Casebooks

SF M^rs handmare 1598 the 30 Iani’ ☾ p m’ at 7. vtr’ maritꝯ sit viuus aut mortiu’ & Best to goe Downe or noe Best to sele her patrimony

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.

SF margaret lygon of 53 yeres 1597 the 13 of Septn’ {sic} ♂ p m’ at 15 p j diz  marito suo Arnoldꝯ ligon ad mare &c howe he fareth.

and wher he shall haue a fitable Voiadg

and wher yt be best to go into the cōtri or staie

& what enims {sic} her sonn hath

pro eodem/

SF fraunces prannel of 19 years 1598 the 10 feb ♀ p m’ at 3 questo. wher he {th}{erelle} bears hir Any good will wher he did tel of the Lettar. howe she shall sped in the Contry when therell will Retorn’.

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 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

SF An Musgrove of showe Lane of 60 yers |9 Iun at 30 p 12|  marito suo vtrun {sic} vnquā videt iterū necnō vel vtrū sit mortius. et vtrun {sic} nelius {sic} est ea hic manere aut Redire in Rure suo iterū necnon

RN Henry Morgā bought 13. hogs. all gydy & doe fall downe & yet doth eate fe{a}eth {sic} Thomas Wodall \susp./ may 11 ♂ h. 2. 30 p m. 1624

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

SF Rafe Gren for Willim Cutler his man. Best to send him into New castell questo 1599 the 22|3| of octob/ ♂ An m’ at 45 p 8

wher he shall haue Any good by his brother harry or Richard

whether he shall Marry Again

whether his state shall mend or Decaye.

whether he shall be Imprisoned for Debts/ or no/./

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 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 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 M^r Anth: Lightfoote Decēb Ian 1. h {sic} hor 11 20 ant m 1630 {sic} /sent me a quarterne of mutton, & a fat goose\

Th Lawson denyeth the stayling of his mare but fond in cōtrary tales

Cheese stole the mare & is fled but he heareth where his mare is

Smyth is taken & cast into prison vppō a robbery.

S^r Anthony Colly his landlord given to drinking wheath^r he will {li}ve Longe

S^r Lewys watson robbed of 27^l.

he sup y^t Cheese, Swan \is in prison on susp/ wheather the plate be spent

when he might talke w^th him to make him confes

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 Th. Parker of Dorington hath lost a horse & a bullock 3 hogs all dyed strangly good Decēb 31 ☾ h 11. 30 ant m 1632

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 An Ioh. B shall have good successe in his sute 1598 Iulij 11. h. ant merid 5. 50. mi 6. die ♂. 5.50. An h. 6. e|s|ed max^e h 7. 5. ant merid an ad fine itineris tinget {illeg}|a|n ad sona veniet et alloquetur nec ne.