Elizabeth Sawyer

Elizabeth Sawyer was a convicted witch during the reign of James I of England.

It was said that a demon, in the form of a dog named Tom, had appeared before her and seduced her into serving Satan. The story was the inspiration for Thomas Dekker's play, The Witch of Edmonton.^[1]

References

Gibson, Marion. "Sawyer, Elizabeth". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/66792. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

Notes

↑ Devil dogs, Mark Stoyle, p.26, May 2011, BBC History Magazine

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