1st witch executed UK. Elizabeth Lowys Died 30th March 1565 1st Witch to be executed in GT. Waltham.
Accused by Phillipa Deale, Agnes Devonshire and her own husband of making people ill. During her trial she was accused of causing the death of baby John and Father Robert Wodley of Chelmsford and child John Canall of Colchester by witchcraft. She was sentenced to death for ‘murder by witchcraft’. Her execution was postponed as she falsely claimed to be pregnant. They still murdered her. RIP.
