Casebooks

RN Agnys Olny 38 y of Tebworthe in Chalgrave maij 19. ☿ hor. 9. 45. ant m. 1602. /maritus  vxore furiosa et insaniētē sencles hath no vse of her wits. h {sic} light headed\ /a frenticke woman mad & laugh & inc mistermeth.\

RW Ioane Parkinson of Pirton in Hartfordsheire. y. 20. d. ♂. h: 3. 30. p: m: Maij. 1^o. 1627. moopish this tweluemoneth, distracted of her witts: fell ill first vpon a beatinge by her dame: no sence or vnderstandinge at all, nor a word frō her can be gotten vnlesse they anger her, & then she bids a rat on them they trouble her. hath them well. eateth vnreasonably m^r Hamond wrote for her in her behalfe a lustie wench

RN |1598.| Elsabeth Richardson tooke her sicknes the 2 of Iuly die ☉ h. int^r 10 & 11. 10. 30 mi an m. 10. 15. shee hath an idle hed & speaketh foolishnes bereaved of her speach & of her wittes

RN Susan Piggot of {sic} belonging to the lord of kent 18 y Iuly \17./ ☾ h. 7. 20 p m 1609 /M^r Henry piggot her brother  sorore\¹²

RN An Southā of Croaton 33 y May 10 h {sic} hor 10 25 ant m 1623 light headed & vnruly & idle talke & is very furious cānot abyd any prayer to be sayd by her worse when she is bound |would murder her selfe maritus  vxore|

RN Ralph wynter\ton/ fellow of kings college a rare young mā for learning studyousnes & strictnes of life mopish melancholick fell ill by overmutch study & y^t a knight inter{n}ayning him to rede to his sone & yeare mising him 30^l  aiū {sic} put him no mā cā yet leare {sic} the cause after a quart^r of a yere {s} {sic} his father sent for him march 24 ☉ h. 5. 20 p m 1622 |23 y Aug 26. h. 3. 30 p m.|

RN An Parkins of Tachebrooke. 44 y Ap 13 ♂ h. 1. 28 a|p| m 1624 talketh {in}dico{ro}sly & seyeth y^t her child will bagge hath assayed to muder {sic} her selfe {illeg}|t|o Kill her selfe w^th knife & to drowne her selfe but could \not/ Despayreth of her salvature & sayth y^t she did neaver serve god

maritus  vxore vxor suspicat^r maritū quæsiturū auxilū {sic}  vxore

her mother was troubled w^th physick

RN Bridget vstice of Purton in Oxfordsheere 47 y March 9 ☾ h. 4. p. m 1629

Ill in her sences & light headed a mayden /mater  filia\

RN Frauncis Tomson by her husband of lowton 30 of March. die ♀ h. 12 30. mi.  morbo. 1599 caput phantastijs melancholicis laborat. timore spiritu’. 42. yeres. /muscam metuit et {muo}rē\

RN An Coo of Northāpton octob. 28 ☾ h. 3. 15 p m 1622 |gydines of Brayne of a rawe rheumatick stomacke.|

mad f|&| foolish. 16|5|. y.

nata Decēb. 6. h. 12 nocte. 1606. |idle hea{ded} was p^rsent| |not well sinc she was litle satt. {sic}| 7. y. very ill.

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 M^r kinge m^r whaly & the rest of the lecturers of Toceter sente vnto me that I would come over to see M^r Iansone a minister y^t is {sic} lyeth as it were in a despayre & cannot be comforted. by a letter Octob. 10 die ♄ hor. 6. 30 p m. 160i quæro vtru sit pos morbꝯ eius sit curabilis nec ne. freneticꝯ. desperabundus.

GJ Alice Harvy of North crowly 27 y Aug: 25 ♃ ho. 8. 45 a. m. 1608

Quærit^r conjux ejus vtꝝ sit gravida Troubled in mynde, would fayne go home to her owne house, now being at Filgrave as|w^t|^h her mother, but cannot be quiet in mynde. /

RN Edmund Wootton of sawcy forest 30 y May 27. h {sic} hor. 4. p m. 1609 |p mer vxor  marito lunatico soror  fratre. sine consensu./|¹²

RN Agnys Write of Arklebery 12 y lay the sonday after last Christmas h 8 3 9. 30 p m nata but her father sent for her & sayth y^t on strooke her by the way like a man in a shadow at night & cryed out but noe mā could be seene & sick sinc it every d|o|ther day & will eate litle & talke fondly

RN Henry Tomson of lowton 26. y. Iuly a batcheler. August 1. ♃. h. 12. 1611.

Distēpered in his wits. pater  filio sine consensu./.

RN An Cloude of Newport 35 yeres old sickned the 12 of Decemb came to me the 20 of decēb. die ☿ h. 1. 50. 1598. maritꝯ  vxore. fell into a traunc vppon satterd night & so continued vntill sunday night & revived again

RN Thomas Longfild of Brodwell 26. lunaticꝯ Sept. 24 die ☾. h: 5. p m. 1599 |vxor  viro sine consensu|¹

RN Robartꝭ Malins the sonne of old Thomas Malins died poysonig him selfe for that he could not mary w^th a a mayd y^t {eith^r} he loved extremely as some suppose 1590 die ♀ d Sept. 18. die ♀ h. 3. 30. mi. nos quærimꝯ morbū. h 2 15 mi. I was at the house & did see him fome at mouthe

RN Mres Blundell brought her Daughter to me who semed to knowe me although shee could not speake 1598 die Martij die ☿ h 11. 48. mi 52|4| {sic} 54 mi excrementa emittit voluntarie {sic}./