Elizabeth Device

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Elizabeth Device was an English woman infamously accused and convicted of witchcraft during the early 17th-century Pendle witch trials.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Elizabeth Device canonical 8

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf alleged witch ⓘ
historical figure ⓘ
human ⓘ
accusedBy Jennet Device ⓘ
allegedActivity cursing neighbors ⓘ
making clay images ⓘ
maleficium ⓘ
sorcery ⓘ
associatedWithEvent Good Friday meeting at Malkin Tower ⓘ
associatedWithPlace Malkin Tower ⓘ
causeOfDeath execution by hanging ⓘ
charge witchcraft ⓘ
child Alizon Device ⓘ
James Device ⓘ
Jennet Device ⓘ
convictedOf witchcraft ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of England ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1612 ⓘ
describedBySource Thomas Potts ⓘ
era Jacobean era ⓘ
linked to: Stuart period
ethnicGroup English ⓘ
executedByMethod hanging ⓘ
executionLocation Lancaster ⓘ
gender female ⓘ
historicalContext English witch trials ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
legalStatusAtTrial found guilty ⓘ
legalSystem English common law ⓘ
mentionedIn The Wonderfull Discoverie of Witches in the Countie of Lancaster ⓘ
mother Old Demdike ⓘ
notableFor Pendle witch trials ⓘ
occupation laborer ⓘ
participantIn Lancaster Assizes of 1612 ⓘ
linked to: Lancaster Assizes

Pendle witch trials ⓘ
partOf Pendle witches group ⓘ
linked to: Pendle witch trials
placeOfDeath Lancaster ⓘ
placeOfDetention Lancaster Castle ⓘ
relative Alizon Device ⓘ
James Device ⓘ
Jennet Device ⓘ
Old Demdike ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
residence Newchurch in Pendle ⓘ
linked to: Newchurch-in-Pendle

Pendle Forest ⓘ
linked to: Pendle
timePeriod early 17th century ⓘ
triedBy Sir Edward Bromley ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Pendle witch trials → notableDefendant → Elizabeth Device ⓘ
Alizon Device → relative → Elizabeth Device ⓘ
Alizon Device → mother → Elizabeth Device ⓘ
James Device → relative → Elizabeth Device ⓘ
Old Chattox → hasRelative → Elizabeth Device ⓘ
Jennet Device → testimonyAgainst → Elizabeth Device ⓘ
Jennet Device → mother → Elizabeth Device ⓘ
Anne Whittle → familyRelation → Elizabeth Device ⓘ