Casebooks

RN Iane Lightfoote nata vppon S^t Iames day about 3 in y^e morning was a {sic} last S^t Iames day a twelfmonth is very sick & lyeth strang & was not signed w^th the signe of the crou|s|se. it the child gnaweth 3 days ill.

RN I{o}|h|one Symons susp. by Burfoote Ian 20 ☾ h. 12. 1623

because he is well & suddenly ill.

RN Elinor Barnard\Elner Barnard of modlyn/ of Stebbing 40 A|y| mā came for a womā very sick y^t was w^th me before Ap 16 ♂ h. 6. 15 p m 1633

SF Ihon Correll of too yers old / 1601 the 18 of Aprill ♄ an’ m’ at 30 p 9 Diz. et vtrū veneficata n^c nō/

RN Agnys Gunther Aug 25|6|. h|☾|. 8 p m. 1605. quærit^r a meipso meapte sponte. an morbus sit natur v^l non. a veneficis v^l fictus |hoc tēpore morbus solitus eā invasit.|

RN M^r vilvayne of Exeter colledg sent me a letter to intreate me wheth^r M^r Cunny be skilfull to helpe against witchery. & {illeg}|w|hat he hath done {illeg}|t|ruely vppon his experienc. & how he doth it & to certefy him of it. Martij 9. h {sic} hor. 11. 25. ant m 1605.

quæro hic mea sponte. a|A|n Mary Gunth^r veneficio sit correpta seu potius. an morbus eius sit ex veneficio nec ne./

SF Richard West of a year old 1597 the 27 Iun’ ☾ p m’ at 7 Diz / forspoken or noe/ the Aunt for the child

the sonn of Rich \Iohn/ & Effam Weste of newington g{illeg} Towne

at 7 p m’

RN C|M|res Coo sent to me to come Downe to see her child. Wylliā of 6 y feb 6 ♀ h. 11. ant m 1607 /extreme sick & gnaweth the clothes\ /metuit veneficiū\

& M^r Ducobes sonn Ih|o|hn for his baldnes feb. 6. ♀ h 11 ant m 1607.

RN Mres Panton vtrū morbus sit naturalis vel non Ap 29 ♀ ♃ h. 6. 30 ant m 1619

RN Mres \Mary/ Bartholomew \or Isaac/ of Oxford {illeg}|4|0 y sept 20 ☿ h. 8. 20 ant m 1620 |troubled w^th her old infir{mity}|

maleficiū suspicat^r

RN she was strangly taken w^th her sicknes & a shak{ing} in her right arme. Sept 21. ♀. h 4. p m 1610. {illeg} held her two houres. & th{en} tooke her a sonday being 23{illeg} in the after noone afore sone set & held all y^t ni{ght} vntill ten the next daye h. 4. p m 16i0

RN An Gale of Goldington now brought a bed & her milk is gone & dryed vp sodenly & her child ill. suspecteth ill peop. Ian 12. {illeg}|♄| hor. 10. 30 ant m 16 {sic}12. 1611.

Dorothy Katlyn. Elinor Warner Ione Chāberlyn. 2 of y^t name./

Edward Gale./

RN march 13. M^r Smith of milton did visite me in kindnes. 1607.

he told me y^t his wife is sick aft^r a strange maner & feareth y^t she is not w^th child. ve\r/y costive

RN Goodman Honour of Newport for his wife who hath bene longe sick & is nowe very exceeding ill h {sic} as her husband telleth me. hanc male suspicant^r de veneficio

Elisabeth Buckingham. Otherwise Honour about 50. a great pulling in her left syde w^c maketh her to Crye/

shee is not able to styrre no meate will tary w^th her. shee goeth not onc in a sennet to ground very costive & mutch bounde. 27 of Decēb. die ☿ h. 8. 45. ant m. 1598. /complayneth of her hart chest left arme.\

RN Robart Huets sone of Hamerton sick & mended but lame of on syde & hath bene for two yeres his father fell out w^th on Ione Adams & he is thought to be the worse for her. Iune 10 10 ♀ h. 9. 15 ant m. 1614. two yeres ill & goeth w^th crutches

RN M^r vnderhill sent me a booke & desyreth to know wheath^r his disease be naturall or vnnaturall octob 16 ♃ h. 5. 45 p m. 1623

Robt Sum̄erly of Doddington 2. y. March 13. ☿. h. 12. 20. p m 1633

simple & mopish, flesh fallen from y^e wast downeward, weak at Knees, & cannot stand. was Sick \at/ a q^rter olde, & was neu^r well since. feareth some ill to\u/ngue. Gadwife Purny Susp.

RN \Robart Stone of Turvy./ a strang disease in t|T|urvy some taken w^th a sorenes in there throate. 2 a greevous hed ach & stitch vnder there right syde. some die w^thin a weeke, some at the weekes end, some 2 weekes some 3. weekes. craveth a p^rvention.

RN Alce Rhodes of Bledloe beyond Alesbury 5 miles May 2. ☉ h. 1. 30 p m 1619 strangly handled ague water lame & thick.

RN Els. Butch: cæpit ægrot. 1597 Octob. 13. die ♃. h. post {sic} h. 9. she ke {sic} quivereth & trembleth. shee feared least shee was bewitched but she mended a weake after.