The St Osyth Witches

Here's another case that's easy to find details of on-line.

In the Chelmsford witch trials of 1852,

Ursula Kempe or Grey was accused of bewitching a baby 

to its death, whilst hired by the Thurlowe family.She had been hired

 to heal ailments of the family, but they refused to allow her

to nurse the baby Joan. When the baby fell out of its crib she was blamed,

maybe to get out of paying what they owed her for healing them.

The quarter sessions judge Brian Darcy was hostile to witches,

He told Ursula to confess to receive clemency, and name other witches, 

which she did. She admitted to having familiars:

Two toads, a cat and a lamb.,,

(I mean really, keep a toad and of course you must be a witch, as

could anyone with any pets at all!)

The four women she implicated named nine more.

Lo and behold, Darcy had a coven to persecute!

They were tried at Chelmsford. Two were not indited, two were discharged

but held on other charges, and four were acquitted.

Four were found guilty but reprieved. The remaining one, 

Elizabeth Bennett, and Ursula were hanged.

In 1912 two skeletons were found, in St Osyth, with rivets 

through their knees and elbows. Like vampires, 

there was a fear that witches would rise again.

On the evidence of the rivets it is assumed that these

 were the mortal remains of the two witches.