Note 32 — REIGN OF CHARLES I.: 1625-1637. (continued 2)
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December 16, 1630, the Privy Council granted commission to a portion of their number, amongst whom was a bishop (Dumblane), to assemble in the Laigh Council-house for the examination of Margaret Wood, ‘and as they shall find occasion to cause put her to some slight and spare torture for the better trial and discovery of the truth of the matter.’