Submitted on Wednesday 7th October 2015
Rejected on Wednesday 14th October 2015
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: irrelevant (see below for details)
We ask HM Government to grant a pardon to Anne West for a conviction of murder.
Anne West was hanged for murder by witchcraft in 1645. Her fourteen year old daughter Rebecca had been coerced into testifying against her mother, in trade for her own freedom. Granting Anne a pardon can go some way in exonerating all witch hunt victims, and strengthening our stand on human rights.
Resources used include:
Essex Record Office, ERO Archivists LS , www.essex.gov.uk/ero; http://seax.essexcc.gov.uk
Gaskill, Malcolm, Witchfinders, A Seventeenth-Century English Tragedy 2005, John Murray, London
Thurston, Robert W., The Witch Hunts, A history of the witch persecutions in Europe and North America, 2007.
Wallington, Nehemiah circa 1660 Diary, John Ryland Library at the University of Manchester in Manchester, England http://enriqueta.man.ac.uk:8180/luna/servlet
You can't sign this petition because it was rejected. But you can still comment on it here at Repetition.me!
The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
A pardon of this kind would be granted by the Monarch.
You could start a petition to ask the Government to request such a pardon in this case.
3.17.154.171 Thu, 18 Apr 2024 23:23:12 +0100
