Casebooks

RN Thomas Barnes of Olny 50 y Iune 19 ☿. h. 10. ant m. 1611. lame in his legs & hath 3 hols

ready to have his belly & his backe torne in peeces if he put not his fingers into his throate to cast it vp. feareth least on goody Margery Travell hath bewitched him. |& his wife is pulled to.|

RN The Lady West & the Lady de Lespencer sent for Mres Crosts to goe to her grandmotter Dup & not to come Home to thē for feare of relapse

& sent me 5^l for m^rs Crosts & the lady West a peece for her child.

quærit vtrū sit gravida

renēb {sic} to write to her & to the Bayly for his Child \the falling sicknes/ & to the lady Westmorland & to the lady delespencer et vtrū Her daughter lady Humes be gravida & in y^e behalfe of Mres Crosts. \is Costive always// her dyet \purging Drink/ wroght 3 or 4 tys {sic} a day

fearth astringent playsters will bynd it

I had 5^l of the lady Delespencer & a peece frō the old lady Westmorland for my Counsell for her child |Ap 13.|

M^res Crost was willed for feare of relapse to goe to her Grandmother Dup for a while I wished her to stay vntill the 8 of May 8.

RN The old lady Bouth of y^e Bath Aug 80 y Aug 8. ☿ h. 3. 30 p m. 162i

quærit vtrū sit ei tutū sequi maledicā quādā mulierē quæ vulgavit se fuisse veneficā. licet mulier iā incepuit negare \it is growen into y^e mouth of 40 people/ quā tū {illeg} \ita/ dixisse potest ex testim 2^ā mulierē basse her old husb. 20 y sinc gave out y^t she was venefica him selfe vsings {sic} the cōpany of harlots. hath taken mutch greefe. if she goe to lawe wheath^r a good or a bad end in making of water feeleth sensiblely a great payne cōing downe frō her hand to her loynes. & place of making of water./

would know when her men shall returne./

RN An Glover 13 y Aug 9 ☾ h. 10. 20 ant m 1619 |gryped in her belly casteth wormes f{oun}d|

RN M^res Elenor Aylet of Madalen Laver. 17 octob 31 ♃ h. 10 15 ant m 1633 |hath thē well 2 y| |troubled in her sleepe| sent her water mother & daughter brought her|th|ere {sic} waters. |sleepeth well|

Elis: Spacy of High Rooding appeared plainly to her in her sleep |this night| & then not well 2 or 3 days after

Richard Pavet & h{is} wife susp:

RN Robart Grashop of hanslop 42 y decēb. 18 ☿. h. 2. 30 p. m 1611 came to bag mony against chismas {sic}. I gave him 4^d his mā hath bene troubled w^th the white flix 3 or 4 yers & could never be hopen {sic} & yet is very harthole & hath a good stomack & doth well.

RN M^res Iane Prescot of London newly come to London & tak{ing}|en| w^th her shaking fits yet suddenly well would know wheath^r best to leave her house at london & to dwell reture {sic} to Dwell into the country Decēb. 10 ♀ h. 10 30 ant m 1624

RN Goody Gale for her Thomas Gostick a yere & a halfe old borne the weddensday after mysdsomer. sent Ian. 28 ♂ h. 11. ant m 1623.

It doth pyne & eate litle & doth not sper nor cānot goe it is so weake.

Elner Warner her next neighb. Elis Steaphinson who dwell boath togeath^r her mother hanged

cānot kepe his water.

RN Iohn Scoc\r/{ou}ft {sic} \Scocraft./ of of {sic} Ravensdon in bedfordsheere 50 y Iuly Aug 10 ♂ h. 4. 40. p m. 1619. /was p^rsent\ /his wife lame & her hucklebone {out.}\

RN S^r Rob. frater may 11 ☿ h. 6. 15 p m 163i

vtrū erit ei ficiuū {sic} emere M officiū faciendi quadratis et vtrū filius Alex vnquā sit ad bonā frugē rev^rsurus. |Alex. deseruit Ducē. 120^l vnde nemo scit| /mariage broken of. S^r Robert paynd w^th the scalding water\

RN Ihone Nelson of Mowlsoe 52 yeres having taken a smay because her husband on a time beating her mead for denying of y^t w^c her husband knew to the contrary, shee bearing of the blowes when her husband strook her it fortuned w^thin a while after the servant Died & the mother of y^t ser child sayd shee would never live vntill shee had hanged him for killing of his {sic} Daughter sinc w^c time shee ever vomiteth blacke soote every day for this twelfmoneths. 14 yeres agoe. or therabout her servant beaten died. shee loseth of her beastꝭ & co kines fat & good on a sudden sinc yesterday shee yea & sometimes shee can make make {sic} no butter no phisicke will goe Downeward but vpward all & y^t as mutch w^thout phisick as w^th it. Novemb. 10 die ♀ h.       h {sic} 8. 30|5|. mi. ant m. 1598

RN An Gale of goldington 30 y march 13 ♃. h. 11. ant m. 1617 looketh to be brought a bed a week after our lady day next. \Mary Morgan./ sent |Edward Morgan. /y^e husb of Elizab Morgā\| suspected Elnor warner g{oo} Elis: Steaphingson Dorothy Catlyn Margery Bagly Ione Pearson of landon susp Henry freemā & Bettridge mēnard.|5 y full of ratlyn flegme/.|

RN Hen\r/y Cuddington of Stonystratford 13. y Iune 2 ♂ {sic} h. 10. 25 ant m 1619.¹ |cānot stand nor goe. nothing to be seene w^thout payne./|

RN Mres Anderson her letter London may 6 ♀ h. 11 25 1625

wheath^r leaches are good for her {illeg}|b|y tyes & what good to vse for the extrme {sic} heat in her hands & coldnes of her feete 3 what to quench her great drouth & thirste. 4 to make her sleepe

Is cōtinually Drye would know my iudg touching her fortune

RN Bridget N{illeg} Tom{ky} {sic} |Tom|kyns of Newnton 60|3| y feb. 25. ♃ h. 11. 2{illeg}|38| ant m. 1608

could not sleepe but by a stūble onc or twice a weeke not these 9 \11/ weekes

feareth y^t shee is vnd^r an ill tongue /feareth the loosing of her sences for lack of slepe/\

RN Mres Elenor Aylet of magdalen laver 30 y Iuly 19 ♀ h. 1. 45 p m 1633 |in Essex.|

supposeth her selfe to be bewitched her first husb was witched to Death she her Daughter Elis: & her old serv Fayth Sage y^t is mayed {sic} not well

was better till this fortnight sinc Rebecca write was at her house

sinc hath bene troubled in her milke & making of cheese her milke sowrs & her cheese w^th an ill sent

she hath a great heate vppon her & is wonderous ill

her daughter mres Elis. not well

her husb is troubled w^th a great heate her old serv. maryed hath a great heate & sweat her cows in her yard are taken lame & there milke dryed

RN M^r Charnock of of {sic} Groundon 50 y. novēb. 16 h {sic} hor 11 ant m 1605 sent a lett^r on dead a child of 3 y. N{illeg} red spots & blacke spots

RN Vtrū Goody feary her mres stole away her mony & apparle out of her cofer having a key vnto it. ♂. h. 2. 20 p m 1613. |Elis Rives of hav^rshā a sore leg broken 26 y.|

RN Ione Hands of Laytonstone in Essex. 32 y may 21. ♀ h. 11. 39 ant m 1619 |maritꝯ  v{illeg}|x|ore sine consensu.| /will not eate meate sometyes. at others tye will.\

RN Elis Edward of

Elis Bray of newnā 42 y Ap 9. ♂ h. 5. 45 p m. 1622. |4 child 11 y. youngest almost 2 yeres.|

Elis Bray \{Braye}/ of newnā 42. y. Ap. 9. ♂ h. 5. 45 p. m. 1622. |is very weake|