Matthew Hopkins
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| Born | Great Wenham |
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| United Kingdom | |
| Date of died | August 12,1647 |
| Died | Manningtree |
| United Kingdom | |
| Buried | August 1647 |
| Parents | James Hopkins |
| Books | The Discovery of Witches |
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| ID | 793702 |
About Matthew Hopkins
Matthew Hopkins was an English witch-hunter whose career flourished during the English Civil War. He claimed to hold the office of Witchfinder General, although that title was never bestowed by Parliament. His witch-hunts mainly took place in East Anglia.
Women's remarkable Civil War roles revealed in Huntingdon display
... At the same time, " women were accused of being at the root of what was going wrong in this period with a resurgence of witchcraft led by the infamous deeply misogynistic Witchfinder General Matthew Hopkins - 90% of those accused were women" he said...
Forceps left in patient following Alexandra Hospital operation
... Matthew Hopkins, chief executive of Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust, said: " We are aware of an incident which involved a surgical instrument being left inside a patient following surgery...
Mother left waiting in ambulance for an hour with her dead baby
... The chief executive of the Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust, Matthew Hopkins, said: " We have carried out a preliminary review of the incident with colleagues from the West Midlands Ambulance Service and together we are working to make improvements to our procedures...
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