Casebooks

RN Aug. 15 {illeg}|♃| I felt a \new/ payne in the calfe of my leg w^ch I nev^r felt before. a toode came out of the wall at the same tyme./

Aug 16 ♀ h. 8. quærit^r ant m 1605 an venefic tangat^r

RN Edward Child lyeth very strangly handled. as on y^t were bewitched stragling biting catching & sighing 2 y. old Iune 11. ♂ h. 8 38. ant m 1611.

SF m^r Eveling at 50 p 8. 5 Ilij {sic} ☿ an’ m’ vtrm {sic} sit venif

RN Goody Thornes child of Sherington 10 y haunted as it would seeme w^th some ill thing a longe tyme & will goe it knoweth not wheath^r. & lye out of dores./ can fynd no helpe./

RN Ione Dickings of Stocke golding 20 y Iune 22 ☾ h. 8. 50 ant m 1607. frigted or haunted w^th some ill sprite mopish wōt to Drowne her selfe |suspecteth on lanckford min onc curat of b|w|oulv^rton. nev^r well since he was there.|

deus eius nostri miserat^r. in p^rsenc mopish sottish laugheth looketh well.

RN Alce Risely of Wodell 23 y on palme sonday next: Ian. 9. {illeg}|♃| hor 8 ant. m. 1611 {sic}.

RN Mres \Mary/ Bartholomew \or Isaac/ of Oxford {illeg}|4|0 y sept 20 ☿ h. 8. 20 ant m 1620 |troubled w^th her old infir{mity}|

maleficiū suspicat^r

RN Iames Smyth of Broughton natus march 2i ☿ h. 3 p m 162i but his godfather m^r Wilson came in his behalfe affirming y^t the child was bewitched by an old {illeg}|b|ad womā of the towne Iuly 25 ☿ h 8 ant m 162i

RN A poor mā of London for his melanch wife who suadeth her self y^t I cā helpe her. Iune 26 ☿ h. 8 {illeg}|2|5 ant m 1622

mutch melanch supposeth |y^t| she is beworded & y^t I can helpe her./

RN Ellen Roobottā of Huntingdon 13 y march 22^th ♂ h. 8. 40 p|a|nt m 1625 |13 y 2 days before S^t Th his day on ☾ h. 10 30 ant m.|

RN Williā Browne of Grafton 3 quarters taken w^th a skrea{ming} on about Easter & burneth. sent to m{e} Sept. 11. ♃ h. 8 {ant} m 1628

mother suppose{th it} to be bewitch{ed} it doth skrea{me} mutch

RN Edw. Hawkins of Marston 5 y Ap 27 h {sic} hor. 8 ant m 1633 a palsy howse hanted had a Sigill

RN An Gale vtrū debet esse nutrix to the young lady S^r Edw Gostickes sonne next child. Iune 8. ant m. 162i

Ellen Warner/ metuit ne {audie} \puella/ mulier aliqua venefica qualiū impediet. |{in her fit}|

deus Elohim Iehova dest\inat/ om̄ malef.

RN Iohn Marshe of Barnet 50 y. distempered in mind ob {l} {sic} veneficiū. et {vutpō} immisse in domū eius. feb. 18 die ☾ h. 8. ant m. 1600. filius  patre /Lunatice\

RN Goody Marshall {sic}\chall/ of newp susp on Buckinghās daughter called goody Howet to have harmed her husb. who is sick of the new ague sept 30 ☾ h 8 ant m 16i6.

RN Goody Knights child 9 y feb. 22. ♃ h 8 ant m. 1627 |falling sick a burning feaver|

witch feared by her mother

RN Aug. 23. ♃ h 7

Aug. 23. ♃ h 7 p m 1627. |make y^r oynt adv^rsus veneficiū|

RN katherin prentice of Houghton va. 43 y Iune 6 ☿ h. 8. ant m. 1632 |back belly & sydes|¹

water good

was p^rsent

RN Michaell Ringborough caryed his Child Th: Ringborough. to Elis Garband house an alehouse to Drink & feareth lest she should hurt his child w^ch was neav^r well sinc could {illeg}|g|oe now loveth to lye all on the backe

RN Goodman Honour of Newport for his wife who hath bene longe sick & is nowe very exceeding ill h {sic} as her husband telleth me. hanc male suspicant^r de veneficio

Elisabeth Buckingham. Otherwise Honour about 50. a great pulling in her left syde w^c maketh her to Crye/

shee is not able to styrre no meate will tary w^th her. shee goeth not onc in a sennet to ground very costive & mutch bounde. 27 of Decēb. die ☿ h. 8. 45. ant m. 1598. /complayneth of her hart chest left arme.\