Richard Chaston

Richard Chaston (1620-95) was a theoretical magician particularly famous for his observations on the nature of fairies; he wrote that both men and fairies had within them "a faculty of reason and a faculty of magic". Men had a naturally strong bent towards reason, and a weak faculty for magic, while it was the other way around for fairies[25].

Chaston was the source of the interesting tale of Duffy of Chesterfield, and the author of several works, including Liber Novus; Mr Norrell considered that his best, however[33].