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A pen-and-ink drawing shows a figure in a long garment hanging by a rope from a wooden gallows structure against a grassy bank.

Gallows ©MoC

Cambridgeshire Witchcraft

Museum of Cambridge Notes on History of Witchcraft in Cambridgeshire

Typewritten document with the title Cambs. Witchcraft, featuring paragraphs of text with several words underlined in red ink.

Cambs Witchcraft 1 ©MoC

A typed document page numbered 2, detailing the history of witchcraft laws in England with some lines underlined in red ink.

Cambs Witchcraft 2 ©MoC

Typewritten document page numbered 3, containing text about the history of witchcraft in England with red pen underlinings.

Cambs Witchcraft 3 ©MoC

A typed document page numbered 4, featuring paragraphs about historical beliefs regarding witchcraft with handwritten underlines.

Cambs Witchcraft 4 ©MoC

A typed page of text about witchcraft trials, with several phrases underlined in red ink and the number five at the top.

Cambs Witchcraft 5 ©MoC

Typewritten document page numbered 6, discussing Cambridgeshire witchcraft, with red ink underlines and handwritten annotations.

Cambs Witchcraft 6 ©MoC

A typewritten document page numbered seven, containing historical text about witchcraft trials with several words underlined.

Cambs Witchcraft 7 ©MoC

A typewritten document page numbered 8 containing text about Matthew Hopkins with several sections underlined in red ink.

Cambs Witchcraft 8 ©MoC

A typed document page numbered nine, containing historical text about witchcraft with red ink underlining throughout.

Cambs Witchcraft 9 ©MoC

Typewritten historical document dated 1637 and 1639 containing accounts of witchcraft allegations with red ink underlining.

Cambs Witchcraft 10 ©MoC

A typed document page numbered 11 with handwritten red underlining detailing local historical accounts of witchcraft in 1647.

Cambs Witchcraft 11 ©MoC

A typed document page numbered 12, featuring accounts of witchcraft cases with several words underlined in red ink.

Cambs Witchcraft 12 ©MoC

Typed document page 13 featuring double-spaced text about witchcraft in Cambridgeshire with several lines underlined in red.

Cambs Witchcraft 13 ©MoC

Typewritten document page 14 about Cambridgeshire witchcraft, featuring red ink underlining and handwritten annotations.

Cambs Witchcraft 14 ©MoC

A typewritten document fragment numbered 15, discussing folklore about witchcraft, with some words underlined in red ink.

Cambs Witchcraft 15 ©MoC

A typewritten document titled A Fen Rhyme, consisting of eight lines of verse about preparing a healing balm.

Cambs Witchcraft 16 ©MoC

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