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Notes on Alizon Device and her impact on the Pendle witchhunts...

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Alizon Device – Case File Name: Alizon Device

Occupation: Unknown

Age: Young-middle aged

Accusation: Cursed a pedlar causing him to have a collapse (from a stroke). She was accused of witchcraft and using magic to attempt murder.

Torture: Alizon Device already believed she was a witch so little torture wad needed, however it is likely that sleep deprivation, pricking and other methods were used to gain further confessions.

Confessions: Originally Alizon confessed to using magic to make John Law collapse and having a familiar in the shape of a black dog assist her. After Nowells investigation, she explained how her nitiation to witchcraft occurred and implicated other members of her familiar including Old Demdike. She then explained how the Chattox family were also witches, using examples to prove her point....