The Wonderful Discovery of Witches in the County of Lancaster
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first heard Apr 2026
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Book documenting the Pendle witch trial published in 1613
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newest first · ▶ plays the momentDominic SelwoodForbidden History · The Pendle Witch Trials: Britain’s Salem · 8:30 · 23 Jun
…So it was published as The Wonderful Discovery of Witches in the County of Lancaster and became an immediate bestseller.…
UnknownBoring History for Sleep · 1612 — The Disturbing Pendle Witch Trial That Shook Britai... · 1:44:46 · 26 Apr
…Potts' wonderful discovery of witches in the county of Lancaster became a bestseller by 17th century standards, spreading the fame of the Pendle case far beyond Lancashire.…
UnknownBoring History for Sleep · 1612 — The Disturbing Pendle Witch Trial That Shook Britai... · 1:44:35 · 26 Apr
…The meticulous documentation that Nowell created would be transformed into something even more permanent by Thomas Potts, the court clerk who recorded the trial and later published it as a book.…
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