Casebooks

RN friswyth Constable of marsen w^th will Robyns. 22 y Iuly 6. h {sic} hor. 1. 30 p m 16i6. |in her backe crying & cā fynd no rest|

TG The lady RN \Douglas/ TG Savage of carringthon 36. Novemb. 30 ♀ h. 9. 30 Mat. 1632 troubled with winde colicke day & night, cannot shlep

RN Old Bechino of Walton 70 y decēb. 19 ☾ h. 10. 38 ant m 1608. haunted cā take no rest

RN Bridget N{illeg} Tom{ky} {sic} |Tom|kyns of Newnton 60|3| y feb. 25. ♃ h. 11. 2{illeg}|38| ant m. 1608

could not sleepe but by a stūble onc or twice a weeke not these 9 \11/ weekes

feareth y^t shee is vnd^r an ill tongue /feareth the loosing of her sences for lack of slepe/\

RN Richard Carter. of Lillye 30 y in love Decēb: 6. ☿ h. 3. p. m. 1620 |sine consensu| /Widow Pydle is tempted y^t he cānot pray by fits well quaketh cānot sleep\

RN Mary Bawsell of Stoake goldin 2 y & a halfe pleth & well coloured may. 3 ♃ h. 1 p m 1632

Convulsions quivering & quaking & lay as on dead halfe an houre/. was p^rsent susp witch. apt to sleepe /skreameth\

RN Mres Dorothy Latymer. 25 y may 10 ♃ h. 4. 40 p m 1632 |An extreme cold over all her body cānot sleepe|

& my opinion touching his bewitched child by 2 witches/

RN Rich. Crowe of sandy 40 y Ap 4. ☾ h. 2. 50 p m 163i

Rich Crowe of sandy 4{illeg}|0| y {sic} |40 y| /cānot sleepe\ n {sic} a batch: Ap. 4 ☾ h. 2. 45. p m 1631

RN Sara musgrove \of/ Bletsoe 20 y maryed 2 y. march. 29. ♀ h. 12 20 p m. 1605. troubled w^th fancyes very fearfull in her mynd to loose her wits troubled in her sleepe cānot rest metuit veneficiū full of melanch cholicke

RN Thomas Miller of Newport 30 y Apr 4. ♃. hor. 11. ant m 1605.

syde & stomacke. great stitches in his syde a mighty cough cānot rest.

RN Isbell fisher 20 y. of this tow{ne} Iuly 10 ☿ h. 7. 12 ant m 1622 /strangly handled sleepeth mutch eateth litle.\

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 The lady Butler touching her child y^t is well amended of his fits ye{d}|t| weake & not able to goe feets & legs swell still & cānot sleepe a weeke togeath^r till after a eleaven in y^e morning |marh {sic} 13 h {sic} h 12 30 p m 1624| sent for her neighb vrsula Clarke 50 y March 13 h {sic} hor. 12. 30 p m 1624

GJ Lettice Ball of Nash 17 y Apr. 18. ☾ ho 11. 45 a m 1603. Quærit whether any evill tongue have power over her. Cannot sleepe is light headed & sometymes talkꝭ Idly

RN Mres Francis Whaleleye |of Norton by Galbee| \64 y./ may 3. ♀ h. 2. \45/ p m 1633. |cānot sleepe| |a grosse crazy bodye| distempered w^th heat & discontentment

was brought in a cart was let blood had a purg & an oyntment from Docter Collins of Cambridg but his purg wrought not

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 M^r Tyrringhās mead of Tyrringhā 24 y Ian. 13 ☉ h. 9. ant m 1605. suffocat matricis strange fits eith^r of moth^r or apop. litharg.¹

RN Ione Longe of Astwood 20. y. taken yesterday in her bodye after a strange maner. y^t shee cannot make water greeepeth {sic} her bellye & cryeth w^th it & cannot sleepe. Septemb. 5. die ☿ h. 6. 45. ant m. 1599. /her fathers servant gote her w^th Child but her fath^r would not let him marry her./\

RN Goody marcholl of newp 33 y feb 23. ☾ h. 8 59 ant m 1624 brought a bed feb. 6 ☾|♀| {sic} ♀ h. 6. 20 ant m 1624 /a satterd last was a senet her child dyed 3 child all dead cānot sleepe & mutch pulld & gryped\ /gryped in her thigh\ |Desp sick|

RN Frauncis Marshall of Newport very strangly can scarce speake, only maketh signes for water to coole her her mouth is furred white w^th extreeme heate taketh her Drinke by a quill. first bound but y^t I gave her vnbound her nowe in a laske & extreeme hot & drye Decēb. 12. die ♂ h. 9. 30. mi ant m 1598. troubled in her sleepe.

s {sic} husband  vxore sine cōsensu