Casebooks

RN ¹h 5 15. post merid die ♀ h. 5. 15. post merid. Ihone Smith venit vt se purgaret a crimine et accusat seu suspicione potius veneficij negat se suem occidisse. venef. emisse

RN An Ioh. B shall have good successe in his sute 1598 Iulij 11. h. ant merid 5. 50. mi 6. die ♂. 5.50. An h. 6. e|s|ed max^e h 7. 5. ant merid an ad fine itineris tinget {illeg}|a|n ad sona veniet et alloquetur nec ne.

RN Ihone Smith sua sponte ad me venit vt se purgaret nō occidisse suē 11 h. 30. m. an suē Cowly occierit

RN 1597 Sept 15 die ♃ Cowlys sowe Died h 9 7 m. ant merid veneficio perempta vt illa suspicatur et malis imp^rcrationibus {sic} diris quæ causa mortis.

RN 1597. Sept. 15 die ♃ h. 8. 30 mi Cow Goody Cowly s{own}ed for deade & halfe an houre after about 9 her sowe died.

RN Raynolds mead came to cleare her selfe 1598. April. 11. die ♂ h. 10. 40. mi. suspected of advltery w^th her m^r had a child but she sayd it was by h {sic} a servāt of the house

Raynolds meaden came to me \when shee intended to receave the comunion/ aft^r shee had her child & had bene out of the parish & came agayne to the towne Apr 11. ♂ h 10. 40 ant m 1604 1598.

RN Ihone Smith came to me qꝛ accusata veneficij. vt se purgaret |1597| Sept. 15|6| die ♀. ♄ {sic}. 11. 55. mi. ant merid.

RN Rich. Bucland2 {sic} 1597 the 20 Octob. die ♃ h. 12. at noone. quærit^r An vivat v^l an vivus v^l mortuus fuerit. certisso indicat eū mortuū esse. / Iohan leache a me quærit an Rich. Buckland sit vivꝯ an mortuus. dico mortuū

RN Will. G: Septemb. 11. die     1597. {sic} sept 11. die ☉. h. 6. 19 m. 7. 5 m venit ad me vt se purgaret a c {sic} suspicione furti. iureiurando negavit se anseres sustulisse./

RN Greg Raynold. 1597. Sept 19. die ☾. h. 3. 50 m. post merid. venit ad nos vt lras n{illeg}ras ad comissariu afferret. et vt se purgaret a crimine advl

cui dixi me libent^r ei lras nostras concessuru, modo ex hac fig. eu ab hoc {illeg}|c|rimine liberum invenirem.

RN Old gooddy Barnwell came to me to purg her selfe of the suspition of venefic imputed vnto her by Blage & Mres Blundell. Ian: die ♂ 24 Ian. die ♂ h 10. ant merid. 1598. {illeg} s{illeg}/

RN Iohan Leagh natus Pistone \lat. 51:/ in comitat Buckingham. 1562. d {sic} maij 19. die ♂ h. 1^a. 5|0| ant merid:

RN Iohn lea. natus Pitstone lat. 51. in comitatu Bucking: 1562|3|. maij 19. die ♂ h. 1^a ant merid: Iunij 1

RN 1598 feb. 22. suspicat^r filia sua suffurata. {sc⁊} marg. Cowly q. an vera sit suspicio h. {sic} die ☿ post {sic} 6. 43|6| mi. an iuramentu sit veru.

RN Ambrose Rudgley came to me for a horse he lost vppon tuesday morning. the 18 of Aprill die ♂ h. 6^ta ant merid. to know whith^r he were lost & or stollen & whether he was strayed.

Ambrose Rudgley enquireth wheath^r he ha west horse be stolen or strayed

RN Maria Smith of Milton my goddaught^r borne novēb 26. ♀ h 8. 30 \h {illeg}/ ant m. 1596.

RN Goddy Cowlyes daughter was borne deade 1597. Iuly 29. h {sic} Iuly 8. die ♀ h 4 {illeg} mi. h. 4. m. 5. h. 3 55 mi. ♄. 4. mi 15.

RN Cowlys daught^r still borne 1597 Iulij 8 die ♀ h 3. 15. m. h. 7 ♄ {sic}

RN Cowlys child 1597. Iuly 8. die ♀ h. 2. 55. h 4. 15. still borne.

RN Rich Napier natus maij 4^to ♃ h 10 a|p| m 1599 in civite Exon in comita{tu} Devon. anno dni 1559. in pr regno Elizab.