1855, Edwin Waugh, Sketches of Lancashire Life and Localities, p. 25:There is a little fold, called ‘Prickshaw,’ in this township of Spotland, which fold was the home of a notable country astrologer, in Tim Bobbin's time, called ‘Prickshaw Witch.’ Tim tells a humourous story in his works, about an adventure he had with this Prickshaw planet-ruler, at the old Angel Inn, in Rochdale.
1971, Keith Thomas, Religion and the Decline of Magic, Folio Society 2012, p. 614:In the late nineteenth century white witches were still sometimes known as ‘planet-rulers’.
2005, Owen Davies, Murder, Magic, Madness, p. 35:Other ‘planet rulers’, who may or may not have extended their services beyond astrology and herbalism were James Trenham and Alfred Broughton.
