Key term for Edexcel GCSE History, used in Crime and Punishment in Early Modern England.
A self-proclaimed, unofficial title used by Matthew Hopkins to falsely suggest he had parliamentary authority to hunt witches.
Witchfinder General appears in Edexcel GCSE History revision content for Crime and Punishment in Britain and Whitechapel, especially Crime and Punishment in Early Modern England and Case Studies: Gunpowder Plot and Witch-hunts.
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