books.google.co.uk - By spring 1645, two years of civil war had exacted a dreadful toll upon England. People lived in terror as disease and poverty spread, and the nation grew ever more politically divided. In a remote corner of Essex, two obscure gentlemen, Matthew Hopkins and John Stearne, exploited the anxiety and lawlessness...http://books.google.co.uk/books/about/Witchfinders.html?id=B5Yl4DiTo9MC&q=Fairclough&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareWitchfinders
