Casebooks

RN Rich Denton quærit vtrū Thomas Denton sit liberatus ab oni veneficio Ap 15. ♀ h. 2. 30 p m. 163i

RN M^r Filpot myster y^t came to see me Quærit^r vtrū veneficiū v^l maleficiū passa octob. 8 ☾ h. 3. p m 1632

Mres Ioane Duncōbe of Turweston 25 {sic} /32\ y

RN M^r Poulton |of london serv to old M^r Stas of london| sent to me in the behalfe of some y^t by witchery had lost there sight Aug 30. ☿. h. 0 12. 1609¹

RN Katherin Persivall of old S{trat}ford 18 y. decēb. 9 h {sic} {hor} 4. 38 \50/ p m 16i5

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 My lady Tirrle of Lechāsteede sent vnto me her husb. wat^r sine consensu. to know vtrū venef peior fiat novēb |30| h {sic} hor. 12. 20 p m 1605.

RN A womā of Stratford broght a litle child a v {sic} xj weeks old would sucke other bodyes teates but not hers very vnquiet & crying. hath a great cold Aug 11. ☉ h. 1. \25/ p m. 1622¹

RN a womā of Newp brought a child of 4 weekes old Decēb 29 ♀ h. 12. 1626. sup on goody Bechā Did harme it

the child wasteth & cōsumeth & so did another of her child y^t dyed before

RN Margaret Burchmore. 32. of hanslop Iuly 5. die ♄. hor. 1. 20 p m. 1600 metuit maleficiū vx maritꝯ  vxore sine consensu /

Margaret Inges./

Alce Dodsley. mater illus {sic} venefic{a}|ij| arguebat^r

RN Clem Tarry wife

Clement Tarry chāberlyn to the Lord of Peterborough. for his wife Susan 50 y Aug. 25 ☉ h. 5. 30 p m. 1633

RN a young mā of Bothon in Huntington shire 26 y was brought sine cōsensu feb r 20. ☿ h. 2. 45. p m. 1605. strangly tormented by witchraft sinc shreve{illeg}|tue|sday Shelton the witch in prison¹

RN Ma\r/y Stapleton 7 y f {sic} Ian. 5. ☉ h. 4 30 p m. 1612. pater sine cōsensu.

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 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

RN Iohn Malins a yere & a quarter lacking a fortnight as it were pined in all her lims & bodye hed a poer bare creature. cannot sleepe not at any time in a moneth or fortnight but crye and Drinke mater adduxit se{cū} filiolā veret^r ne sit maleficio v^l veneficio afflictus. Decēb. 7. die ♃ hor. 3. 30. mi. 1598 very short winded.

RN Mres Elenor Aylet of magdalen laver 30 y Iuly 19 ♀ h. 1. 45 p m 1633 |in Essex.|

supposeth her selfe to be bewitched her first husb was witched to Death she her Daughter Elis: & her old serv Fayth Sage y^t is mayed {sic} not well

was better till this fortnight sinc Rebecca write was at her house

sinc hath bene troubled in her milke & making of cheese her milke sowrs & her cheese w^th an ill sent

she hath a great heate vppon her & is wonderous ill

her daughter mres Elis. not well

her husb is troubled w^th a great heate her old serv. maryed hath a great heate & sweat her cows in her yard are taken lame & there milke dryed