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Bideford under the restored monarchy; with some extracts from a "sessions of the peace book" for the borough of Bideford 1659-88

Trans. Devon. Assoc., vol. 47, (1915) pp. 306-333.

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Alexander G. Duncan

Prepared by Michael Steer

In the 16th century Bideford was Britain's third largest port. It was rumoured that Sir Walter Raleigh landed the first shipment of tobacco there, although this is a myth. The Bideford witch trial in 1682 involved three women, Temperance Lloyd, Mary Trembles and Susannah Edwards, accused of witchcraft and resulted in one of the last hangings for witchcraft in England. Many believe that they were the last in England to hang for witchcraft but there were several after them Google with the Archive Organization has sponsored the digitisation of books from several libraries. The Internet Archive makes available, in its Community Texts Collection (originally known as Open Source Books), books that have been digitised by Google from a number of libraries. These are books on which copyright has expired, and are available free for educational and research use. This rare book was produced from a copy held by the Princeton University Library, and is available from the Internet Archive.