Casebooks

RN m^r will: Greenenough mynister for a frend & a gentlewomā of his acquanttance y^t hath taken mutch greefe & is out of tem in her brayne for y^t her frinds & parents would not bestowe her on a ty y^t she loved novēb. 17 ☾ {sic} h. 11. 30 ant m 1612.

RN M^r fanshaw broght {sic} \sent/ me a letter touching his M^r fanshawe his brother. Iūe 29 ♀ h. 8. 20 ant m. 1632 distemp in bray{ne}

RN Rich Turvy of \Ioh Hows \otherwise/ Hows \high Constable// \of Dagnell/ |30 y| distēp. in brayne Iune 20 ♃ h. 8 30 ant m 1633.

distēpered in breane

RN Makums sone in law Winkles came for a frind of his that was mopish. & weake in his brayne. Iune 22. ☿ hor. 5. 30 ant p m. 1603.

RN Iohn Maryot of Rhoode 28 y. Iune 8 h {sic} hor. 1. p m 1611. /in p^rsenc\¹

RN Agnys Richards of Kaysoe in Bedfordsheere 63. y. Decēb. 30 ☾. h. 10. 50. 11. ant. m. 1611. troubled these 6 weekes in her hed & brayne w^th idle fancies & cānot tell any reason of it

RN fayth Harbart of Princes Ridgboroug 34 y Ap 3. ♀ h. 4. p m 1612. mayed {sic}/ distēpered in her brayne tēpted thric sought to perish her selfe & yet god hath p^rserved her.¹

RN M^res Longfild for her husb. what course to be vsed for his brayne is idle heade march 24 Ian ♂ {illeg} h 12. 40 p m 1618

RN Georg Thorpe of Old Stonystratford 57 y Iuly 11. ♀ h. 7. 30 ant m 1623. new ague a weake brayne.

RN My Cosen \Thomas/ marshes wife of Darkes feb 2 15 ♃ h. 6 25 p m 1627 mtch {sic} melanch breae {sic} & imaginat troubled 12 monts {sic}

RN mary B Gur{illeg}y|ry|e of Goldington 33 y Aug 1. ☿ h. 1. 45 p m 1632. a distēpered melancholy brayn¹

RN \1597 6|M|ay 6. die ♀ h. 6|5|. hor. 5^ta m. 34./ Perkins a woman very crased in breane & mutch tempted. Came to me {for} {sic} quærens  morb.

RN R N cerebro male se habebat Ian 10 ☉ hor 10 int^r legendū in publico cætu deo favente quærit causa. 1602.

RN M^r Edmunde franklin march 11. ♂ h. 3. 30 p m 1617 /in p^rsenc {he} {sic} melanch hypocōd. a mighty troubled brayne\

RN M^r Page of Oxford a noice in his head it made him mad & w^th mutch a doe cured now craveth my helpe & counsell & would come over Ap 13 h {sic} hor 7. 15 ant m. 1622¹

RN The lady Conquest of Houghton Conquest 54 55. y. August 28 ♂ h. 11 ant m 1632¹

RN Elis: Baldwyn of Dagnoll by Edgborugh 40 y a mayd feb 4 ♂ h 9 ant m 1634 /cānot sleepe M^r Marsh wrote\

brayne troubled will kill her father & the child sayth y^t she must make her selfe away

eateth greedely to serve the Devill

RN M^r Woullyston Ap 4 ♃ h 7 p m 1622

a purg dyet drink the {lees} of the mother & convulsion are all turned vp to the brayne mopish will not give on word leane /sine consensu.\

he sendeth only for stuffe to make a dyet drink to be delivered vnto Mres mockete at Barnet./

RN Rich: Lucas of G Nortot a yeomans sonne 30 27 of Ap 27. 1595. about 12. ☉ at noone sent march. 3. ☿ h. 5. 39 p m. 1624. /mayed {sic} 2 yeres. on child a twelfmoth {sic} old\

3 quart of a yere ill in his head mynd braye {sic} & head troubled mopish & fe{l} careles of his busynes. |Worst at the full of y^e moone 3 days before or after/|

boath the fathers obst{in}at of & on in y^ere maage {sic} pater sine cōsensu. et vxor cū Consensu sed nō filius wheath^r they should bring him heather.

RN The Lady Hāmer at the same tyme ill in her brayne

The Lady Hānner light headed & mutch Distressed w^th ill thoughts. Ian 20 ☿ h. 11 ant m 1630

Desyreth something to quiet her brayne