Casebooks

RN M^r Bouth {hering} of {sic} h|y|^t his wife is mistaken in her c{ere}t tooked it impatiently & was troubled in his hed & could not rest well y^t night Octob 29 ♃ h. 5. 30 20 p m 1618. quærit^r de eius vxore quando deo volente parturit

RN Williā Palmer bereaved of his sences sometimes {t}alketh well & discreetely sometimes very f vainly & foolishly: vseth to lie a bed for the space of a moneth of 26 yeres of Grounden. h {sic} a batchelor this 2 yeres. he gave his word for xx^li & Driven to pay it some suppose this to have crased his minde. Ap. 2i. die ♄ h. 4. 20. mi p m. 1599.

RN Robartus Haz|s|elwood 20 y Ap. 26. ♀ h. 4. p m 1605. |of haversham newly maryed weepeth & greeveth mynd mutch Disquieted.|

RN M^r Will Bouth troubled w^th most filthy cogitations novēb. 24 ♂ h. hor {sic} 4. p m 1618. was marvelous ill afflicted w^th filthy thoughtꝭ

RN M^r Page of Oxford a noice in his head it made him mad & w^th mutch a doe cured now craveth my helpe & counsell & would come over Ap 13 h {sic} hor 7. 15 ant m. 1622¹

RN Rebecca Barber of luton 24 y Ian. 21. ♃ h. 10. 30 ant m. 1608.¹

high coloured.

RN Henry Tomson of lowton. 25 y {T} Septemb. 2 ☾. h. 12. 1611.

mopish & foolish almost every day alike. & will laugh at his owne folly.

RW M^ris: Anne Barker of Bar{illeg}|k|amsteede beyonde {Sen}ley. y. 26. d. ♀. h: 1. 30. p: m: Feb: 25. 1620. mente turbata: melancholica.

RW M^ris Iane Parkins of Dunstable y. 26. d. ♀ h: 10 ant: m: Martij 10. 1620. much afflicted in bodie & minde: troubled with melancholie

RN Andrew Hill of Hardnā 26 ♀ Iune 17. ♀. h. 11. 20 ant m. 1631.

neyther wit nor meanes

fell ill in 30 of may wits & mynd troubled Is watched.

ready to mischance his mother him selfe day was so & did so & night |frater  fratre sine cōsensu|

RN Elisabeth Honour of Woulverton about 26 maried this 2 or 3 yeres. shee is lunatick & hath not the vse of her wits. about 3 a clock in the after noone 26 of Septemb. die ♂ they cam to my howse but I was not at home they came agayne about 9. 15 in moring {sic} w^th her consent

RN Alce Vans of Philgrave light headed despereth & sayth shee is cast away at 2 Ian 4 die ♃ h 2.

GJ M^rs mary woodward of Easton Maudit 20 y. feb. 21 ♃ ho. 9: 45 a m. 1605

Taken w^th Desperate fittꝭ her first fitt began on tuesday last. tooke a conceit tly by hearing of m^r Isakꝭ daughters of Fensham who as they report are possessed, & tly ex impatientia amoris

RN Ione Dickings of Stocke golding 20 y Iune 22 ☾ h. 8. 50 ant m 1607. frigted or haunted w^th some ill sprite mopish wōt to Drowne her selfe |suspecteth on lanckford min onc curat of b|w|oulv^rton. nev^r well since he was there.|

deus eius nostri miserat^r. in p^rsenc mopish sottish laugheth looketh well.

RN Mary Carter of great Stouton troubled in mynd /27 y\ march. 26 ☿ h. {♀} 12. 30 a|p| m 1617 |I forgot to set {it} at y^t tyme|¹

RN goody Ekens water sent me her water Iuly 31. {illeg}|♀| h. 9. 38 ant m 1618.

light headed always prating

RN My Lord would have me to pray & read the prayers of the cōon booke & ended well, then he would take that booke & say the visit of the sick & suddenly was taken w^th an extreme furious passionate fit h. 7 ant m 1623.

my lord Purbecke Aug. 18 ☾ h. 7 ant {m} 1623.

my lord Purbeck 21 y. h 12 \6. 45/ in m {sic} 1623

after prayer asso{one} as he him self{e} would have rea{de} the visitation of {the} sick fell into {a} desp fur. fit¹

RN Martha Gyn of Antstay in Hartford sheer 27. y octob 23. ♂ h. 4. 39 p m 1632 /mynd troubled\ |3 child & one of 8 weekes next thursday another suckling it|

RN M^r Will: Davys of great Milton 28. y Ap 5 ♀. h. 8. 20 ant m 1633.

mayed {sic} 5 y hath a daughter 4 y him selfe a goodly  tale mā. will sometyms be very froward & somewhat furious |sine consens:| /hath bene great swagg & drinker\ /5. yers ill\

RN M^r Woullyston Ap 4 ♃ h 7 p m 1622

a purg dyet drink the {lees} of the mother & convulsion are all turned vp to the brayne mopish will not give on word leane /sine consensu.\

he sendeth only for stuffe to make a dyet drink to be delivered vnto Mres mockete at Barnet./