Casebooks

RN An Parkins of Tachebrooke. 44 y Ap 13 ♂ h. 1. 28 a|p| m 1624 talketh {in}dico{ro}sly & seyeth y^t her child will bagge hath assayed to muder {sic} her selfe {illeg}|t|o Kill her selfe w^th knife & to drowne her selfe but could \not/ Despayreth of her salvature & sayth y^t she did neaver serve god

maritus  vxore vxor suspicat^r maritū quæsiturū auxilū {sic}  vxore

her mother was troubled w^th physick

RN Iohn Dod of London \m^r of artꝭ 6 y. standing/ 26 y. Aug. 20 ☾ h. 4. 50 p m. 162i /temp great melancholye\

RN Elis Baldwyn of Edgborough 28 y vnmyed {sic} Decēb. 9. ☉ h. 2. p m 162i

mutch tempted to kill her selfe cānot sleep{e}

RN Ellen Tyrrle of Olny 25. y. Ap. 16 ♀ h. 10. 15 ant m 1624 p^rsent

mutch tempte{r} to hurt herselfe full of grief mayed {sic} 7 y 2 child¹

RN Thomas Hunt of Chellington 31 y novēb 12 ♀ h. 2 p m 1624 troubled w^th sore temptations of Despayre 16 y very sorely of late 4 y. & now of late a fortnight since

RN Dive Ring of Bletchsley 78 y Ap. 16 ☾ h. 9 ant m. 1627¹

RN I gave Will. Rogars gratis a drā & halfe of pill corch{ra} in 3^d weight of helleb:/

he came againe & told me y^t the former wrought nothing at all w^th him. I gave him that gratis. to. his fath^r is so worldly & wretched. that he will give nothing to helpe him./

tempted of Sathan.

RN Robartꝭ Malins the sonne of old Thomas Malins died poysonig him selfe for that he could not mary w^th a a mayd y^t {eith^r} he loved extremely as some suppose 1590 die ♀ d Sept. 18. die ♀ h. 3. 30. mi. nos quærimꝯ morbū. h 2 15 mi. I was at the house & did see him fome at mouthe

RN M^r Althoms broth^r Londinensis Octob 11 die ♄ hor 7 19 ant m. 1600. tempted bi sathan to Drowne him selfe light headed.¹

RN Sara musgrave Decēb 26 ♃ h. 12. 1605.

tempted in mynd

miserablely afflicted god helpe her

RN Thomas Bynyon of litle woulson 27 y mayed {sic} 6 y. 3 child novē{b} 7. ♀ h. 10. 12 ant m 1606¹²

RN Katheron Smith of Shawson. 55 y. Iune 18. ♃ h. 9. ant m. 1607.¹

RN \S^r Henry cockes broth^rs servant/ Chrystopher Everred of Pollets \pariish {sic}/ a myle beyond Hitchin. 33 y. |a weaver.| a batch. |8. yeres ill.| feb 25. ♃ h. 2. 20. p m. 1608. |33. y 3 weekes iust before last miklemas ♃ h. 10 ant m|¹

RN Mres Abbots tempted {w^th} ill thoughts 26 y feb. 6 ☾ h. 9 ant m 1632 wicked & vngodly thoughts

RN Ione Barton \alias Nichols/ of Ivingo tempted w^th ill thoughtꝭ. Iune 4. ant m. 1614.

RN Iohn Daniell Nichols of Brayfild of the greene |42 y a widower| May 24. ♀ h 7. ant m 1622¹

RN Rich Stonebankes 30 y. a batchelor borne at Tyrringhā afflicted in mind Ap 25 die ♀ h. 7.

Μελανχολια et tentatio. {illeg}|{ab}| {sic} vti mortē desyderat bene affect

RN \1597 6|M|ay 6. die ♀ h. 6|5|. hor. 5^ta m. 34./ Perkins a woman very crased in breane & mutch tempted. Came to me {for} {sic} quærens  morb.

RN Cicely Tomkins of Newnton 26 y. sept 4 ☿ h. 12. 1605. 2 child youngest of a yere old. troubled in mynd¹²

RN Alce Horne of Kempson 32 y. septemb. 13. ♀ h. 12. 50 p m. 1605¹²