Casebooks

RN ¹h 5 15. post merid die ♀ h. 5. 15. post merid. Ihone Smith venit vt se purgaret a crimine et accusat seu suspicione potius veneficij negat se suem occidisse. venef. emisse

RN At Luten M^r Walkyndon on that had lost his horses aft^r a st{rang} maner dying suspected on Katheron Wels of the same towne moved this question to me sending for her who was the before me not knowing therof. septemb 27 die ♄ hor 7 ant m. 1600 or wheath^r shee be his enemye.

RN Alce Graye of Grendon 50 y Iune 21 ☿ h. 10. 12 ant m 1609

this womā hath bene troubled this 5 yeres w^th some bad bodye & cānot make chese but it will have bunches & it wilbe bytter & stronge of the Rūnet

Alce Cave of y^t towne 60 y who hath an Ill name./ & Doll Risinge. |her mother Margery Rising susp dead.|

cheese looketh & is well whiles it is 3 weekes old. afterward it waxeth bitter & is strong of the rūnet./ she lost 2 y. sinc 2. beasts fomyg.

RN Goody Sheafeld of Clyfton by Stampford a womā great w^th child & a very honest womā 3{illeg}|8| y Iune 22 h {sic} hor. 12. 1619

fell out w^th a womā & doth feare her tongue y^t sayd she would be avenged hath had i6 pigs dyed

RN Henry Morgā bought 13. hogs. all gydy & doe fall downe & yet doth eate fe{a}eth {sic} Thomas Wodall \susp./ may 11 ♂ h. 2. 30 p m. 1624

RN Rich: Laughton of Newnton Blosmefild 56 y octob. 20 h {sic} hor. 2. 45 {sic} \50/. p m 1627 /natꝯ the fryday after candlemas day\

RN Mres \Eliner/ Aylet of Magdalen Laver. neere to Chippenanger. of Essex \40 y/ sept 21 h {sic} hor 1. p m 1633.

RN \S^r Sanders Duncōbe/ Quærit^r vtrū Consob{inu}s aget secū fidelit^r Sept. 10 ♀ h 11. 45 ant m 1630. Wheath^r he shall have his moytye & wheath^r the law will redresse him

RN Goodmā Ward came to acq me y^t he had found out the womā y^t had skill to search witches & told me what the p^rsūpt they had of G l g {sic} goody B & h son H. novēb 20 ♂ h. 9 ant m 1632 |he brght {sic} me a bottle of hock|

RN M^r Cooke of feny stratford lost a horse came to me Sept 3 die ☿ h. 2|i|. {illeg}|4|5. 1. 45 p m. 1600

RN M^r Vuedale calfes & bullockes die & frothe he feareth lest they be bewitched. Ian. 17 die ♃ ♄ {sic}. 9. 10|9|: ant 50 m. ant m 1600

RN Ihone Smith sua sponte ad me venit vt se purgaret nō occidisse suē 11 h. 30. m. an suē Cowly occierit

RN 1597 Sept 15 die ♃ Cowlys sowe Died h 9 7 m. ant merid veneficio perempta vt illa suspicatur et malis imp^rcrationibus {sic} diris quæ causa mortis.

RN Mres Stafford of Westbury widow sent to me for to know wheather her cattle be witched but I sent her a{illeg}|way| & rated her y^t came because I never dealte in sutch fooleryes

Octob. {illeg}|4|. ♂ hor 8 ant m 1603.

{h}ath had as shee sayth many losses.

RN a Womā came to enquire for her husb. absent 3 y. Wheath^r living or dead feb 21. ♂ h. 1. 30 p m 1609

RN Goodmā Asby lost na had a Cow & a calfe stollen from him on monday night last Apr. 3. came to me to know w^ch way he went Ap 3. ☿ h. 5. 40 ant m. 16i6

Goodman Ashby had a Cow \& a calfe/ stollen on monday night last stollen out of Staunton grounds Apr 3. ☿. h. 5. 40 ant m 16i6

RN S^r Thomas Mounson 58. y {novēb} 13 ♃ h. 5. 39 p m. 1629 {sic}.

I He hath a new frind. who gives him great assuranc of great benefit y^t I shall receave frō him craveth my advise herin.

RN Rich: Laughton of Newton Blossomfild 55 y Iuly 12. ♃. h. 11. ant m. 1627

RN M^r Th. Park{er} of Dorington May 27|8|. ♂ {h} 12. 39 p m 16{33}

RN Mres \Elinor/ Aylet of Athrop Rouding where the mischeefe is Done supposed by Elizabeth Spacy \almost 50 y/ & her confederate & another goody mathewe almost 40 y octob 23: ☿ h. 10. 15 ant m 1633

Iane Lasco & her daughter Iane Case |Rebecca Write| Ione Dowsy|s|et of magdalen laver Parnel Sharpe of Athrop Rudding