Casebooks

RN Iohn Robartꝭ of Olnye a yere & halfe Ian. 12. ♃ hor 3. 20 p m 1604

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 a child 16 weekes o{ld} {sic} old \natus feb/ feb. 20. die ♀ hor 5 ant m 1601. quære nativ.

RN Itm’ Iune 8 die ☾ h. 30 p 12 in meridie fery stroken & pinched sorely black & blewe

RN a litle child of 13 wekes old taken yesterday & strangly. Iune 20 h {sic} hor 5. 4|5|0 p m 1612. like on y^t had y^e palsye

RN Iohn Gadstone of Cole Brayfild 7. y. Iune 26 ☾ h. 9 ant m 1620 /An Capill suspected hath not come to church these 3 yeres\

vtrū patit^r maleficū

RN my Godson Richard Sharpe 6 y a next whitsontyde borne on a ☾ about son rising the ☾ 3 weekes after whitsontyde, mutch troubled about 8 at night in his first sleepe & will rise out of his bed & crye o god, o god & stare & rune about this fortnight is frighted & doth not remēber it march 25 ☾ h. 2. 25 p m 1622 he was p^rsent for halfe a {sic} yere an houre |some ill thing feared|

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

SF Ihon Correll of too yers old / 1601 the 18 of Aprill ♄ an’ m’ at 30 p 9 Diz. et vtrū veneficata n^c nō/

RN Williā Morgan 6|7|. y the sonday aft^r lamas daye. & then lamas day was on frydaye about evening prayer. about 5 p m 1601. 1606. \August: 3. ☉ h. 5. 2|3|0/ 1600 {sic} p m 1600 hath bleede sinc very mutch. waterish blood. ✝ Margery Bagly suspected./

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 Marg. Dixye \Maxye/ tooke away & kii|c|kd|e|d of the sticks of frō the firre {sic} march 12 ♀ h. 10. 45. ant m. 1624 /9 weekes sinc yest tormented\¹

old goody Dixye susp. this womā brought a few sticks & put it on the fire & burned

RN Harry Clarke of Ashon 6 y. swollen in his face cryeth & skriketh. Ian 18 die ♀ h. 12 1. p m. 1600. metunt veneficiū

RN Th. Ashon 6 y sept 9 ♃ h 1 p m 1619 a great cough bad longs Ellen Ashon susp

RN Edw. Pen of old Stratford a yere & halfe & 3 weekes this next sonday about six in the after noone borne. cane {sic} to me Apr. 24 h {sic} hor 11. 15 ant m 1624 on goody Clarke y^t dwelleth had {sic} by he & she Did curse the child 2. y. sinc & neaver sinc but scoureth cōtinually whatsoev^r it teaketh & breaketh out mutch

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 William Tomkins \9 y cānot feed him selfe toucheth his hands & legs ev^r sinc Easter./ Francis Tomkins 17 y {sic} |7 y| a boye Marg. Tomkins 14. y.

Williā Tomkins was stroken suddenly. lame in all his lims & cā speake but a litle y^t on cā scarce vnderstand & when he goeth he rūneth as on y^t should light on his head all halloutyde the weddensday after Alhalloutyde was 4 y. hath bene thick of hearing a weeke & curst w^th all.

his right arme as stiffe as a stake came all to me at onc Iuly 25 h {sic} hor. 12. 40 p m 1629 All of thē p^rsent

Robt Sum̄erly of Doddington 2. y. March 13. ☿. h. 12. 20. p m 1633

simple & mopish, flesh fallen from y^e wast downeward, weak at Knees, & cannot stand. was Sick \at/ a q^rter olde, & was neu^r well since. feareth some ill to\u/ngue. Gadwife Purny Susp.

RN Isbell forman of Ridgmont 6 y. Iuly 12 h {sic} hor. 10. 20|5| p|a|nt m 1606

left hand sore swelled & broken. this 3 quarters of a yere swelled & lately broken

metuit veneficiū Marg Brinckloe or vnderwood now