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Stearne — This most interesting and unusual surname is of Anglo Saxon origin, and derives from the Olde English pre 7th Century word styrne , Middle English sterne , strict, severe, which was a nickname for a particularly strict or severe person. Variants… … Surnames reference
Stearne Tighe Edwards — Infobox Military Person name= Stearne Tighe Edwards caption= born=13 February 1893 died=22 November 1918 placeofbirth= Ontario placeofdeath= nickname= allegiance=George V [Canadian airmen were required to complete an Attestation Paper in which… … Wikipedia
Witchfinder General (film) — Infobox Film name = Witchfinder General caption = Original 1968 British Quad Poster imdb id = director = Michael Reeves producer = Arnold L. Miller Louis M. Heyward Philip Waddilove Tony Tenser (Executive Producer) writer = Michael Reeves Tom… … Wikipedia
Matthew Hopkins — Witchfinder General redirects here. For other uses, see Witchfinder General (disambiguation). Frontispiece from Matthew Hopkins The Discovery of Witches (1647), showing witches identifying their familiar spirits Matthew Hopkins (c. 1620 – 12… … Wikipedia
Bury St. Edmunds witch trials — The Bury St Edmunds witch trials were a series of trials conducted in the town of Bury St Edmunds in Suffolk, England intermittently between the years 1599 and 1694. Two specific trials in 1645 and 1662 became historically well known. The 1645… … Wikipedia
Procès des sorcières de Bury St. Edmunds — Page couverture du rapport sur le procès tenu en 1662, même si la page couverture indique de façon erronée mars 1664 « March, 1664 ». Les procès des sorcières de Bury St. Edmunds furent conduits de façon intermittente entre 1599 et 1694 … Wikipédia en Français
Hopkins, Matthew — (d. 1647) Notorious for having instigated England s only large scale witch hunt, in East Anglia in 1645/6, in which nearly 250 people were tried or investigated; court records being incomplete, the actual number executed is unknown, but 100… … A Dictionary of English folklore
Roy Brown (RAF officer) — Captain Arthur Roy Brown DSC and bar RNAS (23 December 1893 ndash; 9 March 1944) was a Canadian World War I flying ace. The Royal Air Force officially credited Brown with shooting down Manfred von Richthofen, the Red Baron , although later… … Wikipedia
Trinity Hall, Dublin — Infobox University name = Trinity Hall native name = Halla na Tríonóide established = 1908 type = Hall of residence head label = Warden head = Brendan Tangney, FTCD staff = city = Dartry state = Co. Dublin country = Ireland coor =… … Wikipedia
Cunning folk in Britain — A model of a nineteenth century cunning woman in her house, at the Museum of Witchcraft, Boscastle in England. The cunning folk in Britain were professional or semi professional practitioners of magic active from the Medieval period through to… … Wikipedia
