I’m Helen Pugh and for many years I’ve been researching women throughout history for my books, which include Unsung Women in Somerset, On This Day in Somerset, Jungle-tastic Tales and Inca-tastic Tales.

Today we’ll be exploring witches who I’ve researched for my books Unsung Women in Somerset and On This Day in Somerset.

Sources: Somerset Stories of the Supernatural by Roger Evans, Folklore of Somerset by Kinsley Palmer, www.bristolhistory.co.uk, The Mammoth Book of Superstition: From Rabbits’ Feet to Friday the 13th by Roy Bainton, A History of Witchcraft in England from 1558 to 1718 by Wallace Notestein, wookey.co.uk, Encyclopaedia Britannica, English Queenship 1445–15 ...