Edmund Robinson
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Edmund Robinson was an English ten year-old boy from Wheatley Lane, Lancashire
, who sparked a witch-hunt.
His story was the inspiration for the 1634 play The Late Lancashire Witches
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Wheatley Lane, Lancashire
Wheatley Lane is a village in Pendle, Lancashire. It is close to Nelson, Barrowford and Burnley. It lies to the north of the A6068 road, known locally as the Padiham bypass, or 'The New Road'....
, who sparked a witch-hunt.
His story was the inspiration for the 1634 play The Late Lancashire Witches
The Late Lancashire Witches
The Late Lancashire Witches is a Caroline era stage play, written by Thomas Heywood and Richard Brome, published in 1634. The play is a topical melodrama on the subject of the witchcraft controversy that arose in Lancashire in 1633.-Performance:...
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