With the aid of local man, John Stearne, Hopkins rounded up the women and threw them into the Manningtree prison, which used to sit on the land to the right of the pub. In 1644 he suspected eight local women of witchcraft. Hopkins, a native of Manningtree, was a lawyer known as the Witch Hunter General. According to the Red Lion’s website ‘The inn is also mentioned in a book of 1647 written by Matthew Hopkins on the scourge of witchcraft. Hopkins, a native of Manningtree, was a lawyer known as the Witch Hunter General.The Red Lion is a Grade II listed building and the oldest pub in Manningtree, dating back to 1605 and the time of Matthew Hopkins and his witch trials. The Red Lion is a Grade II listed building and the oldest pub in Manningtree, dating back to 1605 and the time of Matthew Hopkins and his witch trials.
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