# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/elizabeth-clarke
# Generated: 2026-08-14T23:04:37.987Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/elizabeth-clarke"
name: "Elizabeth Clarke"
slug: "elizabeth-clarke"
description: "Elizabeth Clarke, alias Bedinfield, was the first woman persecuted by the Witchfinder General, Matthew Hopkins in 1645 in Essex, England. At 39 years old, she was accused of witchcraft by local tailor John Rivet. Hopkins and John Stearne took on the role of investigators, stating that they had seen familiars while watching her. During the process, she was deprived of sleep for multiple nights before confessing and implicating other women in the local area. She was tried at Chelmsford assizes, before being hanged for witchcraft."
tagline: "English woman accused of witchcraft (c.1565-1645)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Matthew_Hopkins.png/330px-Matthew_Hopkins.png"
gender: "female"
birthDate: "1565"
deathDate: "1645"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           47.08
  momentum:             5.031055900621118
  historical:           8.958497333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Clarke"
    title: "Elizabeth Clarke"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Clarke"
    title: "Elizabeth Clarke"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Clarke"
    title: "Elizabeth Clarke"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Clarke"
    title: "Elizabeth Clarke"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Clarke"
    title: "Elizabeth Clarke"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Clarke"
    title: "Elizabeth Clarke"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Clarke"
    title: "Elizabeth Clarke"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Clarke"
    title: "Elizabeth Clarke"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BA%2C_%D0%AD%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%B7%D0%B0%D0%B1%D0%B5%D1%82"
    title: "Кларк, Элизабет"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Clarke"
    title: "Elizabeth Clarke"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5362595"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump