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297. William E. Burns, Witch Hunts in Europe and America: An Encyclopedia, Greenwood Publishing Group, 2003, p. 75
298. Owen Davies, ‘Jane Wenham (d. 1730)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
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304. Ibid., loc 5108 and 2286
305. Ibid., loc 6389
306. Dolan, ‘Home-Rebels and House-Traitors’
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312. King, ‘Rape in England 1600–1800’
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315. Ibid., loc 5887
316. Hufton, The Prospect Before Her, p. 185
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322. Ibid.
323. David Pearce, ‘Charles Meigs, 1792–1869’, General Anaesthesia (online)
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165. Thompson, Customs in Common, p. 193
166. Gentleman’s Magazine, 29 September 1795, Vol. 65, Part 2, p. 824
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