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The trials of the Pendle witches in 1612 are among the most famous witch trials in English history, and some of the best recorded of the 17th century. The twelve accused lived in the area surrounding Pendle Hill in Lancashire, and were charged with the murders of ten people by the use of witchcraft.
Except for one trial held in York they took place at Lancaster Assizes. Of the twenty men and women accused – amongst them the Pendle witches and the Samlesbury witches – eleven were found guilty and subsequently hanged; one was sentenced to stand in the pillory, and the rest were acquitted.
Since the band's breakup, one of her writing projects is a play based on the same Pendle Witch Trials. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] The 1990 novel Good Omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman (later adapted for television ) features several witch characters named after the original Pendle witches, including Agnes Nutter, a prophet burned at the stake, and her ...
The Pendle witch trials of 1612 are among the most famous witch trials in English history, and some of the best recorded of the 17th century. The twelve accused lived in the area around Pendle Hill in Lancashire, and were charged with the murders of ten people by the use of witchcraft.
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In his introduction to the trial, Potts writes; "Thus have we for a time left the Graund Witches of the Forrest of Pendle, to the good consideration of a very sufficient jury." [ 23 ] Bromley had by then heard the cases against the three Pendle witches who had confessed to their guilt, but he had yet to deal with the others, who maintained ...
Set against the real Pendle witch trials in 17th century England, The Familiars follows Fleetwood Shuttleworth, a noblewoman who is anxious to produce an heir. After three miscarriages, she's ...
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