Casebooks

TG Ellen greene of Fen traiton in Cambridge sh. 34. y. Ap. 8 ♂ h. 9 am. 1634. troubled in minde haunted by an ill spirit, whom se {sic} saith he speaketh to her.

RN on Savage of Tiffild came to me for his Daughter of 23 y troubled in mynd by a dreame y^t Sathan put into her head by w^ch by fits she is sorely troubled novēb. 9 ☿ h. 2. 30 p m. 1625

RN An Herick of Collintree: 16 y Iuly 31 ♀. h. 9. ant m. 1607

An Herick of Collingtree by Mylton hard by Gayston 16 y Iuly 31. ♀ h. 9 \10 30/ ant m. 1607. sine consensu¹

RN Alce vans of filgrave 24 y. Ian xij. ♂ hor. 12. 55. p m 1602. was last miklemas 24 yeres old. as shee thincketh on a muday {sic} betwixt 8 & 9 in the evening

very light headed.

rageth & will away & grydeth her teethe. \sine cōsensu/

RN M^r {sic} Barker Barkley. 26 y Ap. 2. had a strong fit cursīg swearing striking & flinging Ap 2. ♀ h. 12. 30 p. m. 1624¹

RN Perkins a woman crased haunted by a sprite venit ad me quærens morbum 1597 maij 6. die ♀ hora 5. 15. m \hora {sic}/ 4: 45. |w^th love crased|

RN Millers 1598 Iul. 14. die ♀ h. 7. mi. 12. 45 m. Thomas Richardson for his wife. to know what wilbe her end. about 30 yeres old. shee suspecteth shee hath bene bewitched light headed & talketh mutch of the devill shee can not speake sometimes in her fit letteth out her excrementꝭ.

RN Michaell Adams of Over. 43. y. may 31. ☿. h 7. ant m. 1626.

melanch false feares touching sathans illusions fearfulnes of synne |apt to sleepe|¹

M^r Baker wrote in his behalfe

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 I came to M^r Potkins of lilly by the how 62 y feb. 4. ♂ h. 10. 15 ant m. 1606 |vxor  marito sine consensu./|¹²

RN Edmund Wootton of sawcy forest 30 y May 27. h {sic} hor. 4. p m. 1609 |p mer vxor  marito lunatico soror  fratre. sine consensu./|¹²

RN Iohn Smyth. of willing 24. y. Iuly. 2. ☾ h. 10. 1632 |head light mad headed for love.| /sayth he is bewitched & they will p{ey}\

RN Mary Archer of feny Compton. 50 y Iu{ly} 15 ☿: h. 4. p m 1{629}

Mary Archer of fenny Compton 50. y Iuly. 15 ☿ h. 4. p. m. 1629

RN Elis Cocken of Newp. first strangly & sodenly taken on holy thursday 26 y Iuli may 30 ♃ h. 5 p m 1622 Iane Goodmā craved Drink & she gave it to this Iane & it p^rsently tooke her & sinc neaver well but mutch tēpted & troubled w^th wynd¹

GJ Elsabeth Morgan of Lawndon 40 y. Septemb. j. ♃ ho 10 36 a m. 1603

RN Ihone honour enquireth what is good for her disease of 36 yeres Aug. 9. die ☿ h. 5. 30. ant m. very fearfull

RN Will. Rogars of Stock hāmon. 20 yeres old. troubled in minde the cannot be rid of the devill always cōmeth to his minde & cannot be shifted of him. Aprill 25. ☿ h. 6. p m. 1599. this 2 yeres.

RN Iohn Smyth of Brockwell 22. y. a batch. feb. 6 ☾ h. 3: 20 p m 1615 |tempted haunted as he thinketh w^th 2 ill spirits w^thin in {sic} him.|¹

RN Iohn Beech not farre frō Luton came to me from my house at Linford to London to ta|l|ke w^th me & to have my counsell Apr 18. ☾ hor. 11. 30. ant m. 1603.¹

RW Hugh Quicke of Clifton r{a}{i}{g}nes came w^th his wife, who was much trou{ble}{d} in minde & often times tempted (shee sayd) w^th an e{u}ill spirite to doe her selfe a misc{h}eife./ shee suspected a man & his wife in that {to}{wne}./ & when she{illeg} came home from mee she{illeg} tould her neighbours that I shewed her that {monster} in a glasse. but shee lyed./ d. ♂ h: 10. ant: {m}: Feb: 21. 1615. they came vnto me./