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Matthew Hopkins was a particularly unpleasant character from the mid seventeenth century in England. As the self styles 'Witch Finder General' he was respons...
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In the 1640s in England, Matthew Hopkins worked as a witch-finder, discovering and torturing hundreds of women in eastern England. His evil work sent perhaps...
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Mar 7, 2019 · Matthew Hopkins: Witchfinder General. Biographics. 2.39M subscribers. Subscribed. 13K. 507K views 5 years ago. Check out my other channel TopTenz! / toptenznet →Subscribe for new videos...
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Feb 20, 2023 · In 1968's Witchfinder General, Vincent Price brought to life the notorious 17th century witch-hunter Matthew Hopkins.
Matthew Hopkins (c. 1620 – 12 August 1647) was an English witch-hunter whose career flourished during the English Civil War. He was mainly active in East Anglia and claimed to hold the office of Witchfinder General, although that title was never bestowed by Parliament. [1]
The first official mention of Matthew Hopkins - the infamous ‘Witchfinder General’ - appears in 1644 in the town of Manningtree in Essex. According to local legend, Hopkins turned up in the town to buy a local inn with money he had inherited from his late father, a puritan preacher by the name of John Hopkins. It was in Manningtree that ...
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Matthew Hopkins was an English witch-hunter whose career flourished during the English Civil War. He was mainly active in East Anglia and claimed to hold the...
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