Edmund Robinson was an English ten-year-old boy from

Wheatley Lane, Lancashire Wheatley Lane is a village in Pendle, Lancashire, England. 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". Wheatley Lane is an extended village co ...

, who sparked a witch-hunt. His story was the inspiration for the 1634 play ''

The Late Lancashire Witches ''The Late Lancashire Witches'' is a Caroline-era stage play and 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. Perf ...

''.''Devil Dogs'', p. 26, May 2011,

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