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Matthew Hopkins traveled alongside John Stearne hunting witches in the English countryside. He created a company of his own to utilize throughout Essex, Suffolk, Norfolk, and Huntingdon.

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Matthew Hopkins decided to go toilet and when he went toilet he decided to become one !

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Who was the 'witch finder general'?

matthew hopkins


Who was a famous witch hunter?

Matthew Hopkins held the record for the most witches caught and found guilty, although he made them confess by means of torture


Why did Matthew Hopkins kill over 300 women?

He was a 'witch hunter'. He designed tests to find out if women were witches or not, but most, if not all of his tests led to death either way. This meant that whoever was accused of being a witch, no matter how stupid the reason, the were killed in whatever test the 'witch hunter' chose to use.


How did Matthew Hopkins die?

Matthew Hopkins, the notorious English witch-hunter, died of tuberculosis in August 1647. He was believed to be in his mid-20s at the time of his death.


Were there any famous witches or witch finders in England?

Matthew Hopkins was the one in charge of the witch hunting(hope it helped a little)


Why did Matthew Hopkins start witch hunting?

because it used to be his job to hang them and he though he'd give it a try.


Why did Matthew Hopkins career flourish as a witch hunter during the civil war?

Basically because people were willing and ready to believe that certain women were witches....I mean you could say your neighbour was one, in order to get rid of her. And the idea that if they drowned they were innocent....well


Did Matthew Hopkins died by witches?

I just wanted to get rid of the other terrible answer so nobody read it and not the correct answer by the wikipedia researcher below. Also, Hopkins was never really believed to have been killed by witches, but by other witch hunters under suspicion that he was himself a witch, also a false rumor.This answer was written by Wikipedia's main researcher.There is no proof that Matthew Hopkins was attacked by a group of women. We must remember that there were no such things as "witches" and that Hopkins was using superstition to for profit. He died from a common illness in the 17th ;Tuberculosis


What did the witchfiner general Matthew Hopkins do?

Matthew Hopkins, d. 1647, was an English witchhunter whose career flourished in the time of the English Civil War. He held, or claimed to hold, the office of "Witch-finder General", though this was not a title ever bestowed by Parliament (despite him having to have some form of official jurisdiction), conducting witch-hunts in the counties of Suffolk, Essex, Norfolk and other eastern counties of England.


Where can you find Witch Hunter English dubbed?

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When was The Witch Hunter - novel - created?

The Witch Hunter - novel - was created in 2004.