Pendle witch trials

E181113
criminal trial historical event witch trials

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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Label Occurrences
Pendle witch trials canonical 3
Lancashire witch trials of 1612 1
Pendle witch trials of 1612 1

Statements (49)

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 Pendle witch trials self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: The Wonderfull Discoverie of Witches in the Countie of Lancaster
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 ⓘ
surface form: Pendle Forest
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 James Altham ⓘ
surface form: Sir Edward Bromley

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 witch trials ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pendle witches
Pendle Hill → historicalEvent → Pendle witch trials ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pendle witch trials of 1612
Lancaster Castle → significantEvent → Pendle witch trials ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lancashire witch trials of 1612
Pendle witch trials → documentedIn → Pendle witch trials self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Wonderfull Discoverie of Witches in the Countie of Lancaster
Pendle → knownFor → Pendle witch trials ⓘ
Pendle → historicalEventAssociatedWith → Pendle witch trials ⓘ