Manuscripts
Bibliothèque nationale de France, manuscrits français nos. 23,851 and 23,852. Criminal proceedings against Louis Gaufridy 1611 and Magdelaine Demandols 1653.
British Library, MS. Harley 590, fols. 6–63. Account of the temptation and possession of Mr Brigges.
Huntington Library, San Marino, California. EL MS 5955/2. Examination in the prosecution of Anne Gunter, 1607.
National Archives of Scotland, Edinburgh. JC 10/4. Circuit Court Minute Books, 1677–99.
National Archives, London. STAC 8/4/10. Prosecution of Anne Gunter and Brian Gunter in the Star Chamber, 1607.
University of Nottingham. MS MiF 10/4. ‘A note of the syght in Nottingham by one possessed the 5th of November 1597’.
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