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Witches of Belvoir
The Witches of Belvoir were three women, a mother and her two daughters, accused of witchcraft in England around 1618. The mother, Joan Flower, died while in prison, and the two daughters, Margaret and Philippa, were hanged at Lincoln.
== The Flowers of Bottesford ==
Joan, Margaret and Philippa Flowers were 'known to be herbal healers' and came from a local family which 'had fallen on hard times'. They accepted employment as servants with the 6th Earl and Countess of Rutland, at Belvoir Castle near Grantham, Lincolnshire, when additional staff were needed for an upcoming visit by King James I.〔 But the sisters, and their mother, were unpopular with the other staff, and there were suggestions of theft, and misdemeanors.〔 All three were dismissed and only Joan was given a payment of severance amounting to '40 shillings, a bolster (pillow), and a mattress of wool'.
After the sisters were dismissed, the Earl and Countess fell ill, suffering from 'vomiting and convulsions'.〔 Their son and heir, Henry, Baron de Ros, died, and was buried on 26 September 1613. Their younger children, Francis, and daughter Katherine, suffered similarly 〔 and Francis, also, later died,〔 in 1620, and was buried on 7 March 1619 old style (1620 new style)
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