Alice Molland
English woman executed for witchcraft
About Alice Molland
A plaque commemorating Molland, Lloyd, Edwards, and Trembles on the wall of Rougemont Castle in Exeter.
Alice Molland (possibly Avis Molland) was an English woman sentenced to death in Exeter in 1685 for witchcraft. Details of her trial remain scarce and poorly documented, and while she is often cited as the last person to have been hanged for witchcraft in England, there is no record of her execution, and it is not certain whether the sentence was carried out. there is no record that Molland was executed, and it is possible that the sentence was not carried out.
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Who was Alice Molland?
English woman executed for witchcraft
When did Alice Molland die?
Alice Molland died in 1684.
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