Category
page 1Executed English women
Anne Boleyn
second wife of Henry VIII of England (died 1536)
Lady Jane Grey
Queen of England and Ireland in July 1553

Catherine Howard
fifth wife of Henry VIII of England
Edith Cavell
British nurse (1865-1915)

Margaret Pole, Countess of Salisbury
English peeress, daughter of George, Duke of Clarence (1473-1541)
Jane Boleyn, Viscountess Rochford
sister-in-law of King Henry VIII of England
Mary Ann Cotton
British murderer (1832-1873)
Anne Askew
English Protestant martyr
Amelia Dyer
British serial killer
Margaret Clitherow
English martyr and saint of Roman Catholic Church (1555-1586)
Bridget Bishop
woman executed for witchcraft during Salem witch trials
Elizabeth Barton
English Catholic nun and martyr
Rebecca Nurse
Convicted of witchcraft during the Salem witch trials (1621-1692)
Margaret Ward
English Catholic martyr (1550-1588)
Mary Pearcey
British murderer (1866–1890)
Pendle witches
English witch hunt and trial
Ursula Kemp
English cunning woman and midwife executed for witchcraft (ca. 1525 – 1582)
Elizabeth Clarke
English woman accused of witchcraft (c.1565-1645)
Rose Cohen
Stalin’s British victim
Agnes Waterhouse
Englishwoman executed for witchcraft
Margery Jourdemayne
English witch; cunning woman (before 1415 – 1441)
Mary Eastey
woman executed in the Salem witch trials
Mary Bateman
British murderer
Elizabeth Brownrigg
English child torturer and murderer
execution of Agnes and Alice Samuel
1589-1593 English witchcraft trial

Catherine Hayes
English murderer
Elizabeth Sawyer
British inspiration for Thomas Dekker
Mary Critchett
English pirate

Alice Nutter
accused in the Pendle witch hunt
Anne Bodenham
English alleged witch (died 1653)
Joan Peterson
English woman executed for witchcraft at Tyburn (d.1652)
Elizabeth Gaunt
English woman convicted of treason

Joan Waste
English martyr