The role of Matthew Hopkins and John Stearne
Witch hunters travelled all over East Anglia
Mannintree, Essex/Suffolk and Chelmsford.
The role of Judges in the witch hunts
Hopkins and Stearne would only stay long enough in one location to set a legal proceedings in motion, it was the judges that continued the trials
Wet summers that rotted crops and disease infected crops which made it easier to blame witches for people's misfortunes
Many were evicted and be forced to turn to a life in poverty
The impacts of the Civil war
Inflation of the price of livestock
Army confiscating valuable as well as needed resources
The Impact of gender on accusations
Many women were blamed when things went wrong