germany, 1628-1629 Beck,
(first name unknown): beheaded at Wurzburg, Germany, 1628-1629
Belon, Jean: executed in France, in 1597 Berger, Christopher:
beheaded at Wurzburg, Germany, 1628-1629 Berrye, Agnes: hanged
at Enfield, England, in 1616 Bentz, (mother) (first name
unknown): beheaded at Wurzburg, Germany, 1628-1629 Bentz,
(daughter) (first name unknown): beheaded at Wurzburg, Germany,
Beuchel, Anna: burned at Waldsee, Germany, in 1581 Beutler,
(first name unknown) beheaded at Wurzburg, Germany, 1628-1629
Bill, Arthur: executed in Northhampton, England, on 22 July,
1612 Birenseng, Agata: burned at Waldsee, Germany, on 25
June, 1594 Bishop, Briget: hanged at Salem, New England on
10 June, 1692 Bodenham, Anne: hanged at Salisbury, England,
in 1653 Bonnet, Jean: burned alive at Boissy-en-Ferez, France,
in 1583 Boram, (mother) (first name unknown): hung at Bury
St Edmunds, England, in Boram, (daughter) (first name unknown):
hung at Bury St Edmunds, England, in Bolingbroke, Roger:
hanged, drawn and quartered at Tyburn, England, on 18 Boulay,
Anne: burned at Nancy, France, in 1620 Boulle, Thomas: burned
alive at Rouen, France, on 21 August, 1647 Bowman, Janet:
burned in Scotland in 1572 Bragadini, Mark Antony: beheaded
in Italy in the 1500's Brickmann, (first name unknown) beheaded
at Wurzburg, Germany, 1628-1629 Brose, Elizabeth: tortured
to death in the castle of Gommern, Germany, on Brown, Janet:
burned in Scotland in 1643 Browne, Agnes: executed in Northhampton,
England, on 22 July, 1612 Browne, Joan: executed in Northhampton,
England, on 22 July, 1612 Browne, Mary: hanged at Maidstone,
England, in July, 1652 Brooks, Jane: hanged in England on
26 March, 1658 Brugh, John: burned in Scotland in 1643 Buckh,
Appollonia: burned at Waldsee, Germany, in 1581 Bugler, (first
name unknown): beheaded at Wurzburg, Germany, 1628-1629 Bulcock,
John: executed in Lancaster, England, in 1612 Bulcock, Jane:
executed in Lancaster, England, in 1612 Bull, Edmund: hanged
at Taunton, England, in 1631 Bulmer, Matthew: hanged at Newcastle,
England, in 1649 Burroughs, George: executed at Salem, New
England, on 19 August, 1692 Bursten-Binderin, (first name
unknown) beheaded at Wurzburg, Germany, 1628- Calles, Helen:
executed at Braynford, England, on 1 December, 1595 Camelli,
Domenica: beheaded and burned at Castelnovo, Italy, on 14 April,
1647 Canzler, (first name unknown) beheaded at Wurzburg,
Germany, 1628-1629 Carrier, Martha: executed at Salem, New
England, on 19 August, 1692 Caveden, Lucia: beheaded and
burned at Castelnovo, Italy, on 14 April, 1647 Cemola, Zinevra:
beheaded and burned at Castelnovo, Italy, on 14 April, 1647 Corey,
Martha: executed at Salem, New England, on 22 September, 1692
Corey, Giles: prssed to death at Salem, New England, on 19
September, 1692 Corset, Janet: killed by a mob at Pittenweem,
Scotland, in 1704 Challiot, (first name unknown): murdered
at St. Georges, France, in February, Chalmers, Bessie: tried
for witchcraft in Inverkiething, Scotland 1621 Chambers,
(first name unknown): died in prison, in England, in 1693 Chamoulliard,
(first name unknown): burned in France, in 1597 de Chantraine,
Anne: burned as a witch in Waret-la-Chaussee, France, on Chatto,
Marioun: tried for witchcraft in Inverkiething, Scotland 1621
Ciceron, Andre: burned alive at Carcassone, France, in 1335
Cockie, Isabel: burnt as a witch, at a cost of 105 s. 4 p.,
in England 1596 Cox, Julian: executed at Taunton, England,
in 1663 Couper, Marable: burned in the north of Scotland
in 1622 Craw, William: burned in Scotland in 1680 Crots,
(son) (first name unknown): beheaded at Wurzburg, Germany, 1628-1629
Cullender, Rose: executed at Bury St Edmunds, England, on
17 March 1664 Cumlaquoy, Marian: burned at Orkney, Scotland
in 1643 Cunningham, John: burned at Edinburgh, in January,
1591 Cunny, Joan: hanged in Chelmsford, England, in 1589
Deiner, Hans: burned at Waldsee, Germany (year unknown) Delort,
Catherine: burned at Toulouse, France, in 1335 Demdike, Elizabeth:
convicted, but died in prison, in Lancaster, England, DeMolay,
Jacques: Grand Master of the Templars, burned in France on Desbordes,
(first name unknown): burned in France, in 1628 Deshayes,
Catherine: burned on 22 February, 1680 Device, Elizabeth:
executed in Lancaster, England, in 1612 Device, James: executed
in Lancaster, England, in 1612 Device, Alizon: executed in
Lancaster, England, in 1612 Doree, Catherine: executed at
Courveres, France, in 1577 Dorlady, Mansfredo: burned at
Vesoul, France as being the Devil's banker, on Dorlady, Fernando:
burned at Vesoul, France as being the Devil's banker, on Dormar,
Anna: burned at Waldsee, Germany, on 9 October, 1586 Douglas,
Janet: burned at Castle, Hill, Scotland, on 17 July, 1557 Drummond,
Alexander: executed in Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1670 "Dummy"
(name unknown; he was deaf-and-dumb): killed by a mob at Sible
Duncan, Gellie: hanged in Scotland in 1591 Dunhome, Margaret:
burned in Scotland (year unknown) Dunlop, Bessie: burned
at Castle Hill, Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1576 Duny, Amy: executed
at Bury St Edmunds, England, on 17 March, 1664 Dyneis, Jonka:
burned in the north of Scotland in 1622 Easty, Mary: executed
at Salem, New England, on 22 September, 1692 Echtinger, Barbara:
imprisoned for life at Waldsee, Germany, on 24 August, Edelfrau,
(first name unknown): beheaded at Wurzburg, Germany, 1628-1629
Edwards, Susanna: hanged at Bideford (Heavitree), England,
25 August, 1682 Einseler, Catharina: burned at Waldsee, Germany,
on 6 July, 1581 Erb, Anna: burned at Waldsee, Germany, on
9 March, 1586 Eyering, (first name unknown): beheaded at
Wurzburg, Germany, 1628-1629 Fian, John: hanged at Edinburgh,
Scotland, in 1591 Fief, Mary le: of Samur, France, accused
of witchcraft, on 13 October 1573 Fleischbaum, (first name
unknown): beheaded at Wurzburg, Germany, 1628-1629 Flieger,
Catharina: burned at Waldsee, Germany, on 6 July, 1581 Flower,
Joan: died before trial, at Lincoln, England, 1619 Flower,
Margaret: executed at Lincoln, England, in March, 1619 Flower,
Phillippa: executed at Lincoln, England, in March, 1619 Foster,
Anne: hanged at Northhampton, England, in 1674 Fray, Ursula:
burned at Waldsee, Germany, on 12 June, 1587 Fray, Margaret:
burned at Waldsee, Germany, on 25 June, 1594 Fynnie, Agnes:
burned in Scotland in 1643 Gabley, (first name unknown):
executed at King's Lynn, England, in 1582 Galigai, Leonora:
beheaded at the Place de Grieve, France, on 8 July, 1617 Garnier,
Gilles: burned as a werewolf in Dole, France 1574 Gaufridi,
Louis: burned at Marseilles, France, at 5:00 pm on 30 April,
1611 Geissler, Clara: strangled at Gelnhausen, Germany circa
1630 Georgel, Anna Marie de: burned at Toulouse, France,
in 1335 Geraud, Hughes: burned in France in 1317 Gering,
(first name unknown): beheaded at Wurzburg, Germany, 1628-1629
Glaser, (first name unknown): beheaded at Wurzburg, Germany,
1628-1629 Glover, Goody: hanged at Salem, New England, in
1688 Gobel, Barbara: burned at Wurzburg, Germany, 1628-1639
Goeldi, Anna: hanged at Glaris, Switzerland, on 17 June,
1782 Goldschmidt, (first name unknown): beheaded at Wurzburg,
Germany, 1628-1629 Good, Sarah: executed at Salem, New England,
on 19 July, 1692 Grandier, Urbain, burned at Loudon, France,
on 18 August, 1634 Goodridge, Alse: executed at Darbie, England,
in 1597 Gratiadei, Domenica: beheaded and burned at Castelnovo,
Italy, on 14 April, Green, Ellen: executed in Leicester,
England, in 1619 Greensmith, (first name unknown): hanged
in Hartford, New England, on 20 Greland, Jean: burned at
Chamonix, France, in 1438, with 10 others Grierson, Isobel:
burned in Scotland in March, 1607 Gutbrod, (first name unknown:)
beheaded at Wurzburg, Germany, 1628-1629 Haan, George: burned
at Bamberg, Germany, circa 1626, with his wife, daughter, Hacket,
Margaret: executed at Tyburn, England, on 19 February, 1585 Hamilton,
Margaret: burned in Scotland in 1680 Hafner, (son) (first
name unknown): beheaded at Wurzburg, Germany, 1628-1629 Hammellmann,
Melchoir: beheaded at Wurzburg, Germany, 1628-1629 Hamyltoun,
Christiane: tried for witchcraft in Inverkiething, Scotland 1621
Hans, David: beheaded at Wurzburg, Germany, 1628-1629 Hans,
Kilian: beheaded at Wurzburg, Germany, 1628-1629 Harfner,
(first name unknown): hanged herself in the prison of Bamberg,
Harlow, Bessie: tried for witchcraft in Inverkiething, Scotland
1621 Harrisson, Joanna, and her daughter: executed in Hertford,
England, in 1606 Harvilliers, Jeanne: executed in France,
in 1578 Haus, (wife) (first name unknown): beheaded at Wurzburg,
Germany, 1628-1629 Hennot, Catherine: burned alive in Germany
in 1627 Henry III, King of France: assassinated on 1 August,
1589 Hewitt, Katherine: executed in Lancaster, England, in
1612 Hezensohn, Joachim: beheaded at Waldsee, Germany, in
1557 Hibbins, Anne: hanged in Boston, Massachusetts on 19
June, 1656 Hirsch, Nicodemus: beheaded at Wurzburg, Germany,
1628-1629 Hoecker, (first name unknown): beheaded at Wurzburg,
Germany, 1628-1629 Hofschmidt, (first name unknown): beheaded
at Wurzburg, Germany, 1628-1629 Holtzmann, Stoffel: beheaded
at Wurzburg, Germany, 1628-1629 Hofseiler, (first name unknown):
beheaded at Wurzburg, Germany, 1628-1629 Hoppo, (first name
unknown): executed in Germany in 1599 How, Elizabeth: executed
at Salem, New England, on 19 July, 1692 Hoyd, Anna: burned
at Waldsee, Germany, on 24 November, 1586 Huebmeyer, Barbara:
burned at Waldsee, Germany, on 11 September, 1589 Huebmeyer,
Appela: burned at Waldsee, Germany, on 11 September, 1589 Hunt,
Joan: hanged in Middlesex, England in 1615 Hunter, Alexander:
burned at Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1629 Huxley, Catherine:
hanged at Worcester, England in the summer of 1652 Isel,
Ursula: burned at Waldsee, Germany, on 7 November, 1586 Isolin,
Madlen: burned at Waldsee, Germany, on 6 July, 1581 Jacobs,
George: executed at Salem, New England, on 19 August, 1692 Jenkenson,
Helen: executed in Northhampton, England, on 22 July, 1612 Jennin,
(first name unknown): burned at Cambrai, France, in 1460 Jollie,
Alison: executed in Scotland, in October, 1596 Jones, Katherine:
burned in the north of Scotland in 1622 Jones, Margaret:
executed in Charlestown, North America, on 15 June, 1648 Jordemaine,
Margery: burned at Smithfield, England, on 27 October, 1441 Junius,
Johannes: of Bamberg, executed as a witch, on 6 August, 1628
Jung, (first name unknown): beheaded at Wurzburg, Germany,
1628-1629 Kent, Margaret: tried for witchcraft in Inverkiething,
Scotland 1621 Kerke, Anne: executed at Tyburn, England, in
1599 Kleiss, Anna: burned at Waldsee, Germany, on 30 October,
1586 Kless, Catharina: burned at Waldsee, Germany, on 12
June, 1587 Knertz, (first name unknown): beheaded at Wurzburg,
Germany, 1628-1629 Knor, (first name unknown): beheaded at
Wurzburg, Germany, 1628-1629 Knott, Elizabeth: hanged at
St. Albans, England, in 1649 Kramerin, Schelmerey: beheaded
at Wurzburg, Germany, 1628-1629 Kuhnlin, Elsa: burned at
Waldsee, Germany, in 1518 Kuler, (first name unknown): beheaded
at Wurzburg, Germany, 1628-1629 Lachenmeyer, Waldburg: burned
at Waldsee, Germany, on 5 July, 1585 deLarue, (first name
unknown): burned at Rouen, in 1540 Lauder, Margaret: burned
in Scotland in 1643 Leclerc, (no first name given): condemned
for witchcraft, in France 1615 Lakeland, (first name unknown):
burned at Ipswich, England, in 1645 Lamb, Dr.: stoned to
death by a mob at St. Paul's Cross, London, England, Lambrecht,
(first name unknown): beheaded at Wurzburg, Germany, 1628-1629
Leger, (no first name given): condemmned for witchcraft in
France, on 6 May, Liebler, (first name unknown): beheaded
at Wurzburg, Germany, 1628-1629 Lloyd, Temperance: hanged
at Bideford (Heavitree), England, 25 August, 1682 Louis,
(first name unknown): executed at Suffolk, England, in 1646 Lowes,
John: hanged at Bury, England, about 1645 Lutz, (first name
unknown): beheaded at Wurzburg, Germany, 1628-1629 Macalzean,
Euphemia: burned alive in Scotland for witchcraft, on 25 June,
1591 Marigny, Enguerrand de: hanged in France in 1315 Marguerite,
(last name unknown): burned at Paris, France, in 1586 Mark,
Bernhard: burned alive at Wurzburg, Germany, 1628-1629 Martin,
Marie: executed in France, in 1586 Martin, Susannah: executed
at Salem, New England, on 19 July, 1692 Martyn, Anne: hanged
at Maidstone, England, in July, 1652 Mayer, Christina: burned
at Waldsee, Germany, on 9 October, 1586 Mazelier, Hanchemand
de: arrested at Neuchatel, Germany 1439 Meath, Petronilla
de: burned as a witch, the first such burning in Ireland, Meyer,
(first name unknown): beheaded at Wurzburg, Germany, 1628-1629
Mirot, Dominic: burned at Paris, France, in 1586 Morin<
(first name unknown): burned at Rouen, in 1540 Mossau, Renata
von: beheaded and burned in Bavaria, Germany, on 21 June, 1749
Mullerin, Elsbet: burned at Waldsee, Germany, in 1531 Mundie,
Beatrice: tried for witchcraft in Inverkiething, Scotland 1621
Napier, Barbara: hanged in Scotland in 1591 Nathan, Abraham:
executed at Haeck, Germany, on 24 September, 1772 Newell,
John: executed at Barnett, England, on 1 December, 1595 Newell,
Joane: executed at Barnett, England, on 1 December, 1595 Newman,
Elizabeth: executed at Whitechapel, England in 1653 Nottingham,
John of: died in custody, Coventry, England, 1324 Nurse,
Rebecca: executed at Salem, New England, on 19 July, 1692 Nutter,
Alice: executed in Lancaster, England, in 1612 Oliver, Mary:
burned at Norwich, England, in 1658 Orchard, (first name
unknown): executed at Salisbury, England, in 1658 Osborne,
(husband) (first name unknown): killed by a mob at Tring, Osborne,
(wife) Ruth: killed by a mob at Tring, Herefordshire, England,
in Osburne, Sarah: died in prison at Boston, Massachusetts,
10 May, 1692 Oswald, Catherine: burned in Scotland in 1670
Paeffin, Elsa: burned at Waldsee, Germany, in 1518 Pajot,
Marguerite: executed at Tonnerre, France, in 1576 Paris,
(first name unknown): hanged at St. Andrews, Scotland, in 1569
Parker, Alice: executed at Salem, New England, on 22 September,
1692 Parker, Mary: executed at Salem, New England, on 22
September, 1692 Palmer, John: hanged at St. Albans, England,
in 1649 Pannel, Mary: executed in Yorkshire, England, in
1603 Pearson, Alison: burned in Scotland on 28 May, 1588
Peebles, Marion: burned in Scotland in 1643 Peterson,
Joan: hanged at Tyburn, England, in April, 1652 Philipps,
Mary: Northamtonshire, England, executed on 17 March 1705 Pichler,
Emerenziana: burned at Defereggen, Germany, on 25 September,
1680 Poiret, (first name unknown): burned at Nancy, France,
in 1620 Pomp, Anna: executed at Lindheim, Germany, in 1633
Porte, Vidal de la: condemned at Riom, France, in 1597 Powle,
(first name unknown): executed at Durham, England, in 1652 Prentice,
Joan: hanged in Chelmsford, England, in 1589 Preston, Jennet:
executed in York, England, in 1612 Pringle, Margaret: burned
in Scotland in 1680 Procter, John: executed at Salem, New
England, on 19 August, 1692 Pudeator, Anne: executed at Salem,
New England, on 22 September, 1692 Quattrino, Dominic: burned
at Mesolcina, Italy, in 1583 Rais, Gilles de: on charges
of witchcraft, executed 26 October, 1440 Rattray, George:
executed in Spott, Scotland, in 1705 Rattray, Lachlan: executed
in Spott, Scotland, in 1705 Rauffains, Catharina: burned
at Waldsee, Germany, on 7 November, 1586 Reade, Mary: hanged
at Maidstone, England, in July, 1652 Redfearne, Anne: executed
in Lancaster, England, in 1612 Reed, Wilmot: executed at
Salem, New England, on 22 September, 1692 Reich, Maria: burned
at Waldsee, Germany, on 5 July, 1585 Reid, John: hanged himself
in prison, in Scotland, in 1697 Reoch, Elspeth: burned in
the north of Scotland in 1622 Robey, Isobel: executed in
Lancaster, England, in 1612 Rodier, Catala: burned alive
at Carcassone, France, in 1335 Rodier, Paul: burned alive
at Carcassone, France, in 1335 Rohrfelder, Margaret: burned
at Waldsee, Germany, on 24 August, 1585 Rosch, Maria: burned
at Waldsee, Germany, on 6 July, 1581 Rosseau, (no first name
given), and his daughter, (no name given) of France, Rue,
Abel de la: of Coulommiers, France, accused of witchcraft on
20 July, Roulet, Jacques: burned alive for being a were-wolf,
at Angiers, France, in Rum, (first name unknown): beheaded
at Wurzburg, Germany, 1628-1629 Russel, Alice: killed by
a mob at Great Paxton, England, 20 May, 1808 Rutchser, (first
name unknown): beheaded at Wurzburg, Germany, 1628-1629 Rutter,
Elizabeth: hanged in Middlesex, England in 1616 Sailler,
Ursula: burned at Waldsee, Germany, on 24 August, 1585 Sampsoune,
Agnes: tried, strangled, and burnt for a witch in Scotland 1591
Samuels, (family): three members condemned for witchcraft
in Warboys, Sawyer, Elizabeth, hanged at Tyburn, England,
on 19 April, 1621 Scharber, Elsbeth: burned at Waldsee, Germany,
in 1581 Schneider, Felicitas: burned at Waldsee, Germany,
on 9 March, 1586 Schnelling, Anna: burned at Waldsee, Germany,
on 11 September, 1589 Schutz, Babel: beheaded at Wurzburg,
Germany, 1628-1629 Schwaegel, Anna Maria: beheaded at Kempten,
Germany, on 11 April, 1775 Schwartz, (first name unknown):
beheaded at Wurzburg, Germany, 1628-1629 Schenck, (first
name unknown): beheaded at Wurzburg, Germany, 1628-1629 Schellhar,
(first name unknown): beheaded at Wurzburg, Germany, 1628-1629
Schickelte, (first name unknown): beheaded at Wurzburg, Germany,
1628-1629 Schneider, (first name unknown): beheaded at Wurzburg,
Germany, 1628-1629 Schleipner, (first name unknown): beheaded
at Wurzburg, Germany, 1628-1629 Schuler, (first name not
known): burned at Lindheim, Germany on 23 February, Schultheiss,
Ursula: burned at Waldsee, Germany, on 9 March, 1586 Schwarz,
Eva: burned at Waldsee, Germany, in 1581 Schwerdt, (first
name unknown): beheaded at Wurzburg, Germany, 1628-1629 Scott,
Margaret: executed at Salem, New England, on 22 September, 1692
Scottie, Agnes: burned in the north of Scotland in 1622 Sechelle,
(first name unknown): burned at Paris, France, in 1586 Shaw,
Elinor: Northamtonshire, England, executed on 17 March 1705 Smith,
Mary: hanged at King's Lynn, England, in 1616 Stadlin, (first
name unknown): executed in Germany in 1599 Steicher, (first
name unknown): beheaded at Wurzburg, Germany, 1628-1629 Steinacher,
(first name unknown): beheaded at Wurzburg, Germany, 1628-1629
Steward, William: hanged at St. Andrews, Scotland, in 1569
Stewart, Christian: strangled and burned in Scotland, in
November, 1596 Stolzberger, (son) (first name unknown): beheaded
at Wurzburg, Germany, Stolzberger, (wife) (first name unknown):
beheaded at Wurzburg, Germany, Stolzberger, (granddaughter)
(first name unknown): beheaded at Wurzburg, Stubb, Peter:
executed as a werewolf near Cologne, Germany, in 1589 Stuber,
Laurence: beheaded at Wurzburg, Germany, 1628-1629 Sturmer,
(first name unknown): beheaded at Wurzburg, Germany, 1628-1629
Style, Elizabeth: died in prison, at Taunton, England, in
1664 Seiler, (first name unknown): beheaded at Wurzburg,
Germany, 1628-1629 Silberhans, (first name unknown): beheaded
at Wurzburg, Germany, 1628-1629 Steinbach, (first name unknown):
beheaded at Wurzburg, Germany, 1628-1629 Stier, (first name
unknown): beheaded at Wurzburg, Germany, 1628-1629 Stadelmann,
Ursula: burned at Waldsee, Germany, on 7 November, 1586 Sutton
(mother) (first name unknown): executed in Bedford, England in
1613 Sutton, Mary: executed in Bedford, England in 1613 Thausser,
Simon, and his wife (no name given): burned at Waldsee, Germany,
Thompson, Annaple: burned in Scotland in 1680 Tod, Beigis:
burned at Lang Nydrie, Scotland, on 27 May, 1608 Treher,
Anna: burned at Waldsee, Germany, on 5 July, 1585 Trembles,
Mary: hanged at Bideford (Heavitree), England, 25 August, 1682
Trois-Echelles (pseud.): executed at Paris, France, in 1571
(or 1574) Tungerslieber, (first name unknown) beheaded at
Wurzburg, Germany, 1628-1629 Turner, Ann: murdered in England,
in 1875 Uhlmer, Barbara: burned at Waldsee, Germany, on 24
August, 1585 Upney, Joan: hanged in Chelsford, England, in
1589 Utley, (first name unknown): hanged at Lancaster, England,
in 1630 Valee, Melchoir de la: burned at Nancy, France, in
1631 Vallin, Pierre: executed in France, in 1438 Valkenburger,
(daughter) (first name unknown): beheaded at Wurzburg, Germany,
Vaecker, Paul: beheaded at Wurzburg, Germany, 1628-1629 Vickar,
Bessie: burned in Scotland in 1680 Wachin, Ursula: burned
at Waldsee, Germany, in 1528 Wagner, Michael: beheaded at
Wurzburg, Germany, 1628-1629 Wagner, (first name unknown):
burnt alive at Wurzburg, Germany, 1628-1629 Wallace, Margaret:
executed in Glascow, Scotland, in 1622 Wardwell, Samuel:
executed at Salem, New England, on 22 September, 1692 Waterhouse,
(first name unknown): hanged in Dorset, England in 1565 Wanderson,
(wife 1) (first name unknown): executed in England, in January,
Wanderson, (wife 2) (first name unknown): executed in England,
in January, Weir, Thomas: burned between Edinburgh and Leith,
Scotland, on 11 April, 1670 Weiss, Agatha: burned at Waldsee,
Germany, on 9 October, 1586 Weydenbusch, (first name unknown):
beheaded at Wurzburg, Germany, 1628-1629 Whittle, Anne: executed
in Lancaster, England, in 1612 Wildes, Sarah: executed at
Salem, New England, on 19 July, 1692 Willard, John: executed
at Salem, New England, on 19 August, 1692 Willimot, Joan:
executed in Leicester, England, in 1619 Wilson, Anne: hanged
at Maidstone, England, in July, 1652 Wirth, Klingen: beheaded
at Wurzburg, Germany, 1628-1629 Wirth, Trauben: burned at
Waldsee, Germany, on 5 July, 1585 Wright, Mildred: hanged
at Maidstone, England, in July, 1652 Wuncil, Brigida: burned
at Waldsee, Germany, on 6 July, 1581 Wunth, (first name unknown):
beheaded at Wurzburg, Germany, 1628-1629 Younge, Alse: hanged
in Connecticut, North America, on 26 May, 1647 Yullock, Agnes:
burned in the north of Scotland in 1622 8000 "Stedingers"
killed on 27 May, 1234 180 burned for witchcraft at Montwimer,
France, on 29 May, 1239 36 Knights Templar died under torture
in France, in October, 1307 54 Knights Templar burned in
France, on 12 May, 1310 39 Knights Templar burned in France,
on 18 March 1314 "Some" burned at Kilkenny, Ireland,
1323 200 + burned at Carcassonne, France, between 1320-1350
63 burned at Toulouse, France, in 1335 8 burned at Carcassonne,
France, in 1352 31 burned at Carcassonne, France, in 1357
67 burned at Carcassonne, France, between 1387-1400 1
burned at Berlin, Germany, in 1399 "Several" witches
burned alive at Simmenthal, Switzerland, circa 1400 "Several"
burned at Carcassonne, France, in 1423 200 + executed in
the Valais, France between 1428-1434 167 executed in l'Isere,
France, between 1428-1447 16 executed in Toulouse, France,
in 1432 8 executed in Toulouse, France, in 1433 150 executed
in Briancon, France, in 1437 3 burnt in Savoy between 1446
and 1447 7 killed at Marmande, France, in 1453 1 burned
at Locarno, Italy, in 1455 "Many" burned in Arras,
France in 1459 2 burned in Burgundy, France, in 1470 3
burned at Forno-Rivara, Italy, in 1472 2 burned at Levone,
in Italy, in 1474 5 burned at Forno, Italy, in 1475 12
women and "several" men burned at Edinburgh, in 1479
4 burned at Metz, Germany, in 1482 48 burned at Constance,
between 1482-1486 2 burned at Toulouse, France, in 1484 2
burned in Chaucy, France in 1485 1 died in prison, at Metz,
Germany 1488 3 executed at Mairange, Germany, on 17 June,
1488 2 executed at Mairange, Germany, on 25 June, 1488 3
executed at Chastel, Germany, on 26 June, 1488 3 executed
at Metz, Germany, on 1 July, 1488 1 executed at Salney, Germany,
on 3 July, 1488 2 executed at Salney, Germany, on 12 July,
1488 3 executed at Salney, Germany, on 19 July, 1488 1
executed at Brieg, Germany, on 19 July, 1488 2 executed at
Juxney, Germany, on 19 August, 1488 5 executed at Thionville,
Germany, on 23 August, 1488 1 executed at Metz, Germany,
on 2 September, 1488 1 executed at Vigey, Germany, on 15
September, 1488 1 executed at Juxney, Germany, on 22 September,
1488 1 executed in France circa 1500 30 burned in Calahorra,
Spain, in 1507 1 burned in Saxony, Germany, in 1510 60
burned in Northern Italy, in 1510 500 + burned in Geneva,
Switzerland, in 1515 2 burned in Besancon, France, in 1521
64 burned in Val Camonica, Italy between 1518-1521 100
burned in Como, Italy, in 1523 1000 + in Como, Italy, in
1524 900 executed by Nicholas Remy (years unknown, about
15 years total) "A large number" executed at Saragossa,
Spain, in 1536 7 burned at Nantes, France, in 1549 1
burned at Lyons, France, in 1549 3 burned alive at Derneburg,
Germany, on 4 October, 1555 1 burned alive at Bievires, France,
in 1556 5 burned at Verneuil, France, in 1561 17,000
+ in Scotland from 1563 to 1603 4 burned at Potiers, France,
in 1564 1 burned at St. Andrews, Scotland, in 1569 "Many"
burned in France in 1571 1 burned at St. Andrews, Scotland,
in 1572 70,000 killed in England after 1573 "Several"
executed in Paris, France, in 1574 80 executed in one fire
at Valery-en-Savoie, France, in 1574 3 executed in Dorset,
England, in 1578 36 persons executed at Kilkenny, Ireland,
in 1578 18 killed at St. Oses, England, in 1582 "Several"
burned in Mesolcina, Italy, in 1583 368 persons killed for
witchcraft between 18 January, 1587, and 18 November, 1593, in
the diocese of Treves. 1 burned at Riom, France, in 1588
133 persons burned in one day at Quedlinburg, in Germany,
in 1589 48 burned in Wurttemberg, Germany, in 1589 2
burned at Cologne, Germany in 1589 54 burned in Franconia
in 1590 300 burned in Bern, Switzerland, between 1591-1600
1 burned in Ghent, Holland, in 1591 9 executed in Toulouse,
France, in 1595 1 burned in Ghent, Holland, in 1598 24
burned in Aberdeen, Scotland, circa 1598 77 burned in Vaud,
Switzerland, in 1599 10 -daily- were burned (average) in
the Duchy of Brunswick between 1590-1600 20 executed (other
than those listed by name above) in the reign of King James VI
of Scotland and I of England. 40,000 executed between 1600-1680
in Great Britain 205 burned at the Abbey of Fulda, Germany,
between 1603-1605 "Several" witches executed in
Derbyshire, England, in 1607 24 burned + 3 suicides in Hagenau,
Alsace, in 1607 "A number of women" burned at Breehin,
Scotland, in 1608 1 burned alive by a mob at St. Jean de
Liuz, France, circa 1608 18 killed at Orleans, France, in
1616 9 hanged at Leicester, England, in 1616 8 hanged
at Londinieres, France, in 1618 "Several" witches
condemned at Nerac, France, on 26 June, 1619 200 + executed
at Labourt, France, in 1619 2 executed at Bedford, England,
in 1624 56 executions at Mainz, Germany, between 1626-1629
77 executions at Burgstadt, Germany, between 1626-1629 40
executions at Berndit, Buttan, Ebenheit, Wenchdorf and Heinbach,
Germany, between 1626-1629 8 executions in Prozelten and
Amorbach, Germany between 1626-1629 168 executions in the
district of Miltenberg, Germany, between 1626-1629 85 burned
in Dieburg, Germany, in 1627 79 burned at Offenburg, Austria,
from 1627-1629 29 burned at Würzburg, Germany, between
1627-1629 274 executed in Eichstatt, Germany in 1629 124
executed by the Teutonic Order at Mergentheim, Germany in 1630
900 executions at Bamberg, Germany, between 1627 and 1631
22,000 (approx) executed in Bamberg, Germany between 1610
and 1840 1 hanged at Sandwich, in Kent, England, in 1630
3 executed at Lindheim, Germany in 1631 20 executed in
Norfolk, England, on evidence of Matthew Hopkins, before 26 July,
1645 29 condemned, on the evidence of Matthew Hopkins, at
Chelmsford, England, on 29 July, 1645 150 killed in England
in the last six months of 1645 2 executed at Norwich, England,
in 1648 14 hanged at Newcastle, England, in 1649 220
+ in England and Scotland, on evidence of a Scottish Witch-finder,
circa 1648-1650 2 killed by a mob at Auxonne, France, in
1650 30 burned in Lindheim, Germany, between 1640-1651 900
killed in Lorraine, France (years unknown) 30,000 (approx)
burned by the Inquisition (not all may have been witches) 3-4000
killed during Cromwell's tenure in England 102 burned in
Zuckmantel, Germany, in 1654 18 burned at Castle Hill, Edinburgh,
Scotland, in 1658 85 executed at Mohra, Sweden, on 25 August,
1670 71 beheaded or burned in Sweden between 1674-1677 90
burned at Salzburg, Austria, in 1678 11 burned at Prestonpans,
Scotland, in 1678 36 executed in Paris, France, in 1680 "Several"
burned at Rouen, France, in 1684-1685 3 executed (Suzanna,
Isle and Catherine (last names unknown) at Arendsee, Germany,
in 1687 36 burned at Nordlingen, Germany between 1690-1694
5 burned at Paisley, Scotland, on 10 June, 1697 9 persons
burned at Burghausen, Germany, all under 16 years of age, on
26 March, 1698 1 burned at Antrim, Ireland, in 1699 "Many"
burned at Spott Loan, Scotland, in 1705 2 persons killed
in the Trentino, Austria, between 1716 and 1717 1 executed
in France, in 1718 2 persons, a mother and daughter, burned
in Scotland, in 1722 13 burned at Szegedin, Hungary, in 1728
1 burned at Szegedin, Hungary, in 1730 13 burned alive
at Szegedin, Hungary on 23 July, 1738 3 burned at Karpfen,
Germany, in 1744 3 burned at Muhlbach, Germany, in 1746 1
executed at Szegedin, Hungary, in 1746 1 executed at Maros
Vasarheli, (nation unknown), 1752 100 + executed at Haeck,
Germany between 1772 and 1779 2 burned in Poland in 1793
"Several" burned in South America during the 1800's
1 shot by a policeman at Uttenheim, Germany, on suspicion
of being a were-wolf, in November, 1925 1 murdered in Pennsylvania
in 1929 1 burned alive at Sevastopol, Ukraine in 1997 1
beheaded in Saudi Arabia in 1997
Frank Donovan says: "Several modern writers claim that
9,000,000 people met their deaths during the witchcraft persecution
but offer no valid statistical records to support this estimate.
On the other end of the scale is the 'educated guess' of R.H.Robbins
and others that the total may have been about 200,000. Contemporary
records are spotty and incomplete. Many deaths were probably
never recorded and other archives have been lost thru time."
I feel we can reasonably estimate the lower end of the scale
at about 250,000 persons killed, with a high end of perhaps as
many as one-half million thru into these "more enlightened"
times, as people are still being killed for witchcraft on the
Navajo reservations and in parts of Africa and S. America.
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- THE BOOK OF DAYS
W. J. Bethancourt III (unpublished ms.)
- CHRONICLE OF THE WORLD
Jerome Burne; Ecam, 1990
- A NATURAL HISTORY OF UNNATURAL THINGS
Daniel Cohen; McCall, 1971
- NEVER ON A BROOMSTICK
Frank Donovan; Bell, 1971
- A HISTORY OF SECRET SOCIETIES
Arkhon Daraul; Citadel, 1962
- THE WEAKER VESSEL
Antonia Fraser, Borzoi, 1984
- EXTRAORDINARY POPULAR DELUSIONS AND THE MADNESS OF CROWDS
Charles MacKay; L.C.Page, 1932
(orig. pub. 1841)
- THE HISTORY OF MAGIC AND THE OCCULT
Kurt Seligmann; Harmony Books, 1975
- THE GEOGRAPHY OF WITCHCRAFT
Montague Summers, University Books, 1965
- TREASURY OF WITCHCRAFT
Harry E. Wedeck; Philosophical Library, 1961
- SOUNDINGS IN SATANISM
pp 46-54. ISBN 0 264 64627 4
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