Source: Encyclopedia of Witches and Witchcraft
by Rosemary Ellen Guiley

Hanging of Three Chelmsford Witches
(English Pamphlet 1589)

Excerpt from /www.controverscial.com

Matthew Hopkins and their familiars (Old Woodcut)

“The Witch-Finder General”
Written and compiled by George Knowles.

Matthew Hopkins in perhaps the most notorious name in the history of English witchcraft, but more commonly he was known as “The Witch-Finder General”.
Throughout his reign of terror 1644-1646, he was responsible for the condemnations and executions of some 230 alleged witches, more than all the other witch-hunters put together during the 160-year peak of the country’s witchcraft hysteria.

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