Casebooks

RN Octob. 5. die ♃ h. 8. 50. mi I wrote a letter to the cōmissary in the behalfe of Goody Gadstone of Rawneson who is mutch Disquieted by the vicer M^r P. {sic} t Tricket for payment of tithes I d{eman}d {sic} Demaund what successe this is leekly to obtayne 1598. h. 8. 45. mi. ant m

RN Harry Bennet a maried man this 12 yeres sick this moneth yet walketh abroad M^r Hipwells servant hath bene troubled with blood he hath vomited it vpw & downward. Decēb. 4 die ☾. h. 1. 38

RN Iohn Smithe sent to me & his man came to Stanton where I then was for he was extreeme sick & very leekly to dye the 2{illeg}|8| of decemb: 1598 a {sic} betwixt 1 & 2

RN on of Northcrowly was before the commissary cited to purg him selfe on his oathe that he was not the father as he was chardged by the corrupt virgine but yet could not greatly denye but that he had bene wanton with her. Ian. 24 die ♃ hor. 3 p m. 1600. nos inquirimus ex nobis an sit verus pater et vitiavit nūqud {sic} magist^r.

hath some 9 or 12 days at the vtmost to be delivered.

RN Susan Blundell

About the 10 of August die ♃ h. 5. 32. mi. fam meus dixit me habere vitul’ ægrotū se velle occid 1598. quæro m et caus infor. meū

RN Margeret Brace of Carington about 30 yeres old. Octob 6 die ♀ h 1|9|. \9/. 38. sick for this 3 weekes. 1598. speachles & almost Dead. about a fortnight a goe. & did bleed wonderfully

this woman sente vnto me by the vicar of Crowly but I would give her nothing vntill I had spoken w^th some y^t knew the state of the woman the vicar sent Iohn ball. the woman mended p^rsently vppon it.

RN novemb. 21. die ♂ h. 11. 3{illeg}|6| 38. {sic} m. M^res vuedales mead came to iustify her self. y^t shee was not w^th Childe & her M^r with her & to chardg me w^th my speach. Novemb. 21. die ♂ h. 11 40|36|. mi. 1598.

RN on y^t taketh Susan Blundell in hand sent for me or at least M^res Blundell quaro {sic} an sit impostor Decemb. 19 die ♂ h. 10. 45. 1598. /Circūforaneus et impostor he would not see me.\

RN Alce mariot \servant/ 13 of March die ♂ h. 9. 30. ant m. for her payne hed & burning w{illeg} scalding watr {sic} 1599. hed & hart. cold windy stomack

RN Iohn Steven M^r Barkers man. 30 yeres old troubled w^th a drie hisking cough & a drines in his throate Apr. 2. die ☾ h. 10. 8 m. p m {sic} 1599.

RN Thomas Willis of Whaddon 34. vnmaried attendant vppō S^r Arthur Savage some thing|k|e the lifting of Syr Arthurs trunckes brought his Deafnes vppon him. came in son to me this 27 of Ap. die ♀ h. 12. 45. 1599:

RN Hugh Williams M^r Staffords man 30. y. for his Chest & hed. may the 22 die ♂ h. 6. 45. p m. 1599

RN Ian. 30 die ☿ h 3. 15 pm Goody Robinson the old woman told me howe her husb: was vsed by M^r Vuedale as also howe Woodfild that kept her sheepe had lost on of her sheepe & would nowe keepe them no longer. 1600

RN Frauncis Engolsby of Lenborowe. {illeg}|a|bout i0. sick this 5 weekes weddensday or thursday next keepeth his bed ever sinc almost & could nev^r goe fath^r sent his water by his master. Aprill 7. die ♄. h. 5. 45. m p m. 1599 cannot take his wind lyeth on his left syde but cannoot {sic} on his right syde.

RN The surgions in Oxford began to cut M^r Thomas Longfilds head & afterward seered his scull & afterward Did Drill his skull that is poure vppō his skull some corrosives that so they may {sic} g|m|ight get out a bladder w^c they thought caused his madnes. but he the {sic} begā to cut his head the 5 of Decēb. die ☿ h p m 3. 30. mi. 1599. but he dyed the weddensday moneth after or the tuesday