6 1 2 , ▁commonly ▁known ▁as ▁the ▁Lanc ash ire ▁w itch ▁tri als . ▁Ex cept ▁for ▁one ▁trial ▁held ▁in ▁York ▁they ▁took ▁place ▁at ▁Lanc aster ▁Ass izes . ▁Of ▁the ▁twenty ▁men ▁and ▁women ▁accused   – ▁amongst ▁them ▁the ▁P end le ▁w itch es ▁and ▁the ▁Sam les bury ▁w itch es   – ▁eleven ▁were ▁found ▁guilty ▁and ▁subsequently ▁h anged ; ▁one ▁was ▁sent enced ▁to ▁stand ▁in ▁the ▁pill ory , ▁and ▁the ▁rest ▁were ▁acqu itted . ▁ ▁Thomas ▁Pot ts , ▁the ▁cl erk ▁to ▁the ▁Lanc aster ▁Ass izes , ▁was ▁ordered ▁by ▁the ▁trial ▁jud ges ▁Sir ▁James ▁Al th am ▁and ▁Sir ▁Edward ▁B rom ley ▁to ▁write ▁an ▁account ▁of ▁the ▁proceed ings , ▁making ▁them ▁some ▁of ▁the ▁most ▁famous ▁and ▁best ▁recorded ▁w itch ▁tri als ▁of ▁the ▁ 1 7 th ▁century . ▁Pot ts ▁completed ▁the ▁work ▁on ▁ 1 6   Nov ember ▁ 1 6 1 2 , ▁and ▁submitted ▁it ▁to ▁the ▁jud ges ▁for ▁review . ▁B rom ley ▁re vised ▁and ▁corrected ▁the ▁manuscript ▁before ▁its ▁publication ▁in ▁ 1 6 1 3 , ▁declaring ▁it ▁to ▁be ▁" tr uly ▁reported " ▁and ▁" fit ▁and ▁worth ie ▁to ▁be ▁published ". ▁ ▁Histor ian ▁Stephen ▁P um f rey ▁has ▁suggested ▁that ▁B rom ley ▁and ▁Al th am ▁worked ▁closely ▁with ▁Pot ts ▁in ▁the ▁writing ▁of ▁The ▁Wonder full ▁Disc over ie ▁" to