999ca England ~ London ~ 2 witches and sex unknown.
A woman and her son were tried for driving stakes into an image of a man. She was taken and drowned
at London Bridge, while the son escaped and became outlawed. Earliest Known witchhunt in England
1177 5 witches ~ all female. Eleanor of Aquitaine and four witches purpottedly poisoned Rosamond Clifford.
1222 Engand ~ Oxford. A young man and two women were brought before the Archbishop of Canterbury,
Stephen Langton for crucifying a boy and displaying the stigmata.
1222 England ~ A Jewish Necromancer was accused of wrapping a boy in the skin of a dead man for
divination.
1279 England ~ York. John de Kerneslawe killed a witch that had entered his house. The local clergy had her
body burned.
1286 England ~ York. Godfrey Darel, a Cistercian Monk of Rievaulx was reported to the Archbishop of York
as a practitioner of Witchcraft.
1289~90 England. Adam de Stratton, Chancellor of the Exchequer was arrested and tried for embezelling,
extortion and sorcery.
1301~3 England. Walter Langton, Bishop of Coventry tried by ecclesiastical court for diabolism: acquitted.
1302 England ~ Exeter. John Mody. Trial for defamation; Mody had called Reginald Kene's wife a 'wicked
witch and thief'.
1302 England ~ Exeter. A woman tried by municipal court for dealing with witches and enchanters.
1311 England ~ London. Investigation by Bishop Baldock of sorcery, enchantment, magic, divination and
invocation.
1314~15 Engand. John Tanners ( Aka John Canne ) Claimed to be the son of Edward I. Hung for attempt to
gain crown through diabolical aid: had served devil more than three years.
1324 England ~ Coventry. John of Nottingham ( Aka Master John ) Died in custody.
1325 England ~ Coventry. Robert de Mareschal. He and his lodger Master John of Nottingham and 27
clients ( The Burghers of Coventry) were charged before a secular court with employing him and
another "necromancer" to use sorcery in an attemp on the life of King Edward II, the Despensers, and
several other officials.
1330 England. Edmund Earl of Kent condemned condenmation on political grounds; had obtained
important information from demon, through meditation of friar.
1331 England ~ Southwark. Man tried ( with a client and his associate ) by royal court for sorcery;
subject claimed to have used image magic only to obtain friendship but jury asserted that intent was
murder.
1336 England. William Altefax. Pope Benedict XII wrote to the Bishop of Paris to have William
Altefax, necromanticus de Anglia and with him, his plates ( Laminas ) that he used in his magical
operations.
1337 England ~ Hatfield. Man tried by manorial court for failure to deliver devil as arranged in commercial
transaction; case dismissed.
1366 England. A certain carpenter died after final reconciliation to the Church, having lived for 15 years
with a pact with the devil; There were no recorded judicial proceedings.
1371 England ~ Southwark. Man tried by royal court for invocation; possessed book for experimental
and Saracen's head for enclosure of demon; disclaimed use of head; he was released on a promise
to never again perform magical rituals.
1376 England. A Friar of St. Albans accociated with Alice Perrers tried by eccleciastical court for love
magic and image magic directed at King Edward III.
1385 England. John Brugges, Chaplain. One of 2 men tried by ecclesiatical court for magic. They were
imprisoned by the Bishop of London "until the church was satisfied".
1385 England ~ London. John Wyghton, Tailor. One of 2 men tried by ecclesiatical court for magic.
They were imprisoned by the Bishop of London "until the church was satisfied".
1388 England ~ London. Sir Robert Tresilian condemned by the Merciless Parliament. He was found at
his execution to be practising invocation.
1390 England ~ london. John Berking arrested for soothsaying. He was sentenced to an hour in the
pillory, two weeks' imprisonment, and banished from the city.
1401 England. John Kyme ???
1417 England ~ Sleaford, Linc. John Smith tried for using divination to track a thief.
1419 England ~ Canterbury. Chaplain tried by ecclesiastical court for magic.
1419 England. Joan of Navarre The Dowager Queen Joan of Nevarre accused by Henry V of attempt
to kill him by sorcery; Joan and clerical accomplice imprisoned.
1419 England. Friar Randolph imprisoned.
1426 England. 2 witches plus unspecified number of associated accused of sorcery ( illness and attempt at
death), thus provoking inquiry at royal direction.
1430 England ~ London. 7 women imprisoned for attemp on King's life through sorcery.
1432 England ~ London. Margery Jordemaine arrested with two priests. Released on bail, and the
charges dropped.
1432 -43 England. Accusation before Court of chancery that priest had injured man's body with sorcery.
1435 England ~ Durham. Trial for defamation before ecclesiastical court; 3 men had accused woman
of causing inpotence through sorcery; woman absolved in ecclesiastical court.
1440 England ~ Winchester. Two tried by ecclesiastical court for necromancy and sorcery.
1441 England. Eleanor Cobham (Duchess of Gloucester, wife of Humphrey) given penances by secular authorities for sorcery in seeking the death of Henry VI. She had the help of Margery Jourdemaine,
and two noted Oxford Scholars, one an astrologer, and the other a physician. They also wanted to
ensure an heir. According to Wedek, a Treasury of Witchcraft, she was banished for life to the
Isle of Man.
1441 England. Thomas Southwell tried for treason (using sorcery in seeking the death of Henry VI.
1441 (10/27) England ~ Smithfield. Margery Jourdemaine " The Witch of Eye ", a noted diviner. Burned by
secular authorities for Treason (using sorcery in seeking the death of Henry VI ).
1441 England ~ London. Roger Bolingbroke Aka Roger Whiche. A clerk. Hung, drawn and quartered
at Tyburn by secular authorities for Treason ( using sorcery in seeking the death of Henry VI ).
1444 England ~ London. Man placed on pillory by secular court for invocation ( dealing with a 'wycckyd
spyryte').
1446 England ~ Durham. Two tried as sorceresses; had allegedly obtained husbands for widows;
allowed purgation.
1447 or
1448 England ~ Durham. Woman tried by ecclesiastical court as enchanter (incantatrix).
1450 England ~ Durham. Woman tried by ecclesiastical court for sorcery.
1450 England. Jack Cade. Tried inter alia for invocation (summoning devil as black dog ).
1451 or
1452 England ~ Durham. Woman tried by ecclesiastical court for magic.
1452 England ~ Durham. Trial in ecclesiastical court for defamation; one woman had accused
another of sortilegium, and had spoken of a certain chaplain's profligate infatuation with her
(suggestion of love magic?).
1457 England ~ Hertford. Man abjured of necromancy and heresy.
1465 England ~ Norfolk. Two tried by royal court for invocation to find treasure.
1466 England ~ Ely. Man given public and private penance by Bishop for invocation.
1467 England. William Byg convicted of crystal gazing to locate thieves. He had to appear
in public with a scroll on his head.
1470 England. Trial for defamation before royal court; man had accused Duchess of Bedford
of image magic.
1476 England ~ London. Trial for defamation in secular court; man had defamed neighbours in
matters of sorcery.
1478 England. ??????
1480 -
1515c England. Woman tried by Court of Chancery for sorcery.
1480 -
1515c England ~ St. Davids. 3 women (Tanglost and 2 others ) tried by Court of Chancery for image
magic.
1480 -
1515c England ~ Southwark. Woman tried by Court of Chancery for image magic.
1481 England ~ London. Woman tried by commissary's court for love magic.
1481 England ~ York. Man tried by ecclesiastical court for incantation.
1483 England. Jane Shore tried by ecclesiastical court for sorcery ( alleged harm to Richard III).
1483 England. Elizabeth Woodville tried by ecclesiastical court for sorcery ( alleged harm to Richard III).
1483 England. Countess of Richmond tried by ecclesiastical court for sorcery.
1483 England. Dr John Morton Bishop of Ely, tried by ecclesiastical court for sorcery.
1490 England ~ London. Woman tried by commissary for image magic.
1492 England ~ London. Trial of two for fraudulent love magic; client sentenced to public penance by
ecclesiastical court, and man claiming to serve as agent for magician ordered by court to restore
goods given in payment.
