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Facts about the Pendle witches?
The Pendle witches got hung.
Do the witches of pendle hill exist?
the pendle witches where hanged but they do exist they werent real witches they just said some words and something happend bad yes of course they do I've been up pendle hill ;)
Was there a southworth in pendle witch trials?
Yes, Jane southworth was with the pendle witches in their trial.
What year did the pendle witches die?
1612
Who are the pendal witches?
The Pendle Witches or Lancashire Witches were the most famous witches in English legal history. In the year 1612, at Lancaster goal, in the English county of Lancashire, ten men and women were hanged for the crime of witchcraft. The Pendle Witches, as they became known, were believed to have been responsible for the murder by witchcraft of seventeen people in and around the Forest of Pendle.
What were the names of all the pendle witches?
bob marly todmorden irland and Scotland
What happened in the 16th and 17th centuries at pendle lanchershire?
That would be Lancashire. we're obvioulsy thinking about the Pendle witches. So go to pendlewitches.co.uk for all the info and original documents.
Did the Pendle witches get hanged?
Yes, ten of the eleven accused were hung. The other was given a years' hard labour. Witches were not burned in England at this time, though they were in Scotland. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pendle_witch_trials
Did King George V have anything to do with the pendle witches?
No, the Witch trials were in the 1610's. King George V lived from 1865-1936.
What is pendle witch trials?
The Pendle witches were a group of twelve accused witches from Lacashire in England who all lived near Pendle Hill. They were accused in 1612 and tried in Lancaster, with the exception of one who was tried and executed in York. Ten were found guilty of murder, one was acquitted and the last died in prison. The York trial was on July 27, with the execution the following day. The Lancaster trials occurred over August 18-19 and the executions occurred on August 20.
What is Pendle's population?
Pendle's population is 30.
What did pendle witches do?
The Pendle Witches were accused of selling their souls to familiar spirits or devils who appeared to them in human and animal form. In return for their souls, it was believed that the witches received the power to kill or lame who they pleased. The usual method of murder, described in Demdike's confession, was to make an ethegy of the intended victim, known as a 'picture of clay'. The image was then crumbled or burned over a period of time, causing the victim to fall ill and die. They were later tried and found guilty of witchcraft.
