Elizabeth Device

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Elizabeth Device was an English woman infamously accused and convicted of witchcraft during the early 17th-century Pendle witch trials.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf alleged witch
historical figure
human
accusedBy Jennet Device NERFINISHED
allegedActivity cursing neighbors
making clay images
maleficium
sorcery
associatedWithEvent Good Friday meeting at Malkin Tower
associatedWithPlace Malkin Tower NERFINISHED
causeOfDeath execution by hanging
charge witchcraft
child Alizon Device NERFINISHED
James Device NERFINISHED
Jennet Device NERFINISHED
convictedOf witchcraft
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of England
dateOfDeath 1612
describedBySource Thomas Potts NERFINISHED
era Jacobean era NERFINISHED
ethnicGroup English
executedByMethod hanging
executionLocation Lancaster NERFINISHED
gender female
historicalContext English witch trials
languageSpoken English
legalStatusAtTrial found guilty
legalSystem English common law
mentionedIn The Wonderfull Discoverie of Witches in the Countie of Lancaster NERFINISHED
mother Old Demdike NERFINISHED
notableFor Pendle witch trials NERFINISHED
occupation laborer
participantIn Lancaster Assizes of 1612 NERFINISHED
Pendle witch trials NERFINISHED
partOf Pendle witches group NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath Lancaster NERFINISHED
placeOfDetention Lancaster Castle NERFINISHED
relative Alizon Device NERFINISHED
James Device NERFINISHED
Jennet Device NERFINISHED
Old Demdike NERFINISHED
religion Christianity
residence Newchurch in Pendle NERFINISHED
Pendle Forest NERFINISHED
timePeriod early 17th century
triedBy Sir Edward Bromley NERFINISHED

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Pendle witch trials notableDefendant Elizabeth Device