Lancashire witch trials

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Lancashire_witch_trials
GPTKB entity
Statements (31)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:historical_event
gptkbp:accusedOf gptkb:Roger_Nowell
gptkb:Thomas_Covell
gptkbp:category gptkb:witch_trials_in_England
1612 in England
17th-century trials
gptkbp:charge witchcraft
gptkbp:country gptkb:England
gptkbp:date 1612
gptkbp:documentation_title gptkb:The_Wonderfull_Discoverie_of_Witches_in_the_Countie_of_Lancaster
gptkbp:documentedIn gptkb:Thomas_Potts
gptkbp:historicalSignificance one of the most famous witch trials in English history
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Lancashire witch trials
gptkbp:judge gptkb:Sir_Edward_Bromley
gptkb:Sir_James_Altham
gptkbp:law_used gptkb:Witchcraft_Act_1604
gptkbp:location gptkb:Lancashire
gptkbp:main_trial_location gptkb:Lancaster_Castle
gptkbp:notableDefendant gptkb:Alice_Nutter
gptkb:Alizon_Device
gptkb:Anne_Whittle
gptkb:James_Device
gptkb:Elizabeth_Southerns
gptkbp:number_of_people_accused 12
gptkbp:numberOfExecutions 10
gptkbp:relatedEvent gptkb:Samlesbury_witch_trial
gptkb:Pendle_witch_trials
gptkbp:result execution by hanging
gptkbp:victim gptkb:John_Law
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Lancashire
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5