Casebooks

RW Iane Burchill of Hellendon. y. 40. d. ♀ h: 1. 30. p: m: Feb: 25. 1620. burneth in her body:

RN a note sent to mres By\r/d of hav^rshā. 60 y Ap. 26 ♀ h. 3. 20 p m. 1622: /swelled in her body\

RN Goody Aburne 38 y for y^e swelling of her body.

RN A{g}|{n}| {sic} An Towers of {sic} wayting gentlewo{mā} on the old lady Digbe of 27 y Ian 22 ♃ h. 11 ant m 1624 a gryping on her body.

RN Agnys Bom{t}ing \of Blakesly parish/ 24 y mayed 3 quat {sic}. of a yere swelled about her body

RN Mres Margaret Sanderson 22 y Apr. 7 ♂ h. 4 45 p m 1629

vtrū sit gravida thought that she had bene quick a month agoe according to her the alteration of her body w^ch she hath found these 5 months body very big & is Doubtfull wheath^r she be w^th child hath bene & is very healthfull would take physick if not w^th child

RN M^res Magdalen cōpl of great heate & spots risen in her body Iuly 29 ♃ h. 6. 45 ant m 1624

RN Mres Duncōbe of great Brickhill {60} 63 y octob 3 {sic} 4 ♃ h. 12. 45. p m 1627 |body mutch swelled & shortwyded.|

RW Dorothy Greene of Perry. y. 30. d. ♂. h: 1. p: m: Apr: 25. 1620. not maryed, hath not had them since Christmasse. pinched in her body & stomacke

RN Elis Dent of Olnye 26 y Iune 19 ♂ h. 10. 30 ant m. 162i a great heate in her body chest & bellye.

RN Elis Assabee of Lavendon 50 y march 16 ♀. h. 11 ant m 1627 swonded on weddensday last & the belly y^e bell went \for her/ extree {sic} sore & tormented in her bodye cānot abyde to be touched hath great mise\r/y of the left syde |extree {sic} misery sinc weddensday|

RN Shonet Wardley of Odyll. 50 y march. 19 ♂ h 2 p m 1622. feeleth a prickling in sundry tꝭ of her body suddenly & by fits every day. & is mutch payned in her brow mouth & a noyce in her eares/. they sper not in there body. catle.

RN Mres Pescot sent a letter to me touching certen ptyes susp to doe her hane {sic} May 17 ☾ h. 1. 30 p m. 1624

Mres Prescot was w^th goody M^res Kendall who did excuse her selfe &|b|efore she dyed & did put it on her daughter in law that mayed {sic} her sonne called Ellenor Cooke now wife of francis Typsley confessed y^t her daughter sent for a mā to cure her mischiefe but they did not fourme it. still is tormented almost in all tꝭ of her bodye yet not sicke so y^t she is afrayd y^t all her adversayes {sic} are not rooted out. this \last/ womā hath a Daughter y^t was w^th the old womā before she dyed called Anne Typsley. always tormented at hart feareth a cōsūption & craveth my consayle & helpe vnder god.

RW Clement Rulie d. ♀. h: 9. 25. p: mer: Feb: 1. 1622. taken suddenly w^th a riseing in \her/ stomacke w^ch is readie to stop her winde: her hands cold; highe coloured in her face & swetteth: hath a heate in her bodie

RN Mary Bruer of this towne 36 y feb. 4. ☾ h. 9 ant m 1628

Is lame in all her body & her |left| kne swelled & foot & is lame in it cōplayneth of her backe & syde & is desyrous to be let blood great w^th child quickened at S^t Thomas

RN D Iames of Oxford st|ran|gly {sic} \straungly/ taken w^th a palsye on the left syde of the face hand & leg taken at church & great red blatches in t|H|is fac & bodye & his ey swelling & f|H|is face a yere before & sinc he contenting certen sup witches & on being acquitted he felt his strange stitch on his s {sic} left syde by fits he supposeth y^t the womā susp for a witch but quitted by the Iudges did hurte him the 24 of feb. ☾ sep a □ ♄ ap ☌ ♂ y^t night at sup first taken. had his first fit after he talked w^th m^r Rob. Conye. feb 18. in y^e after noone his first fit but his worst fit the 24 of feb when the sup witch was acquitted/

M^res Iames mentioned M^r Doctor Iames |of oxford| Ap. 20 ♃ h. 3. 20 p m. 1620 /she related all at this tyme/\