Casebooks

GJ Sibill Fisher of Cokenho 23|4| y August 1. ☾ ho 12 15 p. m. 1603

Light headed laug{illeg}|h|es, but at first tooke it w^th a weeping lookꝭ ghastly. \a/ fleering lookꝭ settꝭ her teeth. one night did nothing but sweare and curse /

Sibill Fisher she knowes not of her husbandꝭ cōming for her, knowes nobody they bynde her handꝭ and feete. when she is loose she is so strong that they cannot Deale w^th her. singꝭ idle songꝭ. Desyres to daunce. She had 2 midwives the first vnskilfull the 2 froward & would not meddle w^th her because she was not first sent her, suspected to be a witche, the woman well layd but a weeke after fell into these fittꝭ & at first speaking of her 2 midwyfe sayd. what doest thou there w^th thy blacke hen. & such like speeches

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RN M^res Stones Daughter borne 11 y. sinc S^t Androws day novēb 30. ☿ h. 4 ant m 1603.

/mres Stones Daughter borne at Rudgmont Decēb. 1. ☿ h. 4. ant m. 1602.\ this child was often in daūger to be Drowned

& when she was a leaven yers old fortnight before Christmas going to wash reasons & reaching after a skillet w^ch fell out of her hand she fell into a pond & was p^rsently Drowned/

RN Wheath^r his frind \28 y old/ shall mary or not & about what tyme & if he mary wheather likely to be a crosse then a blessing Iuly 28 ♃ h. 4. 50 p m 1614

he shalbe 38 y old when he mayred|th| {sic} w^ch seeneth {sic} to be about 4 yeres henc for he is now the last 4 of Iune iust 34 yeres old./

he shall mary about 3. yeres henc by gods grace. & have an honest loving womā w^th whome he shall doe well.

RN Sara Bur Brugis 3 y feb 23 {sic}. ☿. h. 12. 30 p m 1626

cōplayneth of her belly borne Iuly 22 ☉|☾| h. 15|7| {sic} |17| a|p| m 1622

RN fryday h. 11. ant m. 1629

feb 27 ♀ h. 7 ant m 1629

RN feb. 27 ♀ h. 7 ant m 1629

feb 27. ♀ h. 4 in the morning.

1 ☿ vitæ gr 5. aq Hyp. ℥iij

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RN Agnys Hombye of Kettering 60 y. a wife mayed {sic} an old hus{band} distracted 3 y & r{un}neth vp & downe

neav^r had but on child & y^t dy{ed} she neav^r hath bene well sinc but as a distract{ed} son rangeth vp {&} do{illeg}|wn|e

RN Mary plante of newp. 9 y Ap. 19 ☾ h. 2. p m 1630

a swelling buch {sic} in her back & a litle in her neck

RN M^r Tyringhā brought Mres Tyringhās water feb 22 ♂ h. 2. 15 p m 163i |Vtrū sit filius vl filia|

RN The young lady Alce \Edgerton/ Bridgwater 12. y. Sept.: 9 . ☉ h. 8. 45 ant m 1632

the mother

RN {Th.} Collins of Dinton parish 10 weeks Decēb 29 h {sic} ho about day breake father came for him Ian: 7. ☾ h. 11. ant m 1633

Hanna Cowlye of Leighton. 4. y. Febr. 4. ☾. h. 12. 30. p m. 1633

Hanna Cowly of Leighton 4. y. Febr. 4. ☾. h. 12. 30. p m. 1633.

SRN Iohn. Thurston 9. y. 12. Martij. of Easton Martij 21. ♀ h. 1. 40. p. m. 1634. /The father for y^e Son\

Taken with convul{sions} {illeg}

RN Mrres {sic} Denys leate did crye so{rely} Aug 23. h. 9. 30 ant m 1609

Mres Denys Leate tooke a clyster of diacathol ℥jß Ierap. sere an ʒj olei cām ℥ij mellis rosali ℥ij Aug 22 out of tem at night.

RN Elis foscue 64 y maij 1: ♃ h 8 15 ant m 1606

Wheath^r best for her to mary or noe./

Henry fosc her sone 33. what shalbe come of him

he shall doe well in tyme for some office.

wyll fosc 36 y he shall do reasonable well by some office

Thomas felton 44 y sone of Elis fosc

he wyll not live long

but will dye some 2 yeres henc

M^rs Quick sent her Lettr Concerning the Lady Magdal: & Lady Alice Egerton. at the same time ℞ likewise a Letter from M^r Wright & another from M^r Tho: Iennins. febr. 21. ♃ h. 8. p m. 1633

RN also M^r Thomas Iennins vtrū maritabit

y^e Lady Magd. had y about y^e full moone. her courses come downe & was swelled

y^e Lady Alice had some sad fits fortnight since.

RN The Lady Magd

Lady magdalen had taking her strong purg: pils 2 or 3 days before the full her terms came down & neav^r before & suddenly ceased & her face swelleth|d| & was ill

pil spl. ʒj aloes ʒij rud ʒj|i|j myrh sav. an ℈ij croci ʒß. olei nyist gut vj

let her blood vnder the ham or saph. or apply leaches

for the Lady Alce: syr vomit cocl iij {illeg} q {mitt} \{illeg}|El|ect ♂ gr iiij aq ced {c}ocl {sic}/ cocl jß vini albi cul / aq cinina cul j pil: cossaf ʒß rud ℈ß. an ʒj spl an ℈ij 15 pils

febr 23. ☾ for thrice olei myust gut iij

her vomyte wrought excedingly & made her very sicke.

RN her daughter Mres Elenor Aylet 17 y may 15. ☿ h. 7 30 p m 1633

her daughter idle headed & moped |vide Maij 3^o| 4 y ill witchery suspectted {sic}

cānot make butter nor cheese

Elisabeth Spacy susp: Rich Pavet susp. /& H Rebecca his wife\ w^th many others

16 or 17 more suspected.

old goody Ransden the begȳner of all there troubles dyed 5 y since

Fayth Sayick y^t was her servant Harmed