page_title: Witches of Belvoir
hierarchical_section_title: Witches of Belvoir
caption_attribution_description: English: The two sons of Francis Manners, St Mary's church, Bottesford
context_page_description: The Witches of Belvoir were a mother and her two daughters accused of witchcraft in England and the deaths of two young nobles, Henry and Francis Manners, the heirs to Francis Manners, 6th Earl of Rutland, whose seat was at Belvoir Castle. The mother, Joan Flower, died on the way to her trial, and the two daughters, Margaret and Philippa, were supposed to be hanged in Lincoln. It is said that Phillipa drugged the guards and managed to escape and make her way to Kent where she died after having three children.
context_section_description: The Witches of Belvoir were a mother and her two daughters accused of witchcraft in England and the deaths of two young nobles, Henry (died 1613) and Francis Manners (died 1620), the heirs to Francis Manners, 6th Earl of Rutland, whose seat was at Belvoir Castle . The mother, Joan Flower, died on the way to her trial, and the two daughters, Margaret and Philippa, were supposed to be hanged in Lincoln. It is said that Phillipa drugged the guards and managed to escape and make her way to Kent where she died after having three children.
caption: Memorial to Henry and Francis Manners, the heirs to the 6th Earl and Countess of Rutland, whom the Witches of Belvoir were accused of killing
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