Casebooks

RN Susan Bechā of Cosgrave 11. y. the thursday after S^t Peter but came to me Iuly 25. ♃ h. 6 p m. 1622 pyned & cōsumed hed neck & belly. mutch pyned & wasted¹

RN Agnes King M^res Burchmores meade sorely taken in her head & harte soddenly as if some ill thing haunted her. Ian. 9 die ☿ h. 12. 30 p m. 1600

RN Henry Normā of S^t yedes. 33 y octob 22 ♂ h 6. 30 p m 1622 hed & stomack/

RN Rich. Wagstave. 30 y Iune 25. ♀ hor. 3. 30. p m. 1602. /head & backe.\

RN Margaret \Allen/ \of/ Blaxely of 64 y Apr 9. ♄ hor. 10. 30 ant m 1608. hed & harte

RW Mary Bonner of Flitton y. 9. d. ☿ h: 0. Ianuar: 23. 1622. much swelled in her head & face: & her belly sometimes. scoureth much

RN Rich Carter of Althrop \S^r/ |Iohns Spence\r/s man.| 32 y. Iune 3. ♀ hor. 1. 30 p m. 1603.¹²

RN Margaret Scrivenour {of} yardly Gubbyn 46 y {A}pr. 9. ☾ hor. 10. 25. ant m. 1604 /hed back legs.\

RN D Iames of Oxford st|ran|gly {sic} \straungly/ taken w^th a palsye on the left syde of the face hand & leg taken at church & great red blatches in t|H|is fac & bodye & his ey swelling & f|H|is face a yere before & sinc he contenting certen sup witches & on being acquitted he felt his strange stitch on his s {sic} left syde by fits he supposeth y^t the womā susp for a witch but quitted by the Iudges did hurte him the 24 of feb. ☾ sep a □ ♄ ap ☌ ♂ y^t night at sup first taken. had his first fit after he talked w^th m^r Rob. Conye. feb 18. in y^e after noone his first fit but his worst fit the 24 of feb when the sup witch was acquitted/

M^res Iames mentioned M^r Doctor Iames |of oxford| Ap. 20 ♃ h. 3. 20 p m. 1620 /she related all at this tyme/\

RN A poor bagger womā, for an rising most fearfull chest head rūning vp & downe in all tꝭ of her body to her feete & toes

RN Williā Lovely of Newport 60. greeped & tormented at the harte ready to make him selfe away & of his brest: the 15 of Martij die ♃. h. 9 metuit venefic: 1599 hed & face swelleth.

RN vrsula Thorpe of Stony stratford keepeth the bull. hipwell vnkle vnto Thorpe 32 yeres old sick ever sinc mikelmas goeth abroade. Dece {sic} sent by M^r Oliv^r Barker. for his wife sister is her moth^r in frendship & kindred Doubteth wheath^r shee be bewitched & hath a canker in her tongue & tented shee hath an ill stomacke & spitteth putrifyed bloode. Decēb^r. 2i. die ♃. h. 9. 15. ant m. 1598.

RN Henry Fish^r 40 y my man will. vnckle Apr 8. {h}|☾| hor. 7. 30 ant m. 1605. brought again his water. being not well. |metuit veneficiū|¹

RN Robart Hill of litlington 8 y f {sic} March. 2. die ☉ ♄ {sic}. 11. ant m 1600 payned in his throate hath an arising in his stomack to his throate backe & syde.

RN \Robart Stone of Turvy./ a strang disease in t|T|urvy some taken w^th a sorenes in there throate. 2 a greevous hed ach & stitch vnder there right syde. some die w^thin a weeke, some at the weekes end, some 2 weekes some 3. weekes. craveth a p^rvention.

RN Agnes Miller of Newport sick ever sinc Miklemas. 30 yeres old troubled w^th fleume w^th a quivering & trembling in her body as it were w^th a palsye. w^th a gret rising in her stomacke hed novemb. 7. die ♂ h p. m. 3. a whitish water before it was turned full of heres spotꝭ & dregs thin & yellowish

RN Mres An Barber of Kensworthe 46|5| y. sept 28. ☿ hor 9. 16|5|. ant m 1603.

was borne {illeg} {sic} on a {tuds} \shrovesōdaye/ after noone. an hour betwixt 4 & 5. /hath often bene let blood sicknes gone this 4 yeres.\ |extreeme hot. casteth vp sometymes leek whitꝭ of egge. sometymes blacke stuffe.|

Mres An Barber sept 28 ☿ hor. 9. 15 ant m. 1603. strangly handled w^th her stomack burning & gnawing & then an intolerable paine of her hed for 20 houres not well for 40 houre & then it cōmeth once in a weeke in the wynter. & aft^r hath a swelling & a gnawing in the calfꝭ of her legs.

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 The Countes of Rutland 21 y Octob. 21 ☿ h. 2. p m. 1607 |hed strange legs & knes swell. back/|

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.