Elizabeth Horner (abt. 1657 - abt. 1696)

Born about 1657 in England

Ancestors

Died about 1696 at about age 39 in Exeter, Devon, England

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Biography

Elizabeth Horner was executed for witchcraft in England

Birth

She was born about 1657 in England

Death

Elizabeth was burned at the stake as a witch in England after a trial in Exeter... ^[1]

According to the most reliable sources, she was acquitted in 1696 ^[2]

Elizabeth Horner was acquitted by Justice Holt on charges of prognostication causing a death. ^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ Witchtrials 1696
2. ↑ . http://www.wikitree.com/index.php?title=Horner-1363&action=editfamily&w=child
3. ↑ Russell Hope Robbins. The Encyclopedia of Witchcraft and Demonology. New York: Bonanza Books, 1959; John Holt Published (8 Oct 2002)

See also

• http://www.witchtrials.co.uk/county.html

http://www.personal.utulsa.edu/~marc-carlson/witchtrial/eis.html

http://www.wikitree.com/index.php?title=Horner-1363&action=editfamily&w=child

https://www.facebook.com/English.Witches/posts/123377324483288