Casebooks

RN Ione Sparke of Blund|h|am maried hath 5 child 40. y. Octob 6. ♄ hor 6 40. ant m. 1604. brought a bed 9 days sinc & was well. & now was ill & raveth & rageth & speaketh foundly & cā take no sleepe

RN Henry langton of Moulsoe 1 y. & halfe maij 19 ☿ hor. 11. 40 36. ant m 1602 fell sick vppon weddensday last & starteth mutch & is fearfull & sleep{illeg}|y|.

RN Francis Smyth of S^t yeades 16 y Iune 10 ☿ h. 7. 15 ant m 1629.

sinc thursday satt was very sleepish & heavye

RN Francis Abrahā of Gothurst a Hayword & hogward 40|2| y Ian 15 {sic} ☾ h. 9. 40 ant m 1615. cānot sleepe.

RN Herry Goodmā of Raunson 16 y Sept 5 ☿. h. 10. ant m 1632. /cānot sleepe\¹

RN Samuel Tracely of Olny 28 y Ian. 21. ☾ h 8. 30 ant m 1633

a rūning mynd vp & downe & cā not rest any where nor sleepe hath bene lately delivered out of prison & will break windows & doe mutch harme

RN Elis knight a sick soule of newp apt to slepe. every |32 y next monday. afternoone h. 3. p m| may 9. 20 \10 ♀ hor 9. 20/. ant m 1611.

RN M^r Foukes kinsman came & told me y^t there brother rageth & waxeth furious & sayth y^t they will poyson him A {sic} cānot rest nor sleepe Aug 3 h {sic} hor 8. 20 ant m 1633

RN My Lady Wentwort for a new serv 36 y Iune 30 ☾ h. 11. ant m 1623. /{of} Tyddington\ a burning feaver. cānot sleepe hed troubled w^th fancyes

GJ Lettice Ball of Nash 17 y Apr. 18. ☾ ho 11. 45 a m 1603. Quærit whether any evill tongue have power over her. Cannot sleepe is light headed & sometymes talkꝭ Idly

GJ Thomas Dearmore of Lowten 33 y. Octob. 7 ♀ ho 10. 10 a m. 1603. quærit^r vtꝝ evadet A lightnes in his head cannot sleepe. Talkes Idly

RN M^r Woullystan of London  vxore extreely mad cānot rest nor will eate novēb 10. h hor 8. 50 ant m 162i

M^r Woullyston of London for his wife mad y^t cānot sleepe eate nor Drinke novēb. 10 h {sic} hor: 9. ant m 162i |will not eate.|

wheather her vomyts will serve & the liquid

RN Mres Mathew of Broden for her sone & hayre M^r Iohn mathew 8 yers old in cleare Lent the first sonday

subiect to melancholy he {illeg} sleepeth mutch & seemeth to be aguish subiect to melancholy \delighteth in nothing/ will t {sic} no stomack Aguish

RN Maud Richardson of ShuttleAnger stoack parish 18 y martij 8 ♃ hor 11. 30 ant m 1604 a poer wench fatherles head very light cānot sleepe ever sinc weddensdy last was fortnight.

RN Goody Abry of Woburne 44 y Aug 29 ☾ h. 7. 45 ant m 1608 |faynt & feeble cānot sleepe./|

RN Iohn Gostiloe of Densang{er} 34 y Iuly 23 ☾ h. 7. 30 ant m 1610

to cure sleepe hed disq. stomack hote mynd mightely troubled

RN Goody Kent of Padbery craved something to make her sleepe mutch troubled in mynd & feareth y^t she shall kill her selfe as her father did drowne him selfe. novēb. 19 ♃ h 9 ant m 1618 was here p^rsent

Mary Hardinge of Shiddlington 18. y. Iuly. 23. ☾. h. 8. 30. a. m. 1632 maryed at Christmas last pained in her Heart & stomack hath litle or noe appetite to her meate, cannot sleepe, ill 3 weekes. RN /standeth as on in a trance\

RW M^ris Godwine of Cardington. y. 39. d. ♂ h: 9. 40 ant: m: Feb: 29. 1620. hath had a cold 3 weekꝭ: & a great cough: w^ch settled to her right |left| side: but is removed frō thence: Cryeth out of her heart: & sayth it swimmeth in water: is much plexed & troubled. cannot sleepe nor take rest for 4 nights now togither. her stomacke is so ill that she can not take anie thinge but posset ale & broths.

RN M^r Tyrringhās mead of Tyrringhā 24 y Ian. 13 ☉ h. 9. ant m 1605. suffocat matricis strange fits eith^r of moth^r or apop. litharg.¹