But new research suggests that one English woman convicted of witchcraft and condemned to be hanged may have escaped the noose.
Alice Molland – who has long held the tragic record of being the last woman in England to be hanged as a “witch” – was sentenced to death in 1685.
In June 1685, Avis Molland – by now widowed – emerges in court records as an informant about a potential revolt, at a time when the Duke of Monmouth was attempting a rebellion against the king.
Avis Molland died a free woman eight years later.
Worland has spent 18 years unearthing victims’ details, and has successfully campaigned to have memorials to executed “witches” in Colchester and Chelmsford.
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CNN, UK’s University of Southampton, Bideford, MPI, Scotland, Exeter Castle, Getty, Essex, Exeter Cathedral, Devon
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