Agnes Waterhouse

Agnes Waterhouse was accused of bewitching to death William Fynne and was hanged at Chelmsford in England on 27 July 1566.

Agnes Waterhouse (c.1503 in England - 27 July 1566 in Chelmsford, Essex), also known as Mother Waterhouse was the first woman executed for witchcraft in England.

She was accused of witchcraft along with another woman, Elizabeth Francis in 1566. She confessed to having been a witch for 15 years and that her familiar was a cat by the same of Satan, which belonged to Elizabeth Francis.^[1] Agnes was put on trial in Chelmsford, Essex, England, in 1566 for using witchcraft to cause the death of William Fynne, who died on 1 November 1565. She was also charged with using sorcery to kill livestock, cause illness, as well as bring about the death of her husband. Her eighteen-year-old daughter Joan was also accused of the same crime, however, Joan testified against her mother in order to save herself and Agnes was hanged.

References

1. ^ Kathy Lynn Emerson, 'A Who's Who of Tudor Women, retrieved on 2-2-2010

• The Confessions of the Chelmsford Witches From Alan C. Kors & Edward Peters, eds. Witchcraft in Europe, 1100-1700: A Documentary History. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1972. pp. 229-235.)
• Brooklyn Museum Dinner Party database. Accessed May 2007

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