Pendle witch trials

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The Pendle witch trials were a series of notorious early 17th-century English witchcraft prosecutions in Lancashire that led to multiple executions and became some of the most famous witch trials in British history.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf criminal trial
historical event
witch trials
appliesToJurisdiction Lancaster Assizes
York Assizes
author Thomas Potts
chronicledBy Thomas Potts
country Kingdom of England
documentedIn The Wonderfull Discoverie of Witches in the Countie of Lancaster
linked to: Pendle witch trials
followedBy Samlesbury witch trial
hasCommemoration Pendle Witch Trail tourist route
hasCulturalDepiction novel "Mist Over Pendle"
various television documentaries
hasHeritageSite Pendle Hill
hasLocation Gallows Hill, Lancaster
hasMainLocation Lancaster Castle
hasPart trial at Lancaster Assizes
trial at York Assizes
hasWitness Jennet Device
influenced popular perceptions of English witchcraft
languageOfRecord English
legalBasis Witchcraft Act 1604
locatedIn Lancashire
Pendle Forest
linked to: Pendle
mainAccusation witchcraft
methodOfExecution hanging
notableDefendant Alice Nutter
Alizon Device
Anne Redferne
Anne Whittle
Elizabeth Device
Isabel Robey
James Device
Jane Bulcock
John Bulcock
Katherine Hewitt
Old Chattox
Old Demdike
numberOfPeopleAccused 12
numberOfPeopleExecuted 10
partOf English witch trials
history of Lancashire
pointInTime August 1612
presidingJudge Sir Edward Bromley
linked to: Sir James Altham

Sir James Altham
significantFor scale of witchcraft accusations in England
use of child testimony
startTime 1612
timePeriod early 17th century

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Pendle Hill famousFor Pendle witch trials
Pendle Hill associatedWith Pendle witches
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Pendle Hill historicalEvent Pendle witch trials of 1612
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Lancaster Castle significantEvent Lancashire witch trials of 1612
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Pendle witch trials documentedIn The Wonderfull Discoverie of Witches in the Countie of Lancaster
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Pendle knownFor Pendle witch trials
Pendle historicalEventAssociatedWith Pendle witch trials
Roughlee historicalEventAssociation Pendle witch trials
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Newchurch-in-Pendle category Pendle witch trials
Lancaster Assizes heardCase Pendle witch trials
Lancaster Assizes notableEvent Pendle witch trials
Alizon Device participantIn Pendle witch trials
Alizon Device describedIn Thomas Potts' "The Wonderfull Discoverie of Witches in the Countie of Lancaster"
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Elizabeth Device notableFor Pendle witch trials
Elizabeth Device participantIn Pendle witch trials
Elizabeth Device partOf Pendle witches group
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James Device accusedIn Pendle witch trials
James Device participantIn Pendle witch trials
James Device participantIn Lancashire witch trials of 1612
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Old Demdike participantIn Pendle witch trials
Old Demdike describedIn The Wonderfull Discoverie of Witches in the Countie of Lancaster
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Old Chattox participantIn Pendle witch trials
Alice Nutter participantIn Pendle witch trials
Alice Nutter partOf Pendle witches
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Jennet Device eventParticipatedIn Pendle witch trials
Jennet Device associatedWith Pendle witches
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Thomas Potts mainSubject Lancashire witch trials
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Thomas Potts participantIn Lancashire witch trials
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Thomas Potts participantIn 1612 Lancashire witch trials
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Thomas Potts wroteAbout Pendle witch trials
The Wonderfull Discoverie of Witches in the Countie of Lancaster mainSubject Lancashire witch trials
subject linked to: Thomas Potts
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Gallows Hill, Lancaster notableFor Pendle witch trials
Gallows Hill, Lancaster associatedWith Pendle witches
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Samlesbury witch trial relatedEvent Pendle witch trials
Mist Over Pendle settingEvent Pendle witch trials
subject linked to: novel "Mist Over Pendle"
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Mist Over Pendle portrays Pendle witches
subject linked to: novel "Mist Over Pendle"
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Pendle Witch Trail tourist route theme Pendle witch trials
Pendle Witch Trail tourist route subjectOf Pendle witch trials of 1612
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Pendle Witch Trail tourist route associatedWith Pendle witches
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Sir James Altham notableWork Pendle witch trials of 1612
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Sir James Altham participantIn Pendle witch trials
Sir James Altham participantIn Lancashire witch trials
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John Bulcock triedAt Pendle witch trials
John Bulcock associatedWith Pendle witches
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Isabel Robey participatedIn Pendle witch trials
Jane Bulcock participatedIn Pendle witch trials
Jane Bulcock partOf Pendle witches
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John Bulcock participatedIn Pendle witch trials
subject linked to: Jane Bulcock