The Pendle witches were a group of individuals accused of witchcraft in 1612 in Lancashire, England. While some scholars argue that the accusations were rooted in social and economic tensions of the time, others suggest that the evidence against them was largely fabricated or exaggerated. Ultimately, many of the accused were executed, highlighting the broader issues of superstition and injustice in historical witch trials. The question of their innocence remains a complex debate influenced by the context of 17th-century beliefs and societal dynamics.
The Pendle witches got hung.
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 ;)
Yes, Jane southworth was with the pendle witches in their trial.
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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.
bob marly todmorden irland and Scotland
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.
Mostly innocent women.
witches don't exist but the people killed because people thought they were witches are Innocent in movies and films they are evil
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
No, the Witch trials were in the 1610's. King George V lived from 1865-1936.
Witches were burned, because they could escape suffocation.