A History of Witchcraft in England from 1558 to 1718Notestein, Wallace
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A History of Witchcraft in England from 1558 to 1718
Notestein, Wallace
Witchcraft -- England -- History
_A True Relation of the Araignment of eighteene Witches at St.
Edmundsbury, 27th August 1645.... As also a List of the names of those
that were executed._ London, 1645. There is abundance of corroborative
evidence for the details given in this pamphlet. It fits in with the
account of the Essex witches; its details are amplified by Stearne,
_Confirmation of Witchcraft_, Clarke, _Lives of sundry Eminent Persons_,
John Walker, _Suffering of the Clergy ... in the Grand Rebellion_
(London, 1714), and others. The narrative was written in the interim
between the first and second trials at Bury.
_Strange and fearfull newes from Plaisto in the parish of Westham neere
Bow foure miles from London_, London, 1645. Unimportant.
_The Lawes against Witches and Conjuration, and Some brief Notes and
Observations for the Discovery of Witches. Being very Usefull for these
Times wherein the Devil reignes and prevailes.... Also The Confession of
Mother Lakeland, who was arraigned and condemned for a Witch at Ipswich
in Suffolke.... By authority._ London, 1645. The writer of this pamphlet
acknowledges his indebtedness to Potts, _Discoverie of Witches in the
countie of Lancaster_ (1613), and to Bernard, _Guide to Grand Jurymen_
(1627). These books had been used by Stearne and doubtless by Hopkins.
This pamphlet expresses Hopkins's ideas, it is written in Hopkins's
style--so far as we know it--and it may have been the work of the
witchfinder himself. That might explain, too, the "by authority" of the
title.
_Signes and Wonders from Heaven.... Likewise a new discovery of Witches
in Stepney Parish. And how 20. Witches more were executed in Suffolk
this last Assise. Also how the Divell came to Soffarn to a Farmers house
in the habit of a Gentlewoman on horse backe._ London, [1645]. Mentions
the Chelmsford, Suffolk, and Norfolk trials.
_The Witches of Huntingdon, their Examinations and Confessions ..._,
London, 1646. This work is dedicated to the justices of the peace for
the county of Huntingdon; the dedication is signed by John Davenport.
Three of the witches whose accusations are here presented are mentioned
by Stearne (_Confirmation of Witchcraft_, 11, 13, 20-21, 42).
_The Discovery of Witches: in answer to severall Queries, lately
Delivered to the Judges of Assize for the County of Norfolk. And now
published by Matthew Hopkins, Witchfinder. For the Benefit of the Whole
Kingdome...._ London, 1647. Hopkins's and Stearne's accounts fit into
each other and are the two best sources for ch. VIII.
_The [D]Ivell in Kent, or His strange Delusions at Sandwitch_, London,
1647. Has nothing to do with witches; shows the spirit of the times.
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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