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One of the Pendle witches, Anne Whittle, also known as Chattox, had accused Pearson of "riding a mare ... to death", so she was charged with killing a horse. The only other evidence submitted against her came from a fellow resident of Padiham, Jennet Booth, who said that on a visit to Pearson's
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husband while Margaret was in prison a toad had jumped out of a pile of firewood. Found guilty of non-capital witchcraft Pearson escaped execution, and was instead sentenced to be
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Pillorying and imprisonment was the usual punishment for those found guilty of witchcraft but who had not killed anyone.
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Sharpe, James (2002), "Introduction: The Lancaster witches in historical context", in Poole, Robert (ed.),
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in the Lancashire witch trials of 1612. This, her third trial for witchcraft, took place on 19 August at
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Gibson, Marion (2002), "Thomas Potts's Dusty Memory: Reconstructing Justice in
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and Padiham on four market days, followed by a year in prison.
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in Lancashire, England, was among those tried with the
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Index

Padiham
Pendle witches
Lancaster
Assizes
James Altham
pilloried
Clitheroe
Whalley
Clayton (2007)


Clayton (2007)
Hasted (1993)
Sharpe (2002)
Gibson (2002)
ISBN
978-0-9553-8212-3
ISBN
978-0-7190-6204-9
ISBN
978-1-871236-23-1
ISBN
978-0-7190-6204-9
Categories
1612 in law
1612 in England
History of Burnley Borough
Lancashire folklore
People convicted of witchcraft
People from Padiham

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