Editing Giles Corey (section)

{{Short description|English-born farmer (c. 1611 – 1692)}}
{{About|the  English farmer accused of witchcraft|the band of the same name|Giles Corey (band)}}
{{Distinguish|Giles  Coren}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}}
{{Infobox person
| name               = Giles Corey
| image              = Giles Corey restored.jpg
| landscape          = yes
| caption            = The [[Crushing (execution)|pressing]] of Giles Corey
| birth_date         = {{circa}} 1611
| birth_place        = [[Northampton]], [[Northamptonshire]]
| baptized           = 16 August 1611
| death_date         = {{death date and age|1692|9|19|1611|8||df=y}}
| death_place        = [[Salem, Massachusetts|Salem]], [[Province of Massachusetts Bay]]
| death_cause        = [[Pressed to death]]
| occupation         = Farmer
| criminal_charge    = {{plainlist |
* [[Witchcraft]] (rehabilitated)
* Murder (reduced to unreasonable force and fined)
}}
| children           = 5
| relatives          = 
| spouse             = {{plainlist|
* {{marriage|Margaret||1664|end=d.}}
* {{marriage|Mary Bright|1664|1684|end=d.}}
* {{marriage|[[Martha Corey|Martha Rich]]|1690}}
}}
| partner            = 
| footnotes          = 
}}

'''Giles Corey''' ({{abbrlink|bapt.|baptized}} 16 August 1611 – 19 September 1692) was an English-born farmer who was accused of [[witchcraft]] along with his wife [[Martha Corey]] during the [[Salem witch trials]] in the [[Province of Massachusetts Bay]]. After being arrested, Corey refused to enter a guilty or not guilty plea. He was subjected to [[torture]] in the form of [[Crushing (execution)|crushing]] in an effort to [[Peine forte et dure|force him to plead]], dying after three days of being crushed. Because Corey refused to enter a plea, his estate passed on to his sons instead of being seized by the Massachusetts colonial government.

Corey is believed to have died in the field adjacent to the prison that had held him, in what later became the Howard Street Cemetery in [[Salem, Massachusetts]], which opened in 1801. His exact grave location in the cemetery is unmarked and unknown. There is a memorial plaque to him in the nearby Charter Street Cemetery.