Report and letter describing in some detail the abnormal behaviour of Christian Shaw, daughter of John Shaw of Bargarran, who displayed symptoms of being possessed, and by whose means several persons were convicted of witchcraft., 1697.
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Identifier: MS.3278, folios 27-29
Dates
- Creation: 1697.
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3 Leaves
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Bought, 1944, G Watt, Littlehurst, Coventry.
Bibliography
For an account of the case of "Bargarran's Daughter", see Robert Chambers, ‘Domestic annals’, (London, 1858), volume iii, pages 167-174.
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