Edward Bishop (Salem witch trials) Edward Bishop (Salem witch trials) Edward Bishop was involved in the witchcraft hysteria of 1692. Four men named Edward Bishop lived in Salem at the time of the trials. Most of the early genealogical works, such as those by Savage and Pope, were confused; and some stated as much. Savage states that an Edward Bishop was living in Salem, Massachusetts as of 1639. Edward Bishop Sr. was born around 1620 in England. Edward Bishop Sr. married Hannah More. The reconstructed vital records of Salem Massachusetts lists baptisms for 3 children of Edward Bishop Sr. (by his first wife Hannah) between
Navarre witch trials (1525-26) that time, no more than about two dozen people were executed by the Inquisition for sorcery in Spain. During the Basque witch trials, this policy was tried, and re-established afterward. However, the Spanish Inquisition did not always succeed in keeping the secular courts from dealing with witchcraft cases, and a failure to do so resulted in a great witch hunt in Katalonia in 1618-1622, with about one hundred victims until it was subdued. After 1622, witch trials in Spain dwindled until the mid-17th century. Navarre witch trials (1525-26) The Navarre witch trials took place in the Pyrenees in the Kingdom