Alice Molland, believed to have died in 1684, was an English woman executed (by hanging) in Exeter for witchcraft. Though details of her trial remain scarce and poorly documented, she is often cited as the last person confirmed to have been hanged for witchcraft in England.[1][2].

A plaque commemorating the execution on the wall of Rougemont Castle in Exeter.

A memorial plaque commemorates her.

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  1. ^ Armbruster, Caroline (2016). "Alice Molland (d.1685)". In Levin, Carole; et al. (eds.). A Biographical Encyclopedia of Early Modern Englishwomen: Exemplary Lives: 1500–1650. Routledge. p. 334. OCLC 949870073.
  2. ^ David Pickering, Dictionary of Witchcraft