![]() The animal familiars of the Pendle witches feature throughout Thomas Potts’s 1613 pamphlet The wonderfull discoverie of witches in the countie of Lancaster, where we can read reproductions of the examinations taken during these trials. With accusations supported, and elaborated upon, by a young family member of some of the accused, the Pendle witch hunt – which resulted in eleven trials and ten deaths by hanging – serves as a fascinating example of the complex interrelations that sometimes existed at the heart of such trials. One of the most intriguing aspects of the evidence gathered was the account given by Jennet Device, the nine-year-old daughter of the Device family, incriminating many of her relatives and neighbours. ![]() From here, accusations of witchcraft abounded, bringing many other members of the Device family, the Chattox family, and others into the hunt. Following the encounter, Law was stricken with a sickness that was attributed to Alizon’s malefic witchcraft. ![]() ![]() The 1612 Pendle witch trials in Lancashire began when the peddler, John Law, refused to sell his pins to Alizon Device. ![]()
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