Alice Glaston

[1][2][3] She is likely the youngest girl ever to be legally executed in England, though 8- or 9-year-old John Dean was hanged for arson in 1629.

[3] The crime for which she was hanged is unknown, but it is speculated that she was accused of either murder or witchcraft.

[5] Sir Thomas Butler, vicar of Much Wenlock, records Glaston's burial at his church.

[6] In October 2014, writer Paul Evans released The Spirit Child, a speculative supernatural radio play about the events leading to her execution.

[7] In 2024, a new novella was completed and published called Dreams of an Eleven Year Old Witch, telling the story of Alice’s life in the lead up to her execution.