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