The Pendle Witches

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In 1612, nine-year-old Jennet Devize accused her mother in court of witchcraft. Her testimony led  to the conviction of 11 people, 10 of whom were sent to the gallows. Find out about the most famous witchcraft event in English history that you may never have heard about in this episode of Footnoting History!  

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Further Reading

Malcolm Gaskill, “Witchcraft Trials in England,” in The Oxford Handbook of Witchcraft in Early Modern Europe and Colonial America, ed. Brian P. Levak, Oxford University, (2013), 283-299

Richard Godbeer, “Witchcraft in British America,” in The Oxford Handbook of Witchcraft in Early Modern Europe and Colonial America, ed. Brian P. Levak, Oxford University, (2013), 393-411

Julian Goodare, ed., Scottish Witches and Witch-Hunters, Palgrave, (2013)

King James I, Demonnology (1597)

Jonathan Lumby, The Lancashire Witch-Craze: Jennet Preston and the Lancashire Witches, 1612, Carnegie Publishing, (1995). 

Robert Poole, ed., The Lancashire Witches: Histories and Stories, Manchester University Press, (2002)

Thomas Potts, Discovery of Witches, The Chetham Society, (1612-1618)

Images

Ann Redferne and Chattox, two of the Pendle witches, from William Harrison Ainsworth's novel The Lancashire Witches (1849) via Wikimedia Commons. 
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Andrew Gustar, Pendle Hill, England, (2011) via Flickr.

​​Music: "Evening Melodrama" by Kevin Macleod (www.incompetech.com)

Andrew Gustar, Pendle Hill, England, (2011) via Flickr.