Casebooks

RN Alce Graye of Grendon 50 y Iune 21 ☿ h. 10. 12 ant m 1609

this womā hath bene troubled this 5 yeres w^th some bad bodye & cānot make chese but it will have bunches & it wilbe bytter & stronge of the Rūnet

Alce Cave of y^t towne 60 y who hath an Ill name./ & Doll Risinge. |her mother Margery Rising susp dead.|

cheese looketh & is well whiles it is 3 weekes old. afterward it waxeth bitter & is strong of the rūnet./ she lost 2 y. sinc 2. beasts fomyg.

RN Goody Morgā of lawndon Iuly. 25. ♃. h. 12. 45. p m 1611.

hath lost on of her best beasts to night & a steere 3 nights agoe & a fat hog.

RN Goody Sheafeld of Clyfton by Stampford a womā great w^th child & a very honest womā 3{illeg}|8| y Iune 22 h {sic} hor. 12. 1619

fell out w^th a womā & doth feare her tongue y^t sayd she would be avenged hath had i6 pigs dyed

RN a widow named katherin Wad Maund of great Chesserton. Iu 60 y Iuly 31 {sic} h {sic} hor. 1. 30 p m 1629

susp y^t her beasts be killed by on goody Maddick

RN Goody Lane susp quod iumenta eius veneficū {sic} patiant^r by on of newp. G Hayword Ap 29 ♀ h. 8 ant m 1632

Goody Lane Ap 20 ♀

RN Mres \Eliner/ Aylet of Magdalen Laver. neere to Chippenanger. of Essex \40 y/ sept 21 h {sic} hor 1. p m 1633.

RN Mres Stafford of Westbury widow sent to me for to know wheather her cattle be witched but I sent her a{illeg}|way| & rated her y^t came because I never dealte in sutch fooleryes

Octob. {illeg}|4|. ♂ hor 8 ant m 1603.

{h}ath had as shee sayth many losses.

RN Goody fookes of newporte febr 17 ♀ hor 2 30 p m 1604.

RN Alce Gray of Groundon 44 y Aug 11 ☾ h. 10. 30. ant m 1606 4 her cheases well made & about a fortnight rise vp in bunches like biles & do heave & wax bitt^r metuit veneficiū

Alce Cave an old womā

Dorothy Rysing a mayden.

RN Margaret Emmerson 44 y Apr 27 ☾ h 4. 38 pm 1607. came for sheepe w^ch are crossed

RN a Womā demaunded wheath{^r} her husb. were ded or abide{th} at lābith feb 21. ♂ h: 1: 30 p m 1609. absent 3 yeres /sine cōsensu.\

RN a Womā came to enquire for her husb. absent 3 y. Wheath^r living or dead feb 21. ♂ h. 1. 30 p m 1609

RN Alce Gray of Grond{on} cānot make any cheese but at 3 weekes end it swelleth as this Doth. she sent me Aug 5 h {sic} hor. 11.30 ant m 1609.¹

RN Anne Gale of Goldington 32 y octob. 22 h {sic} hor. 12 25 p. m. 1625.

vide Octob. 19.

hath had great losses in her horses. & lost thē & her beasts ill would know wheath^r beworded

RN Henry Mons sister at Woulv^rton came to crave my Consell for her husb mutch indebt to get some tection for him & then he would pay his Debts as he could get mony feb 28 ♂ h. 11 40 ant m 1626

I told her I could not pleasure her.

RN {M}res {El}nor Aylet of Magdalen Laver in Essex 40 y |{he}r daughter Elnor Aylet {su}specteth witchery husb & Cattle {be}witched her husb dyed is now {m}ayed {sic}| The mother came w^th her daughter & sent me a great cake & another a fortnight before may 15. ☿ hor 7. 30 p m. 1633 |her husb dyed by witchery 12 y since|

RN Mres \Elinor/ Aylet of Athrop Rouding where the mischeefe is Done supposed by Elizabeth Spacy \almost 50 y/ & her confederate & another goody mathewe almost 40 y octob 23: ☿ h. 10. 15 ant m 1633

Iane Lasco & her daughter Iane Case |Rebecca Write| Ione Dowsy|s|et of magdalen laver Parnel Sharpe of Athrop Rudding

SRN Fayth Sage of High Laver 50. y. Iuly 9. ☿ h. 10. 15. a. m. 1634.

RN Iane miles of Chaulton in the parish of Hitchin 52 {y} march 9 ♄ hor 3. p m 1{611}

RN Goody Morga{illeg}|n|e Iuly 10 {illeg}|☾| h. 10. 25 ant m. 1620 of laundon