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    Agnes Sampson (died 28 January 1591) was a Scottish healer and purported witch. Also known as the "Wise Wife of Keith", Sampson was involved in the North...
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    According to the Newes from Scotland and the charges laid against her, Agnes Sampson, one of the accused at North Berwick, a woman from Humbie or Nether...
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    numerous individuals, both women and men: Agnes Sampson the eldest witch of them all, dwelling in Haddington; Agnes Tompson of Edenbrough; Doctor Fian alias...
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  • pre-trial examinations, Geillis Duncan deponed in January 1591 that Agnes Sampson had said 'Now the king is going to f[etch?] his wife but I shall be...
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    Felix zu Salm-Salm Agnes Sam (born 1942), South African writer Agnes Samaria (born 1972), Namibian middle-distance runner Agnes Sampson (died 1591), Scottish...
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  • of the History of Tenerife Santa Compaña United Kingdom Agnes Sampson, known as Bloody Agnes, believed to haunt Holyrood Palace Bloody Mary The Brown...
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  • Jean Lyon, Countess of Angus. She hoped that Agnes Sampson could prevent Jean Lyon's morning sickness. Sampson was also alleged to have given Barbara Napier...
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    Strong by Tracy B. Strong "Agnes Sampson". Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art: The Dinner Party: Heritage Floor: Agnes Smedley. Brooklyn Museum...
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    labeled and tried witches was known as the Essex. The Essex trial of Agnes Sampson of Nether Keith, East Lothian, Scotland, in 1590, presents prosecution...
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    Hunter. One of the most famous witch trials at North Berwick was that of Agnes Sampson. She was accused of making a potion to create rough storms in the North...
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    accused of bewitching townsfolk, preaching witchcraft, and, along with Agnes Sampson and others, raising storms to sink the fleet of King James VI of Scotland...
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    Mary Pannal Alison Pearson George and Lachlan Rattray Elspeth Reoch Agnes Sampson Isobell Shyrie Bessie Stevenson Anna Tait Annaple Thomsone Marioun Twedy...
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    Kuntzler 2006 Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon Mrs. Collinwood Cameo 2014 Strange Matters Agnes Sampson Posthumous release (final film role)...
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    using witchcraft to send storms against James's ship, most notably Agnes Sampson. James became concerned with the threat posed by witches and wrote Daemonologie...
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  • Barbara Napier of causing his death by witchcraft. Euphame MacCalzean, Agnes Sampson, and Richard Grierson were also accused. The Earl of Bothwell admitted...
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  • Gouyen, Apache for "wise woman", a 19th-century Native American figure Agnes Sampson, known as the Wise Wife of Keith, involved in the North Berwick Witch...
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    Castle Huntly Holyrood Palace is said to be haunted by Bald Agnes, the ghost of Agnes Sampson. Huntingtower Castle Kinnaird Winetower Kinneil House Knock...
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    the American colonies generally preferred hanging in cases of witchcraft. Agnes Bernauer, executed in 1435 Catherine Deshayes aka La Voisin, executed in...
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  • implicated others including John Cane and Euphame MacCalzean. MacCalzean, Agnes Sampson and several others were accused of witchcraft. It was alleged that they...
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  • Mary Pannal Alison Pearson George and Lachlan Rattray Elspeth Reoch Agnes Sampson Isobell Shyrie Bessie Stevenson Anna Tait Annaple Thomsone Marioun Twedy...
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  • Sampson is a surname, and may refer to: Aaron Sampson, several people Adrian Sampson (born 1991), baseball player Agnes Sampson, (died 1591), Scottish...
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    Anna Koldings, for causing the storms. One of the Scottish accused, Agnes Sampson, according to James Melville of Halhill, claimed the devil had shown...
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    successfully involve the diabolic pact. Several people, most notably Agnes Sampson and the schoolmaster John Fian, were convicted of using witchcraft to...
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    votes short of being elected. December 7 – North Berwick witch trials: Agnes Sampson is questioned by King James VI of Scotland, and confesses to practising...
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    Mary Pannal Alison Pearson George and Lachlan Rattray Elspeth Reoch Agnes Sampson Isobell Shyrie Bessie Stevenson Anna Tait Annaple Thomsone Marioun Twedy...
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    Woodcut image from Newes from Scotland (1591) depicting the devil with Agnes Sampson, one of the witches detailed in the survey...
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    sail to Norway to meet his Queen, delayed by contrary winds. In 1591, Agnes Sampson was accused of placing a charmed wax image in a dovecote at Craigmillar...
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    Johnston, Lord Warriston Alexander Peden Sawney Bean Captain John Porteous Agnes Sampson Archibald Wauchope of Niddrie Thomas Weir James Wood of Bonnyton Due...
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    Mary Pannal Alison Pearson George and Lachlan Rattray Elspeth Reoch Agnes Sampson Isobell Shyrie Bessie Stevenson Anna Tait Annaple Thomsone Marioun Twedy...
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  • signed, sanctioning freedom of religion in Poland. 1591 – Execution of Agnes Sampson, accused of witchcraft in Edinburgh. 1624 – Sir Thomas Warner founds...
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