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that the last woman to be executed by burning at the stake in England was not killed for witchcraft, but for counterfeiting coins, seen as a crime against the king, and therefore treason. Her husband was hanged for the same offence, and the women’s sentence was changed to hanging the year after.

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Fun Fact: that the last woman to be executed by burning at the stake in England was not killed for witchcraft, but for counterfeiting coins, seen as a crime against the king, and therefore treason. Her husband was hanged for the same offence, and the women’s sentence was changed to hanging the year after.

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