Response to the Trials

Question 1

How did Stearne and Hopkins obtain confessions?

Answer 1

• Isolation in small cells
• Sleep deprivation
• Cutting
• Association with animal
• Inability to recite lords prayer

Question 2

How many were hanged in Chelmsford?

Answer 2

19

Question 3

How many were hanged in Suffolk?

Answer 3

18

Question 4

When did parliament voice its concern about Stearne/Hopkins’ methods?

Answer 4

July 1645

Question 5

What newspaper raised concerns?

Answer 5

The Moderate Intelligencer

Question 6

Why was a parliamentary pardon made?

Answer 6

Excused 9 individuals who’d been arrested on little evidence

Question 7

What did people question about H/S?

Answer 7

If they themselves were in a league with the devil

Question 8

What did Hopkins produce in response?

Answer 8

The Discovery of Witches (1647)

Question 9

What did Hopkins’ leaflet show?

Answer 9

What witch marks were and his findings/methods

Question 10

What did Stearne produce in response?

Answer 10

A Confirmation and Discovery of Witchcraft (1648)

Question 11

How many were trialled between 1645-47 by H+S?

Answer 11

250-300

Question 12

What were most executed for?

Answer 12

Maleficium

Question 13

Why did sleep deprivation cause trials?

Answer 13

Delusion of presence of the devil