Women’s Writing in the British Isles from the Beginnings to the Present
Agnes Sampson
Standard Name: Sampson, Agnes
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Late November 1590: An outbreak of witch-hunting centred on Tranent...
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Late November 1590
An outbreak of witch-hunting centred on Tranent in Haddingtonshire, Scotland (but named from nearby North Berwick), escalated when charges of seeking to harm the king
were made against upper-class people.
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.