Casebooks

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

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ma\r/y Olive of Askot 30 y Iuly 30 ♀ h. 10. 45 ant m 1619 |wasteth mutch troubled w^th wynd|

RN Elis Cocken of Newp. first strangly & sodenly taken on holy thursday 26 y Iuli may 30 ♃ h. 5 p m 1622 Iane Goodmā craved Drink & she gave it to this Iane & it p^rsently tooke her & sinc neaver well but mutch tēpted & troubled w^th wynd¹

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 S^r Th. Tyringhā sent t{o} me to know what I think of his Daughte{rs} strang fits of skriking n{ovē b} 6 ☉ h. 3. p m 163{1} /|nō| sine cōsensu.\

RN Susan Blundell toke her fit by some foolish vision & sight at what time she laughed & sawe Goody Greene & goody Nichols flinging of trenchers & when it tooke her as they say shee cryed out vppon Goody Barnwell. the 13 of Novemb. die ♄. h noctis circ 12 1596.

Susan Blundell

RN Elis: Clarke of Earles Barton 20. y. Aug: 12. ♂ h. 3. p m 1623

pyneth in her flesh. idle headed

RN An Travell of Sawcy forest a widow 28 y may 27 h {sic} hor. 4. p m 1609            quaketh trēbleth hed light feareth that she & her broth^r are bewitched

RN Iohn Coo of Emmerton 14. y. sept 22 h {sic} hor 5 p m 1632 |pater  filio sine consensu| \his mother is lane {sic} by fits was onc speachles/

RN Elis Church of Weste|m|yll 42 y novēb. 14. ☿ h. 12. 15 ant m 1632. |M^r Alexander Strange vicar of the place. a learned mā sent a letter in her behalfe| /hot in her frentick fits\

RN Thom. Morg. 21. y. Ian: 28. ♂. h. 11. ant m. 1623. simple & cānot sell any thing and groweth more foolish & simple each other daye. & quaketh.

feareth he is ill handled.

Ione Pearson, Marg Bagley Goody Bates & her husb. hurt there pigs & goody Estoll

RN An Wade of Hampsteede daught^r to S^r Williā Wade. 14 y this next may taken in her tongue ever sinc 4 yeres old. & doth stūble & stuttle & cā scarce bring fourth a ready word. Ap. 23. ☉ h. 12. 50 p m 1615. mater sine consensu

RN Margaret Smyth. of Broughton 43 y Aug. 10. ♀. h. 9 ant m. 1627 |hath an ague every day sinc christmas|

strangly taken w^th a rising at her hart likely to swound sa a knife & feareth to see a knife & trēbleth at it.

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 Rich: Morice of Stony stratford. 29. y. may. 3. ♃ hor 10 45 ant m 162i /extreme faynt & thirsty & tempted & troubled in mynd\

RN Thomas Peacock 11. y of Brampton. may 29. ☾ h: 1. p m. 1626 /pater  filio wheath^r {i}{ll} {sic} ill words have done him hare {sic}\

wheath^r ill words have done him harme

a poor mā Rich Hūbersone & his wife more suspected it |he| was demāded to pay his rent to the Hoggard & he sayd he had it not /then Thomas Peacock the boys father syd {sic} y^t he must pay it & sinc his son fell ill\ & his boy p^rsently fell lame.

TG An Bispee of kempson 20. y. feb: 25. h. 1. p. mer: 1632.

not well this quarter of this yeare pained in her stomack.

RN |{ne}scit an sit grav| susp witchery a yere & bett^r mayed {sic}

RN Elis Clark of Quinton 18 y Octob. 29. ☾ 18 y Octob 29. ☾ {sic} hor. 12. 4|3|0 p m 1604.

cānot staye vp out of her bed cānot eate nor drinke¹

but speaketh fondly

RN Elis. Chivoll of fæny stratford. 38 y march 5 h {sic} hor 11. 30 ant m. 1608. |a gnawing at her harte afrayd in her mynd|

Elis: Chevoll of fæny stratford. |38 y| march {illeg}|5| h {sic} hor 11. 45 ant m. 1608.

RN Mary Wels \of Redburne/ first taken strangly being devoutely affected w^th a gydynes in her head & troubles of mynd & a fearfull trēbling march. 3. ☉ h. 7. 40 ant m. 1622¹