Francis Manners, 6th Earl of Rutland, (1578–1632) was an English nobleman, in what year, did three women, the "Witches of Belvoir", were accused of witchcraft, for having allegedly caused the deaths of his two young sons?
Witches of Belvoir The Belvoir Witches were three women, a mother and her two daughters, accused of witchcraft in England around 1618. The mother, Joan Flower, died on the way to her trial, and the two daughters, Margaret and Philippa, were supposed to be hung in Lincoln. It is said that Phillipa drugged the guards and managed to escape and making her way to Kent where she died after having 3 children.
Joan Beaufort, Countess of Westmorland Joan Beaufort, Countess of Westmorland (  1379 – 13 November 1440), was the fourth of the four children (and only daughter) of John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster, and his mistress, later wife, Katherine Swynford. In her widowhood, she was a powerful landowner in the North of England.