CONTENTS

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HUGH STAFFORD AND THE ROYAL WILDING[1]
THE ALPHINGTON PONIES[16]
MARIA FOOTE[21]
CARABOO[35]
JOHN ARSCOTT, OF TETCOTT[47]
WIFE-SALES[58]
WHITE WITCHES[70]
MANLY PEEKE[84]
ELALIA PAGE[95]
JAMES WYATT[107]
THE REV. W. DAVY[123]
THE GREY WOMAN[128]
ROBERT LYDE AND THE “FRIEND’S ADVENTURE” [136]
JOSEPH PITTS[152]
THE DEMON OF SPREYTON[170]
TOM AUSTIN[175]
FRANCES FLOOD[177]
SIR WILLIAM HANKFORD[181]
SIR JOHN FITZ[185]
LADY HOWARD[194]
THE BIDLAKES, OF BIDLAKE[212]
THE PIRATES OF LUNDY[224]
TOM D’URFEY[238]
THE BIRD OF THE OXENHAMS[248]
“LUSTY” STUCLEY[262]
THE BIDEFORD WITCHES[274]
SIR “JUDAS” STUKELEY[278]
THE SAMPFORD GHOST[286]
PHILIPPA CARY AND ANNE EVANS[292]
JACK RATTENBURY[301]
JOHN BARNES, TAVERNER AND HIGHWAYMAN[320]
EDWARD CAPERN[325]
GEORGE MEDYETT GOODRIDGE[332]
JOHN DAVY[351]
RICHARD PARKER, THE MUTINEER[355]
BENJAMIN KENNICOTT, D.D.[369]
CAPTAIN JOHN AVERY[375]
JOANNA SOUTHCOTT[390]
THE STOKE RESURRECTIONISTS[405]
THE “BEGGAR’S OPERA” AND GAY’S CHAIR[414]
VAMPFYLIDE-MOORE CAREW[425]
WILLIAM GIFFORD[436]
BENJAMIN R. HAYDON[457]
JOHN COOKE[478]
SAVERY AND NEWCOMEN, INVENTORS[487]
ANDREW PRICE, PRINTER[502]
DEVONSHIRE WRESTLERS[514]
TWO HUNTING PARSONS[529]
SAMUEL PROUT[564]
FONTELAUTUS[581]
WILLIAM LANG, OF BRADWORTHY[594]
WILLIAM COOKWORTHY[600]
WILLIAM JACKSON, ORGANIST[608]
JOHN DUNNING, FIRST LORD ASHBURTON[618]
GOVERNOR SHORTLAND AND THE PRINCETOWN MASSACRE[633]
CAPTAIN JOHN PALK[700]
RICHARD WEEKES, GENTLEMAN AT ARMS AND PRISONER IN THE FLEET[709]
STEER NOR’-WEST[718]
GEORGE PEELE[726]
PETER PINDAR[737]
DR. J. W. BUDD[754]
REAR-ADMIRAL SIR EDWARD CHICHESTER, BART. [772]