Witches

Witches and the hunting of them was an obsession for many brits in 16 th century.In 1542 Henry VIII Witchcraft act defined invocations ,and socerires a felony punshiable by death.In 1604 King James - who was obseessed by occult-extented this law and daeth penalty to anyone who invoked evil spirits,as he believed witches caused storms.Between 1506 to 1700 513 witches in south east were put on trail 112 were excuted. Many being ederly woman who under torture of being set in irons and thumb screws offered confeesed to the crime of witchcraft then hung.Matthew H OSPKINS ,WITCH FINDER GENERAL IS SAID TO BE REPONIBLE FOR 300 WOMAN BIENG EXUCUTED BETWEEEN 1644 AND 1646.In Bury St Edmunds he put 68 people to death and in Chelmsford 19 got hanged in one day,the last known trail for witchcraft in britain was in Leicester -1777 .Around 200,000 were executedfor witchcraft in western europe.