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#Berwick

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McNige 🇳🇿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇬🇧<p>Horrible Histories<br>The passing of the Witchcraft Act 1563 made witchcraft, or consulting with witches, capital crimes. The first trial under the new act was the North Berwick witch trials, beginning in 1590, in which King James VI played a major part as "victim" and investigator.<br>Image shows what remains of St Andrew's chapel, North Berwick, site of that infamous 'gathering'<br><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/scotland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>scotland</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/witch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>witch</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/witchcraft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>witchcraft</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/wild" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wild</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/trial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trial</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/king" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>king</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/madness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>madness</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/injustice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>injustice</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Berwick" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Berwick</span></a><br>(Sorry forgot the Alt txt)</p>
Documentally<p>How many hashtags are too many to follow? </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sheds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sheds</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/wine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wine</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/whisky" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>whisky</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/whiskey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>whiskey</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/metaldetecting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>metaldetecting</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/treasurehunting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>treasurehunting</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/narrowboats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>narrowboats</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/supernote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>supernote</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/triumph" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>triumph</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/motorbikes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>motorbikes</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/brompton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>brompton</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/uk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uk</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Travel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Travel</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bushcraft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bushcraft</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/outdoors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>outdoors</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ale" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ale</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/vinyl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vinyl</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tape" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tape</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/storytelling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>storytelling</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/podcasting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>podcasting</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Berwick" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Berwick</span></a></p>
jdmccafferty<p>13 Jan 1216: John I of <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/England" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>England</span></a> captures <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Berwick" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Berwick</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/otd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>otd</span></a> </p><p>140 years later, also <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/otd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>otd</span></a> 13 Jan 1356: Edward III captures <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Berwick" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Berwick</span></a> before embarking on such devastating raids on Lothian that the time became known as 'burnt Candlemas'.</p><p> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/BadDateforBerwick" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BadDateforBerwick</span></a> (NPG)</p>
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