Matthew Hopkins, The Witch Finder General, was hired by villages as an expert witch hunter.
Your prompt is WITCH FINDER
Paid a fee to find
Witches. You killed women with
Your tricks and your lies
He was responsible for a marked uptick in witch hangings, fortunately, he died young.
Hopkins was played in the movies by Vincent Price (rather fitting).
Witch dost thou not see
Betwixt question and answer
Thou pyre already burns