![]() Witches, more than all the other witch-hunters that proliferated during theġ60-year peak of the country’s witchcraft hysteria.Ī Catholic Priest devoutly against witchcraft, an eminent scholar of TrinityĬollege Oxford, a prolific author who wrote extensively about the darker sides Was responsible for the condemnations and executions of some 230 alleged ![]() Henchman and fellow ‘Witch-Pricker’ John Sterne, in just 14 months, Hopkins Throughout his reign of terror 1645-1646, Hopkins acquired a feared andĮvil reputation as a ‘fingerman’ (informer), paid by local authorities to Perhaps the most notorious name in the history of English witchcraft, moreĬommonly he was known as “The Witch-Finder General”. ![]() Written and compiled by George Knowles Visit The George Knowles Website Mathew Hopkins MATTHEW HOPKINS WITCH-FINDER GENERAL ![]()
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