Casebooks

RN Gryphen Crocker of litle Kymble 60 y. Decēb. 3. ♄ hor. 9. 50 ant m. 1603. his eyesight blasted on \fayled him/ y^t by litle he knoweth not howe

his grond is haunted & treasure is hid there as the report goeth.

there is hard mutch musicke & melodye. |this Gryphen Crocker dwelleth in y^t house hath seene lightꝭ.| the son of Elsborough 16|7||8| y sinc delivered a note out of a booke vnto Henry Gynger y^t now dwelleth at wiggynto in hartford sheere an old man of 80 yeres. as followeth.

Elsborough church & litle Kymble church of the right syde of the way betw even against the castle hill ther lyethe of gold & sylver & Iewels brasse & pewter a weane load layd in by lord Everet knotsby & his man at the conquest this was all y^t was delivered him in a note w^ch he lost willing him to enquire furth^r for he him selfe saw often a great light w^ch hath bene seene since by many sinc his death. & sometymes there will appeare a thing leeke a blacke hogge & very lately seene a \white/ catt w^th a marvelous long & great teale w^ch rāne into a pond musick hard lately by Crockwell & his wife & children.

Henry Ginger w^th in those 2 yeres when some came to seek this treasure saw a white bullocke w^thout ye eares & hornes. & others saw a feare gentlewomā. a lyon an Antlop a fyer {sic} w^th a gray cloke cast vppō his shoulders. but none could fynd the treasure./

RN Rich. Nuttoll of Calverton schole mast^r a curate came to se me August 13 ♃ hor. 1. p m. 160i vnmaried a traveler.

RN On Chambers \a vagrant fellowe./ came to me Octob. 8 ♃ hor 6. 15. p m. 16{illeg}|0|i he sayd he was a minister & destitute of mony but was a wandring merchat {sic}

RN M^r kinge m^r whaly & the rest of the lecturers of Toceter sente vnto me that I would come over to see M^r Iansone a minister y^t is {sic} lyeth as it were in a despayre & cannot be comforted. by a letter Octob. 10 die ♄ hor. 6. 30 p m. 160i quæro vtru sit pos morbꝯ eius sit curabilis nec ne. freneticꝯ. desperabundus.

RN M^r Bradley son of Simpson for his mā y^t was 2 y henc maryed in y^t towne for a flix y^t he hath had 2|4| days Iune 26 ☿ h. 2. 3|4|0. p m 1605.

RN M^r Wels son of Carleton & Chellington & 50 y Ian 11. ☾ sent to me for a neighb that {sic} hath a fuller y^t hath bene Robbed of a 100 yards of stuffe Ian 11. ☾ h. 2. {illeg}|15| p m 1608.

I dimisi inanū./

RN An the Cookes wif{e} the lady Grenewy serv. Apr 14 ♃. h. 10 40 ant m 1608

RN at this tyme a poer pedler & a souldier was let blood./

RN Iohn Watkins Miller of Willing hath lost a peare of stockins out of the mill. Iuly. 18. die ♀ h. 3. 4{illeg}|9|. p m. 1600

• Iohn Kendall is of thē suspected
• his fellow in the same house a loder./

RN I opened a letter sent me by N|M|^r Nicholas lanckford of Christchurch colledge in Oxford onc proct^r of y^t vniu^rsity. & his man at y^e same tyme came vnto me to know when his M^r should fynd me at home to know his sicknes & what ayled him maij 18. ☿ hor. 9. 8. 45. ant m 1603.

GJ Elsabeth Radford of North Crowley 18 y. Octob. 18 ♂ ho. 8. 45 a m. 1603 payne in her head and stomacke shortwynded and faynt

nunquā habuit menstrua

greene sickenes /the caryers maid\

RN Alce & willia fell into ill words Aug my ma coplayning of my servant Alce. August 15 h {sic} hor 9. 15. ant m. 160i

vter culpadus accusator Gulielmꝯ vel Aloysia culpare

RN M^r Dawson the kep of my lords wardrope his serv. novēb. 18 h. 8. ant 30. ant m. 1606 for a gowte in his hāds & feete/

M^r Sterope the Regist^r  ascaridibꝯ. belly 32 y novēb. 18. ♂ h. 9. ant m. 1606.

M^r dawson & m^r Sterope.

m|th|e {sic} lady Brooke

RN Mres Chatterton sent for a dyet Drīk Octob. 16 ♀ h. 5. 25. p m 1607 /the bishop of lincolnes wife.\

shee wrote y^t my lady Dive had healed her sore leg. & how y^t lady cōmended me vnto her & wished her to follow my Direction. & to have a dyet drinke/

GJ Agnes Armestrong of Stony stratford 20 y. Maij 7 ♄ ho. 2. 45 p. m. 1608

M^r Rawsons servant the Cooke hath bene heertofore troubled w^th the mother. once in 2 moneths had no fitt this quarter of a yeere but very sickly.

Quærit dna ejus vtꝝ sit gravida concubuit cū Marriot a mercer b|a| batcheler of the same towne. /

RN Ned my tithing man hath a swyming in his head ready to fall Downe 5|6|0 y. Maij 24. ☾ hor 9. 20 ant m. 1602

RN ¹Rich forde of Brodwell 36 y. maij 25 ♂ hor. 10. 30. ant m 1602.

cōplayneth of the vicars hard dealing in tithings & would have me to decide the matter.

RN Goodma hobs of old Garbrends Bayly Iuly 7 die ♂ hor 9. 45. ant m. 160i

for sheepe stollen or strayd

RN at this tyme Richard Nuttell s {sic} a scholer /&\ curat of Calverton sent a most kynd letter in latting vnto me & would serve vnd^r me most willingly quæro cuiusmodi sit

RN M^r Blunt of Weston vnd feb 20:

M^r Blunt of Weston M^r Throckmortons scholemast^r febr. 20 ☾ hor 9 ant m 1604.