Margery Jourdemayne, executed for treasonable witchcraft

Margery Jourdemayne

English cowherd's wife and accused witch

Margery Jourdemayne, "the Witch of Eye Next Westminster" was an English woman who was accused of "false belief and witchcraft". She was probably sentenced by a church court; no record survives confirming the charges. Edward Coke later claimed he had seen a document that she was…