Casebooks

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 M^r Vuedale calfes & bullockes die & frothe he feareth lest they be bewitched. Ian. 17 die ♃ ♄ {sic}. 9. 10|9|: ant 50 m. ant m 1600

RN 1597 Sept 15 die ♃ Cowlys sowe Died h 9 7 m. ant merid veneficio perempta vt illa suspicatur et malis imp^rcrationibus {sic} diris quæ causa mortis.

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

SF Ihon Wood of 35 yeres of Itham in Kente nere Smock  Animalibꝯ venif  quem &c.

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 M^r Th. Park{er} of Dorington May 27|8|. ♂ {h} 12. 39 p m 16{33}

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 Rich: Laughton of Newnton Blosmefild 56 y octob. 20 h {sic} hor. 2. 45 {sic} \50/. p m 1627 /natꝯ the fryday after candlemas day\

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 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 Georg Geffery of Moulsoe susp for the sodayne & strang Death of his cattle lately. on Eliz woodfild of Neuport y^t goeth about a begging Iune. 28. ☿. h: 3. 15 p m 16i5

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 Rich Raynbow of Ridgmont susp on goody Greene & another as cōfederate & tner good vnderwod D|for| there moping horse Decēb. 10 ♀ h. 3. p m. 1624

RN M Fardinando Warde of Ravensdon Aug. 5 ♂ h. 8 ant m 1628

hath his hogs bewitched by on Margaret Price who is suspected & curseth

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

SF Nicolas Knighte of Lambeth Dean 1601 27 of may ☿ An m’ at 7. Vtrun’ {sic} I{ean} \allis/ baker \of lambeth den/ or alls soot wyddowe of stretham in surrey haue bewitched his cattell/.¹

RN At Luten M^r Walkyndon on that had lost his horses aft^r a st{rang} maner dying suspected on Katheron Wels of the same towne moved this question to me sending for her who was the before me not knowing therof. septemb 27 die ♄ hor 7 ant m. 1600 or wheath^r shee be his enemye.

SRN M^rs. Elenor Aylett of Magdalen Laver Iune 10 h. 8. {illeg} a. m. 1634.