25 December – The death of ,witch-hunter, Brian Darcy, and Christmas Day and Lettice Knollys
Joel | December 25, 2021
Happy Christmas! On this day in Tudor history, 25th December 1587, Brian Darcy, magistrate, Sheriff of Essex, witch-hunter and contributor to the 1582 “A true and just recorde of the information, examination and confession of all the witches, taken at S Oses [St Osyth]”, died. “A True and Just Recorde” argued for harsher punishments for […]
