Casebooks

RN 1598. Goody Barwell came to me to have my counsell 10^th of March. die ♀ h. 11. 30.

an susp. sit vera./ an sit venef as I thinck the young woman.

RN Belys wife for her child of 8 y. taken in the head. feareth lest bespok by Rid{es} wife because ever sinc{illeg} there falling out hath bene so evill handled a very good wat^r. Sept 18 die ♂ h. 7. 30. ant m. 1599

RN Ione Carter of widowe of husb. Crowly 50 yeres old. Octob. 6 die ♄ hor. 9 ant m. 1599.

RN Agnes Halton 4 yeres old. on good friday last. Decēb. 12. die ☿ h. 10. ant m 1599.

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

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 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 Thomas Marcholl for his daughter in law Alce Mason w^thout her consent who is straingly handled Iane Warren suspected to bespeake it. 27 of feb. die ♂ h. 9. 7. 1599. Dorothy Sumner. suspected.

RN An Blinkinsop 45|6| of Moursley sick this fortnight l {sic} will not keepe her bed though very sick the 5 of Marche die ☾ h. 1. 1599 Margery Meane Ward susp venef.

RN Dorothy Stoe of the forest of Whittlewoode. 32|4|. sick this twelmoneth. water ye {sic} yellow & good. white and gravelly in the bottome & before it was red not able to travell. pale coloured & corpulent in body & face. March 8 die ♃ h. 12. 15. 1599. h. 12. 55. very yellow water.¹

RN Goody foukes of Newport 55. very ill: Sept. 29 die ♄ h. 7. 30 ant m. 1599.

SF Iean knight of baldock of 43 yeres 1597 the 14 of Iulij ♃ p m’ at / 30 p 3 / diz. & wher she be forspoken by katerin bigraue/ the wif of Ihon bigraue of bald/¹

RN Iohn Willet Wolhed of Woulverton 20 yeres old quærit morbū causā eius remediū. August 25. die ♀ h. 6. 27. m. 1598. he tooke fr {sic} his sicknes at s die ♂ 22 of Aug about 6 p 6 post merid.

RN Gesp^r Gadstone of Sawcy forrest 55. wheath^r bespoken or no of Ione Dustin. \vnmaried & her Aunt/ Dodslyes wife. for his finger prickt w^th a naile a nale thorough the finger sore ranckled. Martij 22 die ♃ h. 10. 15. 1599.

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 Susan Blundell toke her fit by some foolish vision & sight at what time she laughed & sawe Goody Greene & goody Nichols flinging of trenchers & when it tooke her as they say shee cryed out vppon Goody Barnwell. the 13 of Novemb. die ♄. h noctis circ 12 1596.

Susan Blundell

RN Mary pen of Stony stratford 29 yeres taken speachles & shaking & throtte{illeg}|ll| & rore & burne. thus taken the 22^th day of August. about 10 a clock at night die ☿ ♄ {sic}. 10. at night 1599. maritꝯ  vxore

RN Margaret fowler of Newport of 30 yeres old. sick a longe time about his|er| hart & every ioynt & a great payne in her hed of long time. {t}|c|omplayned on thursdaye last

Margaret fowler of Newport vnmaried of 40 30 yeres old sick a long time in hed hed {sic} & hart & hath a great reume come over her eyes for this longe time complayneth sinc thursday last about 12 at midnight. die ♃ novemb 16. die ♃. h. 12. at midnight 1598. they feare lest shee be bewitched of H.

RN Robart Kent of Walton 2 yeres old. on friday afore Christmas. about 11. 30. mi. consumed to nothing had a bunch vppon his thiges {sic} broken out & pined any face the best t of him. Ap. 9. die ☾. h. 10. 25|30|. mi 1599. cannot stande. nor goe very well. it doth cough. Katherine Parkins gave thē hard wordes.

RN Williā C {sic} Kilpine hath his beasts w^ch die vnd^r his s {sic} hand very strangly & sodenly quaking & trembling hath lost 7 beastꝭ & 2 mares moved his q. at: 14 of May die ☾ h. 7. 6. 30. 1599

Agnes Campion.