Casebooks

RN I receaved a thanckfull letter from M^r Abdye the counseller Oct decēb. 20 ♂ hor 2 \3 30 {sic}/ |15| p m 1603. \h 3. 15 p m 1603./ And shewing of his weake brayne.

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 Rich. Shermā Shorland of floure by {illeg} {sic} Hayford 26 y the 2 sonday in lent last betwixt 9 & eleaven in the morning his father came for him Ap 23. ☿. h. 1. 39 p m. 1617 /pater  filio sine consensu.\¹

RN Georg Norish of Steaphenidge in Hartford par{ish} 32 y octob 9. ♃ h. 5 p m 1617 /crazed his braynes for love to a wench\

RN M^r Carter mynister of daynton  fratre cerebro et sensibꝯ male affecto novēb 1 \first/ ☿ h. 5 p m. 1626 /godly affected\

RN M^r Thomas Pagrave 23. y. Iuly the monday before May day Ap 27. h. 7. 30 ant m 1607 but came to me Iuly 17 |16| h {sic} hor. 5. p m 163i /was p^rsent\ /brayne distempered.\

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 Alce lelā of Brixworth. 33 y septēb vj. h. 3. 30. p m husb sent to me agayne may 24 ♄ hor. 9. 45. ant m. 1606.

hart hole but brayne distēp wits & sences gone

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

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

RN M^r Love y^t mayed {sic} M^r Vuedales daughter 34 y Aug 20 h {sic} hor 9. 30 ant m. 1625. |troubled w^th melanch ready to cause distract of brayne|

RN Iohn Quarell sent his water {m}|a| frentick & a distēperd fellow \30. y./ in his brayne may 25. ♂ h. 6. 30 ant m 1630

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 Thomas Langlye of Oxford 28. y. of {sic} Shrove mudaye {sic} \last/ neav^r mayed {sic}. a shipwrite a batch. Iuly 17. ♂. h. 7. 20 p m 1627 he was p^rsent cānot stay any where¹

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 Iermyn sent me the butler of Corpus chri colledg. who is foolish by fits & vseth often to laugh & smyle Iuly 31. h {sic} hor. 6. 15 p m 1619 /at this tyme the M^r Iermyn\

M^r Iermyn sent me a letter in the behalfe of sottish mā Butler of Corpꝯ chri colledg & I saw the ty at this tyme. This mā hath \bene/ at some seasons of the yeare distempered in his braynes.