Witch hunt victims

Names of the victims

  • 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

Number, time and place of executions

  • 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

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    Antonia Fraser, Borzoi, 1984
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    Charles MacKay; L.C.Page, 1932
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    Kurt Seligmann; Harmony Books, 1975
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    Montague Summers, University Books, 1965
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