Casebooks

Agnis Lucas of Holywell 76. y. Mar. 3. ☿. h. 1. p. m. 1630

taken w^th a Dead Palsye yet susspecteth Alce Ayre of witcherye

RN M^res Iane Prescot of London newly come to London & tak{ing}|en| w^th her shaking fits yet suddenly well would know wheath^r best to leave her house at london & to dwell reture {sic} to Dwell into the country Decēb. 10 ♀ h. 10 30 ant m 1624

RN Henry Cuddington of Stony stratford i2|i| y sept 3 ♀ h. 5. p m 1619

mres Hipwell sent him on a horse to me |dead palsy bewitched by good foster.| /the boy p^rsent\¹

RN {Mres Mar}y Robinson of Erklinborough 25. y may. 5|6| ♂ 7. 45 ant m 1628

It first tooke her w^th trēbling & quaking¹²

Mres Mary Robynson 25 y may 5|6|. ♂ h. 7. 50 ant m 1628.

RN Rebecca Whitemeale of Meadesmorton 42 y octob 25. ♃ h. 10 40 ant m 1632 Vtrū venef sit passa lame in her thigh |vide octob 22|

RN Mres many|ry| peyton of weare 26 or 28 y. was fat & of a sanguyne cōplexion |taken| lame on the right syde no physick will helpe for she hath had the opium of many Doctors. Iune 21 ♃ h. 7. 50 p m 1632.

RN Iohn Rachell of Elstoe 6 y Ap 27 h {sic} hor 10. 30 ant m 16i6. lame in the knes a fortnight ever sinc Goody Slone was denyed to bake w^th her /

feareth y^t on goody Slone hath wronged it.

RN Mres Mary Pay Pea|y|ton of {sic} now at London Iune 2i ♃. h. 7: 50 p m 1632 /paralytica cū convuls. paroxismus\

RN Goody Gale for her Thomas Gostick a yere & a halfe old borne the weddensday after mysdsomer. sent Ian. 28 ♂ h. 11. ant m 1623.

It doth pyne & eate litle & doth not sper nor cānot goe it is so weake.

Elner Warner her next neighb. Elis Steaphinson who dwell boath togeath^r her mother hanged

cānot kepe his water.

RN An West of Olny 30 y octob 5. ♃ h. 10: 30 ant m 1626 a nūnes in her hans {sic} & legs suddenly taken away

Ioane Chard susp but now dead 2 yeres sinc

RN Mres Tod of Cūberton. 24 y. Ma\r/ch 12 ♀ h. 6 {sic} \5. 5{0}/ p m 1630 |stomack weake lame frō her huckle{bone}/bone\ {sic} to h{er} heele & arme of the right sy{de}|

Mres Tod of Cūberton by Cābridg 3 ryiles {sic} sent March 12 ♀ h. 5. 50 p {sic} 1630

a bad stomack

witchery suspected by Goody Wode to whō she gave a peticoate. her mother & neighbous {sic} suspect it vehemently

sent me a wrought Cap

RN Iohn Scoc\r/{ou}ft {sic} \Scocraft./ of of {sic} Ravensdon in bedfordsheere 50 y Iuly Aug 10 ♂ h. 4. 40. p m. 1619. /was p^rsent\ /his wife lame & her hucklebone {out.}\

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 Thomas Barnes of Olny 50 y Iune 19 ☿. h. 10. ant m. 1611. lame in his legs & hath 3 hols

ready to have his belly & his backe torne in peeces if he put not his fingers into his throate to cast it vp. feareth least on goody Margery Travell hath bewitched him. |& his wife is pulled to.|