ABSTRACT
This chapter focuses on the nature of those accused of witchcraft in sixteenth-and seventeenth-century England and the accusations against them. As indicated previously, some of the main sources for the witch-hunt phenomenon are the contemporary court records, in particular from the Assizes, and also the contemporary pamphlets about individual trials. These sources, especially the pamphlets, will be of central importance to the discussion in this chapter. As I pointed out earlier, the records are often incomplete. In the case of Essey, however, the primary source material is unusually good and affords an opportunity to consider the details of specific cases.
