Sir James Altham

E698414

English judge person

Sir James Altham was an English judge of the early 17th century, best known for serving as one of the chief justices at the notorious Pendle witch trials of 1612.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Sir Edward Bromley	1
Sir James Altham canonical	1

Statements (31)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	English judge ⓘ person ⓘ
centuryOfActivity	17th century ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	Kingdom of England ⓘ
dateOfDeath	1617 ⓘ
educatedAt	Gray's Inn NERFINISHED ⓘ Trinity College, Cambridge ⓘ
familyName	Altham NERFINISHED ⓘ
fieldOfWork	common law ⓘ criminal law ⓘ witchcraft trials ⓘ
gender	male ⓘ
givenName	James ⓘ
honorificPrefix	Sir ⓘ
legalSystem	English law ⓘ
memberOf	Gray's Inn NERFINISHED ⓘ
monarchServed	James I of England NERFINISHED ⓘ
nativeLanguage	English ⓘ
nobleTitle	knight ⓘ
notableFor	role in the Pendle witch trials of 1612 ⓘ
notableWork	Pendle witch trials of 1612 NERFINISHED ⓘ
occupation	judge ⓘ
participantIn	Lancashire witch trials NERFINISHED ⓘ Pendle witch trials NERFINISHED ⓘ
placeOfActivity	Court of Exchequer NERFINISHED ⓘ
positionHeld	Baron of the Exchequer NERFINISHED ⓘ Chief justice at the Pendle witch trials ⓘ Justice of the Court of Exchequer ⓘ
workLocation	England ⓘ Lancashire NERFINISHED ⓘ London, England ⓘ surface form: London

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Pendle witch trials → presidingJudge → Sir James Altham ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sir Edward Bromley