Research - The most famous witches - Mother Shipton
During these terrified and dark times for the witches, one stood out among them - Ursula Southeli more knows by the name Mother Shipton she was a stereotype picture of the witch. Where a witch was described as a hunchback old lady with a warty nose.
Mother Shipton and Cardinal Thomas Wolsey
Mother Shipton - visualization of how she could look like, the author unknown
Mother Shipton was born in a cave in 1488 and raised there by a single mother in Knaresborough. She was born with a large crooked nose, bent back and twisted legs. And also the fact that she does not have a father make her named by villagers as Satan's daughter.
She studies the forest flowers and herbs learnt how to use them for creating medicaments or potions. At the age of 24 she married a man named Tobias Shipton a carpenter from York, he died a few years later leaving her alone only with his name. They did not have any children. She becomes pretty famous in England but only after her death. Also, she is very often compared to Nostradamus - the biggest warlock that probably explains the circumstances of Katarzyna Medycejska's husband death - Henryk II Walesjusz.
She foretold many events such as the Great Fire in London in 1666, the invention of iron ships and cars or the defeat of the Spanish armada.
She died in 1561.
There was no written evidence that this person existed apart from the letter written by King Henry VIII referencing the witch of York. That possibly reference to Mother Shipton. She is also mentioned in Samuel' Pepkins diary when were described the reason for the Great Fire in London there were written a reference to the Mother Shipton prediction.
In her home town is the cave where she was born that can visit.
Sculpture of Mother Shipton
Entrance to the cave
Petrifying Wall
References:
BuzzFeed Unsolved Network (2020) The history of the witches https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-1fcjl5pWM [02.05.2021]
Jin Coulson (2019) A Look Into The World Of One Of Yorkshire's Most Fascinating Characters (Online) https://northernlifemagazine.co.uk/mother-shipton/ [02.05.2021]
Mother Shipton (-) The story of England's most famous Prophetess (Online) https://www.mothershipton.co.uk/the-story/ [02.05.2021]
Duke (2011) Ursula "Mother Shipton" Sontheil Shipton (Online) https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/78007385/ursula-shipton [02.05.2021]
David Ross (-) Mother Shipton's cave https://www.britainexpress.com/counties/yorkshire/countryside/mother-shiptons-cave.htm [02.05.2021]
Nancy Bilyeau (2018) The Eerie Prophecies of Mother Shipton that Terrified all of England (Online) https://www.thevintagenews.com/2018/04/19/mother-shipton/ [02.05.2021]
Have you looked into the history of witchcraft in your own culture/nation? I would like to see comparisons to the posts you have added over the past couple of days. Finally, I am a bit confused as to the photograph of Mother Shipton - is this an artist recreation or have you mistaken this during your research. As far as I remember, there was no photography during the reign of Henry VIII!
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