Casebooks

RN Elis Hurrell of Barton by Cambridge a widow 60 y sept 17. ☾ h. 7 30 ant m. 1627. Distracted of her wits sinc mydsomer. Doth Will curse & talk continually & be doing of some ill except she be tyed & will teare her cloathes & is senceles. fretfull & furious & cā sleepe litle light headed¹

RN Alexander Lovell of Hazlebeech a husb: in Northāpton sheere 50. y. mac|rc|h. 19 h {sic} hor: 9. 15 ant m 1625.

mynd troubled & will speak idlely & had physick & a S & mended {&} 2. y. sinc & now & is sore visited w^th sickns {sic} anys {sic} this fortnight.

march 15 extree {sic} ill about 12. 30 p m 1625

RN Iane fountayne of Cheddington 41 y Aug. 2. ♂. h. 11. ant m 1625 |mynd troubled sences dulled memory bad.|

RN Williā Wilson of He{illeg}|ck|son in Hartford sheere 25 y Iune 19 ♂ h. 2. 30 p m 1627

month ill mopish & wont to hang him selfe. being mightely tempted therevnto & gratiously p^rserved & sinc his nynd {sic} is troubledd {sic} y^t he is dāned therfore & cā not be quieted in his nynd {sic} was p^rsent.¹

RN Iohn Carne of Stony stratford but dwelling in London 26 y. Iune Iuly 1. h {sic} hor. 10. ant m. 1620

he was p^rsent full of melancholy hed mopish heavy cānot sleep. tooke great greefe

RN An Lilly of Shitlington parish 32 y {illeg}|a| mayden March 21 ☿ h. 11. 40 ant m 162i

full of melanch. mopish & lightheaded {talke eyth^r} to mutt|c|h or to litle

RN Susā flatcher of Norton by Balduck 42 y Ian 24. ♃ h. 11. 15 ant m 1622.

troubled in mynd & desp of her salvat. by fits cānot sleepe/

RN Bidget Markū of Glouson Ap. 17 ☿ h. 6. 30 ant m 1622 /28 y.\ then the messeng spake vnto me for her

but her letter I rceaved {sic} & read Ap 16 ♂ h. 8. a|p| m 1622

her sences gone 6 weekes sinc {h}er mutch troubled in mynd & prayeth always & growen mopish & cry lord Deliv^r me frō Iue & water./

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

RN An Southā of Croaton 33 y May 10 h {sic} hor 10 25 ant m 1623 light headed & vnruly & idle talke & is very furious cānot abyd any prayer to be sayd by her worse when she is bound |would murder her selfe maritus  vxore|

RN M^r Georg Spencer of Coaple 50 y mutch distempered in his head by melancholy conceitꝭ to w^ch he yealdeth to overmutch Iuly 10 ♃ h. 11. 45 ant m 1623

RN Iohn Peake of Heavencot by Tocetour 23 y a {I} {sic} wool wynder Ian: 21. ♀ h. 3. p m 1625.

frater  fratre |sine cōsensu| melancholia et delirio laborāte quæ illi divina videntia inflicta  subia taken in his trade & ritches gotten by his owne hands & industry, begā to growe ryotous & proud in his apparle & his monye w^ch he sayd he would lead to the poer. /othewise {sic} wary & sober now will sweare & talke idlely\ |no care of any thinge|¹

RN will white of Kempson. 40. y may. 27. ♀ h. 9. 45. ant m 1625. |not well sinc Easter.|

cānot sleepe quietly greefe for the Death of his mother & his brother lawing w^th him for. touching his mothers will |not sick but troubled in mynd|¹

RN The noble lady of Westmorland \de la Spencer/ young S^r Rob Napers sister in Law by the maryg of her sister she Directed a letter to me touching a gentlewomā y^t wayteth on her on Mres Crost 21 y march. 15 ♃ h. 2. 25 p m 1627 /of Aptharpe\ /her wits & menory {sic} decayed & cānot be kept in her\¹

RN M^r Williā Hutchingson: 40. y: march. 28. ☿ h. 10. 25|0|. ant m. 1627. |vxor  marito a tale big mā. w^th yell hayre very mery & cheerfull by his owne nature & cōplexion taketh mutch tobacco pater  filio sine cōsensu/|

M^r Will: Hutchinson 40 y of Blūsā in Hutington {sic} sheere hard by Erith march 28. ☿ h. 10 30 ant m 1627.

a tale yell hayre very Ioviall & mery by his owne disposition very Kind & yet thrifty.

he was Chaplyn to B And |in| \his owne/ who bestowed on him a good sonage & p^rbend

M^r Hutchingson a p^rach a|&| a chaplyn to B Andros 40 y Iuly March 28 ☿ h. 10. 30 ant m 1627. /brayne distempered extree {sic} proud of his gifts Iealous of his wife\¹

RN Iohn Berin of Ivingoe Auson 50 y feb 5. ☿ h. 3. 15 p m 1623.

a melanch mā Corpulente¹

RW Iohn Coleman of Little Brickhill d. ♂ h: 10. ante m Martij. 14. 1620. hath not slept for 5 or 6 dayes: crazed in his brayne: troubled with melancholy

RN M^r Wyllison of London for his wife in a maner distracted very mopish & full of melancholy Martch 23 ♀ h. 7 p m 162i sine consensu |in Austen Fryars neare the Dutch church.|

RN Rich wodward {sic} \woodward/ of Houghton Conquest. 40 y Iune 30 h {sic} hor. 9. 20 ant m 162i

troubled in mynd a melanch dead looke

RN Iohn Shermā of Old in Northāptonshere 32. y octob. 16 \♂/ h. 5. 15 ant m 162i |was p^rsent| /mopish will lye a bed fearfull careth for no busynes.\¹