CASE STUDY - EAWC Story Flashcards
ELIZABETH CLARKE
Who was Elizabeth Clarke?
Why was she targeted?
Disliked widow with quick temper - believed to have bewitched someone.
Eye witness statements claimed she refused to deny being a witch & knew other witches, making her case bigger.
ELIZABETH CLARKE
Who was she in relation to Matthew Hopkins?
His first victim, starting his career.
ELIZABETH CLARKE
Who was Rebecca West?
What was she offered by Hopkins?
One the witches being accused at trial, alongside Clarke.
Freedom if she gave evidence of the others at the covent being guilty; she claimed to see 5 commanding spirits.
ELIZABETH CLARKE
How was Clarke treated under Hopkins?
A group of selectively chosen women went to her cottage & stripped her for a devil’s mark.
She was sleep deprived for 3 days & nights to find a confession.
ELIZABETH CLARKE
In what conditions did Clarke confess?
Brutalised & questioned by Hopkins - claimed to be part of a coven of other witches.
MATTHEW HOPKINS
Hopkins was born in the ____s to a ____ _______ _______.
a) 1620s
b) strict Puritan Preacher
MATTHEW HOPKINS
Who did Hopkins primarily work with?
John Stearne
MATTHEW HOPKINS & JOHN STEARNE
Hopkins and Stearne were given a _______ to ________ Clarke, despite having no ______ background.
a) warrant
b) interrogate
c) legal
MATTHEW HOPKINS & JOHN STEARNE
How did Hopkins/Stearne use Clarke’s confession to their advantage?
To become ‘freelance witch hunters’.
MATTHEW HOPKINS
How many witches had been found guilty after 4 months of Hopkins witch hunting?
30
MATTHEW HOPKINS
Hopkins’ _________ moved across ______ ______ and he began _________ to _______ other ______.
a) reputation
b) East Anglia
c) travelling
d) convict
e) witches
MATTHEW HOPKINS
What were Hopkins’ motivations?
2
Being immersed in his father’s faith, he believed he had to demonstrate his faith through public acts.
He was paid & had strong monetary motivations.
MATTHEW HOPKINS
Give 2 examples that illustrate the influence of Hopkins.
Territory spanned 300 miles, reaching Salem 44 years after his death.
Oversaw 100s of interrogations & trials, receiving a fee for each one, generating lots of wealth for himself.
JOHN LOWES
Who was Lowes and why was he targeted?
Why is he an important victim?
Disliked vicar, described by parishioners as a ‘foul witch’.
First clergymen to be convicted of witchcraft in England & didn’t confess under sleep deprivation.
JOHN LOWES
Hopkins __________ Lowes. He didn’t ______, threatening Hopkin’s ________, leading him to break the ____ & use ______.
He had to _____ to be found ______. He ______ & confessed to being a witch but didn’t confess to making a _____ with the ______.
a) sleep deprived
b) confess
c) reputation
d) law
e) torture
f) ‘swim’
g) guilty
h) floated
i) pact
j) Devil
HOPKINS’ DOWNFALL
John Gaule - John Gaule was a __________ who _________ what Hopkins _____ for. He openly _________ against him coming to his ______, accusing him of __________ & _________.
a) puritan preacher
b) opposed
c) stood
d) preached
e) parish
f) incompetence & self-interest
HOPKINS’ DOWNFALL
John Gaule - John Gaule openly hated Hopkins. Hopkins responded by _______ to him, _______ of the ________ of ________ with him.
Instead of being ________, Gaule wrote a _____, claiming Hopkins ________ a ____ & only wanted _______.
a) writing
b) warning
c) consequences
d) disagreeing
e) intimidated
f) book
g) invented
h) job
i) money
HOPKINS’ DOWNFALL
Money & Finances - How did money and finances contribute to Hopkins’ downfall?
Towns were becoming very poor, annoying people.
HOPKINS’ DOWNFALL
Norfolk Gentleman - they were a group of ____ who read ______ book & were ________ at the _______ of _______ so began making __________ against him to which Hopkins printed in a ________ & _________ himself.
a) men
b) Gaules’
c) outraged
d) actions
e) Hopkins
f) accusations
g) pamphlet
h) defended
HOPKINS’ DOWNFALL
Permanent End - Hopkins had ______ over ____ innocent people and died ____ years after his career began.
a) killed
b) 100
c) two
What are the 3 main areas to consider in relation to Hopkins’ downfall?
Norfolk Gentleman, money and finances, John Gaule
HOPKINS
Hopkins claimed to take ___ shillings, but actually takes _____.
For ________ executing __ witches, he earnt £__ in _________ (£____).
a) 20
b) more
c) assisting
d) 7
e) £6
f) Aldeburgh
g) £750
HOPKINS
June 16__, ___ women arrested in _________.
July 16__, ___ women arrested in __________
June 1645, 34 in Colchester
July 1645, 29 in Chelmsford
HOPKINS
What was evidence Hopkins was particularly keen to find evidence of?
(3)
Sexual activity with the Devil
Murders of husbands/children
‘Bad’ mothers/women
What did most of the accusations focus on?
Give an example.
Female tasks & spaces.
Women were involved in dairy farming - if cows died, they were accused.
HOPKINS & STEARNE
What did Hopkins and Stearne claim about their fees?
What does evidence suggest about this?
They were reasonable and good value, claiming to charge 20 shillings.
They charged more - in Kings Lynn, Hopkins was given £2.
