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CASE51934: Horary consultation concerning Mary Bettle (PERSON44108)

Question asked by the patient on 17 January 1621 at 15:40

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Richard Napier Thomas Bettle of Bozeat most dogged to his wife as on hanted wth an ill spirit & loveth a wench in the towne. hath beyond the seas done some desp deede & rā into England curseth & bā{re}th & threatneth his wife his wife signifyed this vnto me Ian 17 ☿ h. 3. 40

he beateth her ill most cōtinually

Mary Betle his wife

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 233, f. 36r (bottom left part of page)

Cite this as: Lauren Kassell, Michael Hawkins, Robert Ralley, John Young, Joanne Edge, Janet Yvonne Martin-Portugues, and Natalie Kaoukji (eds.), ‘CASE51934’, The casebooks of Simon Forman and Richard Napier, 1596–1634: a digital edition, https://casebooks.lib.cam.ac.uk/cases/CASE51934, accessed 29 October 2026.