The Last Executions and End of Witchcraft Legislation

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What happened in 1736?

  • The 1604 witchcraft act in England and Scotland

  • A number of clergy opposed this in Scotland

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What happened in Scotland in 1697?

  • Ten people were executed in Paisely

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How many people had been executed in total in Britain

  • More than 1,500

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What happened in Leicester in 1717?

  • A final attempt to bring a suspected witch to trial was rejected by the court

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Who was the last witch to be executed in England?

  • Alice Molland in Exeter 1684

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Who was the last witch to be executed in Scotland?

  • Janet Horne in 1727 (burned in a tar barrel)

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Case of John and Ruth Osborne 1751

  • An angry mob attacked them in Long Marsten,Hertfordshire

  • Ruth was drowned and John was beaten to death

  • One of the ringleaders, Thomas Colley, was arrested and executed for the murder