In all, about 1,000 people were executed for witchcraft between 1542 and 1736. Matthew Hopkins, a lawyer and the self-proclaimed Witchfinder General, was at the centre of these accusations.

When nine Huntingdonshire people were accused of witchcraft in 1646, during the English Civil Wars, their accusers knew who to turn to for help - Witchfinder General Matthew Hopkins. The six women ...

The author derided witchcraft, drawing a connection between ... In 1645 witch fever gripped East Anglia. A man called Matthew Hopkins, the self-proclaimed “Witchfinder General”, was paid ...