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Mary Lakeland

Ipswich, Suffolk

Burned alive, the last witch put to death in Ipswich.

Mary Lakeland was accused during Hopkins's campaign of using witchcraft to kill her husband. Because killing a husband counted as 'petty treason', she was burned rather than hanged, in September 1645.

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When
1645
Where
52.0570, 1.1550
Group
Witches & witch trials

Visiting

Ipswich town centre has many buildings from the 1600s, including the Ancient House.

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