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Tracts relating to Northamptonshire. Northampton, 1866

Date of account: Published 1921
Source: The Witch-cult in Western Europe: A Study in Anthropology
Reference: The Witch-cult in Western Europe: A Study in Anthropology · selected passage 208
Rights: public_domain
Language: English with quoted European trial material
Record updated: 2026-08-24

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Taylor, John. _Tracts relating to Northamptonshire._ Northampton, 1866. Taylor, John. _The Witchcraft Delusion in Colonial Connecticut._ New York, n. d. Thomson, H. A., and Miles, A. _Manual of Surgery._ Oxford, 1913. Thorpe, Benjamin. _Monumenta Ecclesiastica._ [London] 1840. _Tradition, La_, vol. v. van Elven's _Les Proces de Sorcellerie au Moyen Age_. Paris, 1891. ---- vol. vi. Harou's _Sorciers et Sorcieres_. Paris, 1892. ---- vol. vi. Lemoine's _Sorcellerie contemporaine_. Paris, 1892. _True and exact Relation of the severall Informations, Examinations and Confessions of the late Witches executed in the County of Essex._ London, 1645. _True and iust Recorde of all the Witches taken at St. Oses._ By W. W. London, 1582. _Tryalls of Four Notorious Witches at Worcester._ London, n.

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