Casebooks

RW Hugh Quicke of Clifton r{a}{i}{g}nes came w^th his wife, who was much trou{ble}{d} in minde & often times tempted (shee sayd) w^th an e{u}ill spirite to doe her selfe a misc{h}eife./ shee suspected a man & his wife in that {to}{wne}./ & when she{illeg} came home from mee she{illeg} tould her neighbours that I shewed her that {monster} in a glasse. but shee lyed./ d. ♂ h: 10. ant: {m}: Feb: 21. 1615. they came vnto me./

RN Mres Kent of {sic} may 10 ☾ h. 3 p m 1619 \was p^rsent/ |she & her husb came together| /haunted by some evill thing\

RN on Savage of Tiffild came to me for his Daughter of 23 y troubled in mynd by a dreame y^t Sathan put into her head by w^ch by fits she is sorely troubled novēb. 9 ☿ h. 2. 30 p m. 1625

RN Perkins a woman crased haunted by a sprite venit ad me quærens morbum 1597 maij 6. die ♀ hora 5. 15. m \hora {sic}/ 4: 45. |w^th love crased|

RN Ione Ring Morten \Ringe/ of Cranfeild Disquieted in minde. came her selfe to me this 5 of may die ♄ h. 2. 15. mi. p m. 1599. amis ever sinc miklemas. 36 yeres. hath buried her {sic} first husb. & child

RN Iohn Beech not farre frō Luton came to me from my house at Linford to London to ta|l|ke w^th me & to have my counsell Apr 18. ☾ hor. 11. 30. ant m. 1603.¹

RN Alce Dobs of great Billinge 40 y. Iuly 15. ♀. h. 12. 25. p m 1608 /in p^rsenc\¹

RN Mres Isaac of Oxford y^t came w^th m^res Mocket mary {sic} 26 ☉ h. 4. 30 p m. 16i6. |venef metuit| /cānot abyde to goe abroad in y^e day to look vppō on but only at night\

RN Iane Cuknole of Torceter 28. ever sinc candlemas. lunaticke came in her owne son to me this 20 of Apr. at 7 p m 1599. \die ♀./ lunatick & sometimes dombe h|w|ill not cōverse w^th her husb. hateth her children/

RN M^r Georg Baker of Cranfild 30. y h. {sic} at night a new yeres eve h. 6. 30 p m came to me Iune 19 h {sic} hor 11. 30 ant m 1630

mopish sottish would have his fath^r to mary him & to have his land made ovꝭ to him

RN Phylip Hatly 35 y march 16 ♀. h. 5. 30 p m. 1621 Martij 16 ♀. h. 5. 30 p m 1621 /full of melancholy & thin\ /came hither in his owne sone\

GJ Sibill Fisher of Cokenho 23|4| y August 1. ☾ ho 12 15 p. m. 1603

Light headed laug{illeg}|h|es, but at first tooke it w^th a weeping lookꝭ ghastly. \a/ fleering lookꝭ settꝭ her teeth. one night did nothing but sweare and curse /

Sibill Fisher she knowes not of her husbandꝭ cōming for her, knowes nobody they bynde her handꝭ and feete. when she is loose she is so strong that they cannot Deale w^th her. singꝭ idle songꝭ. Desyres to daunce. She had 2 midwives the first vnskilfull the 2 froward & would not meddle w^th her because she was not first sent her, suspected to be a witche, the woman well layd but a weeke after fell into these fittꝭ & at first speaking of her 2 midwyfe sayd. what doest thou there w^th thy blacke hen. & such like speeches

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RN A{illeg}|g|nys Richards of Kettering 32. tuesd before palme sonday at twelfe at night her mother came for her w^th out her knowledg May 3. ☉. h. 8 50 ant m 1629¹

RN Mres Aylet Elner Aylet of Magdalen Laver in Essex 40. May 16 ♃ h 7 ant m 1633

came into my p^rsenc w^th there waters

her daughter Elenor Aylet 17 y mopish & idle headed for 4 yeres & her shoulder bone come out & goeth crooked

had a great cold in her head & cānot be removed

her mynd troubled w^th div^rse conceits & feares

very healthfull in her body.

RN Paul Robinson of Bo Warington 46 y may. 12 h {sic} hor. 11. 12 162i

RN Rich. Hayward of Harold 40 y Iune. 7. ♀ h. 1. p m. 1622. |he was p^rsent|¹

RN He came agayne for his brother Williā Hall 21 y. Aug. 14. ♂ h. 9. 40 ant m 1627. sine consensu

RN Williā Peeter of Puddington 20 y. Iune on borne on Easter weddensday {illeg} {sic} in the fore noone came to me for my counsell Iune 10 ♃ h. 11. 3|4|0 ant m 1619

RN Elis: Le king of great paxon of Huntindon sheere. 36 y a fortnight before miklemas on a fryday morning came to me May 29. ☿ h. 2 p m. 1622. /she was p^rsent her selfe.\

Elis king of great Paxon 36 y may 29 ☿ h. 2. p m. 1622

RN Henry Fish^r 40 y my man will. vnckle Apr 8. {h}|☾| hor. 7. 30 ant m. 1605. brought again his water. being not well. |metuit veneficiū|¹