Casebooks

RN Aug. 15 {illeg}|♃| I felt a \new/ payne in the calfe of my leg w^ch I nev^r felt before. a toode came out of the wall at the same tyme./

Aug 16 ♀ h. 8. quærit^r ant m 1605 an venefic tangat^r

SRN Vtrū suspicio ven. sit vera Octob. 15^o ☾. h. 4. 30. p. m. 1632

at this time y^e Earle of Bridgewaters footeman came & brought lers frō y^e Countesse & young S^r Robert Na etc.

RN a young mā of Bothon in Huntington shire 26 y was brought sine cōsensu feb r 20. ☿ h. 2. 45. p m. 1605. strangly tormented by witchraft sinc shreve{illeg}|tue|sday Shelton the witch in prison¹

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Aug 26 ☾ hor {8} {sic} \8/ p m 1605 I sawe Mary Gūther in her fitte wheath^r shee be bewitched or noe. |quæro meā {sic} spōte|

RN Agnys Gunther Aug 25|6|. h|☾|. 8 p m. 1605. quærit^r a meipso meapte sponte. an morbus sit natur v^l non. a veneficis v^l fictus |hoc tēpore morbus solitus eā invasit.|

RN Agnys Woddle taken May 27 h. 6. p m 1607.

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 my Godson Richard Sharpe 6 y a next whitsontyde borne on a ☾ about son rising the ☾ 3 weekes after whitsontyde, mutch troubled about 8 at night in his first sleepe & will rise out of his bed & crye o god, o god & stare & rune about this fortnight is frighted & doth not remēber it march 25 ☾ h. 2. 25 p m 1622 he was p^rsent for halfe a {sic} yere an houre |some ill thing feared|

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|

GJ Sibill Fisher of Cokenho 23|4| y August 1. ☾ ho 12 15 p. m. 1603

Light headed laug{illeg}|h|es, but at first tooke it w^th a weeping lookꝭ ghastly. \a/ fleering lookꝭ settꝭ her teeth. one night did nothing but sweare and curse /

Sibill Fisher she knowes not of her husbandꝭ cōming for her, knowes nobody they bynde her handꝭ and feete. when she is loose she is so strong that they cannot Deale w^th her. singꝭ idle songꝭ. Desyres to daunce. She had 2 midwives the first vnskilfull the 2 froward & would not meddle w^th her because she was not first sent her, suspected to be a witche, the woman well layd but a weeke after fell into these fittꝭ & at first speaking of her 2 midwyfe sayd. what doest thou there w^th thy blacke hen. & such like speeches

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GJ A yong man \One Howses sonne/ of B{o}|y|thon in Huntingdon shire 26 y. his water was brought sine Consensu feb: 1|2|0 ☿ ho. 2. 45 p m. 1605

Straungely tormented by witchcraft since shrovetuesday. g: Shelton the witch in prison.

RN march 13. M^r Smith of milton did visite me in kindnes. 1607.

he told me y^t his wife is sick aft^r a strange maner & feareth y^t she is not w^th child. ve\r/y costive

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 A womā of Stratford broght a litle child a v {sic} xj weeks old would sucke other bodyes teates but not hers very vnquiet & crying. hath a great cold Aug 11. ☉ h. 1. \25/ p m. 1622¹

RN her daughter Mres Elenor Aylet 17 y may 15. ☿ h. 7 30 p m 1633

her daughter idle headed & moped |vide Maij 3^o| 4 y ill witchery suspectted {sic}

cānot make butter nor cheese

Elisabeth Spacy susp: Rich Pavet susp. /& H Rebecca his wife\ w^th many others

16 or 17 more suspected.

old goody Ransden the begȳner of all there troubles dyed 5 y since

Fayth Sayick y^t was her servant Harmed

RN M^res Elenor Aylet of Madalen Laver. 17 octob 31 ♃ h. 10 15 ant m 1633 |hath thē well 2 y| |troubled in her sleepe| sent her water mother & daughter brought her|th|ere {sic} waters. |sleepeth well|

Elis: Spacy of High Rooding appeared plainly to her in her sleep |this night| & then not well 2 or 3 days after

Richard Pavet & h{is} wife susp:

RN Thomas Travell of Hanslop. 60 yeres old enquireth wheath^r he be worded. the for his sore hand. w^c stinketh & wasteth. the 5 of August: being ♄. morning: /: he cane {sic} & enquired. this i8 of octob. die ☿ h. 2. 9. post m. 1598 /die ☿\

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./