Bideford witch trial
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The Bideford witch trial resulted in hangings for witchcraft in England. Temperance Lloyd, Mary Trembles and Susannah Edwards from the town of Bideford in Devon were tried in 1682 at the Exeter Assize
A plaque commemorating Lloyd, Edwards, Trembles, and Alice Molland on the wall of Rougemont Castle in Exeter.
Jurist Sir John Holt by Richard van Bleeck, c. 1700. Holt greatly helped eliminate prosecutions for witchcraft in England after the Bideford witch trial. National Portrait Gallery, London.
Heavitree
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Heavitree is a historic village and former civil parish situated formerly outside the walls of the City of Exeter in Devon, England, and is today an eastern district of that city. It was formerly the
Bideford witch trial
…The three women were tried before Sir Thomas Raymond, convicted by a jury, and sentenced to death. The women were hanged on 25 August 1682 at the Heavitree gallows outside of Exeter, and their bodies then dumped nearby in unconsecrated ground. Their death and burial locations are now within the car park…
The Heavitree public house in Fore Street. (The pub has reverted to its former name 'The Horse And Groom' since this photograph was taken.)
The church of St Michael and All Angels
Part of Heavitree Pleasure Ground