Casebooks

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.

RN My H lord strangly & desperately taken Iu Easter Eve last being h {sic}. h 12. at night Apr 4. h {sic} hor. 12 at midnight 1629

RN M^r Wallys in Mres Pantōs behalfe being strangly visited quærit vtrū mrs Panton nō sit passa veneficiū Iuly 30. ♀ h. 7. ant m 16i9

RN M^r Pow my L. Purbecks serv: for his frinds child octob 16 ♃ h. 6 p m 1623

The child borne a yere old. Convuls.

Iohn Rainte was borne miklemas was twelfmonth on miklemas Day last was twelfmonth h 4 p m. 1622 strangly handled

Iohn Raunt of London a yere old last miklemas troubled w^th convulsi{ons} octob 16 ♃ h. 6 p m 1{623}

M^r Pue my lord Purbe{ecks} serv: for this child

RN My Lord p^rs sorely griped Ian 29|8| ♂ \☾/ h. 9. 20 \13. p 13. p m/ ant m {sic} 1628 strangly handled & had may {sic} good stooles on after another

RN On of Houghton Bedford 20 y malig feaver Sept 4. ☉ h. 7. Ant m 163i /strangly taken sinc yest\ |malig feaver|

RN feb. 4 his wife his boy & his child strangly taken w^th vomyting feb. 4. h. 3. p m 1633. /the gearle dyed about y^t tyme\

RN This strang fit of y^e ague tooke Sept 22 ☿ h. 6. 40 p m 1630 |it tooke her yest in great extremity feb malig|

RN Alce Rhodes of Bledloe beyond Alesbury 5 miles May 2. ☉ h. 1. 30 p m 1619 strangly handled ague water lame & thick.

RN Iane Lightfoote nata vppon S^t Iames day about 3 in y^e morning was a {sic} last S^t Iames day a twelfmonth is very sick & lyeth strang & was not signed w^th the signe of the crou|s|se. it the child gnaweth 3 days ill.

RN Mres Haynsworth of Stonystratford 35 y & as mutch as frō the 4 of August last was strangly taken at the hart & did swound often tymes almost Dead Decēb. 9. ☿ h 12 1618.

RN Mres An Goddiar a londyner a widow strang mother fi{ts} {sic} fits 2: y. may 5. ♀ h 7 ant m 1626

Mres An Goddiar \was/ troubled w^th strang fits of the mother mother {illeg} {a} widow her father M^r Bambridg in the Strand agaynst Checker Lane at the signe of the black spread {E}agle may 5 ♀ h 7 ant m 1626

a Daughter of on M^r Iohn Brarmridg now a widow w^th 5 children sent to me 2 y sinc of whom I tooke speciall notes may 5 ♀ h. 7. 30 ant m 1626 mutch like my lady Iennings Daughter Desyreth y^t I should looke over my bookes & send the same things

In the Strand agaynst Checker lane at the blacke spread Eagle

Her name is Anne Goodyeare of the Strand ♀ may 5 ♀. h. 7. ant m 1626

RN Elis Duncōbe of Westing 16 y feb 2 15 ♃ h. 2. p m 1627 sick sinc weddensday on her head & right foote & cā not rest for it by strang fits tingling & ready to flee in peeces

RN Th. Hadyn of Dedington 2 y Iuly 20 {illeg} Iuly 18 ♀ h. 10 ant m 1628 dyed strangly. on sonday of an Impostume & a great bunch.

RN M^r Clement a yorkesheer gentlemā a young mā strangly taken first with a b{ow}ing & now w^th a hard wyndy bunch vnder the bending of his knees hard like a sp{asm}s yet heathy Aug 5 ♂ h. 12. 1628.

craved my consayle

RN Ellen Gybson of morthāpton {sic} 31 y may 26 {illeg}|☿| h. 3. 45 p m 1619 strangly w^th {illeg}|s|welling in her knes & cōtraction of sinowes a long tyne {sic} many medsons applyed litle good

RN Lettice Shermā of Woulv^rton 23 y march 29 ♃ h. 8 9. ant m. 162i

she came heather w^th her mother. strang fits then swoūding in her bed as the falling sicknes or mother.

RN At this tyme was taken in his bed strangly & cānot speak offreth to cast voydeth mutch waterish & reddish water. |did bleed at nose|

RN Frauncis Marshall of Newport very strangly can scarce speake, only maketh signes for water to coole her her mouth is furred white w^th extreeme heate taketh her Drinke by a quill. first bound but y^t I gave her vnbound her nowe in a laske & extreeme hot & drye Decēb. 12. die ♂ h. 9. 30. mi ant m 1598. troubled in her sleepe.

s {sic} husband  vxore sine cōsensu

RN M^r Tyrringhās mead of Tyrringhā 24 y Ian. 13 ☉ h. 9. ant m 1605. suffocat matricis strange fits eith^r of moth^r or apop. litharg.¹