Lancashire Witches

GPTKB entity

Statements (42)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:historical_event
gptkbp:accusedOf witchcraft
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Pendle_witches
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:Pendle_Hill
gptkbp:category gptkb:witch_trials_in_England
17th-century events in England
gptkbp:commemoratedBy gptkb:Lancashire_Witches_Trail
gptkb:Lancashire_Witches_Walk
gptkbp:country gptkb:England
gptkbp:culturalSignificance influenced folklore and literature
gptkbp:eventType witch trials
gptkbp:evidenceGivenBy gptkb:Jennet_Device
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Lancashire Witches
gptkbp:inspiredBy gptkb:The_Lancashire_Witches_(novel_by_William_Harrison_Ainsworth)
gptkb:The_Lancashire_Witches_(opera_by_William_Balfe)
gptkbp:legalOutcome execution by hanging
gptkbp:location gptkb:Lancashire
gptkbp:mainTrialLocation gptkb:Lancaster_Castle
gptkbp:memorial gptkb:Lancaster_Castle_plaque
Pendle Hill plaques
gptkbp:notablePerson gptkb:Alice_Nutter
gptkb:Alizon_Device
gptkb:Anne_Whittle
gptkb:Elizabeth_Device
gptkb:Isabel_Robey
gptkb:James_Device
gptkb:Jane_Bulcock
gptkb:John_Bulcock
gptkb:Katherine_Hewitt
gptkb:Jennet_Device
gptkb:Margaret_Pearson
gptkbp:numberOfExecutions 10
gptkbp:numberOfPeopleAccused 12
gptkbp:relatedEvent gptkb:Samlesbury_witches
gptkbp:significance one of the most famous witch trials in English history
gptkbp:subjectOf numerous books and plays
gptkbp:trialDate August 1612
gptkbp:trialPresidedBy gptkb:Sir_Edward_Bromley
gptkb:Sir_James_Altham
gptkbp:year 1612
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Pendle_Witches
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7