Casebooks

RN |1598.| Elsabeth Richardson tooke her sicknes the 2 of Iuly die ☉ h. int^r 10 & 11. 10. 30 mi an m. 10. 15. shee hath an idle hed & speaketh foolishnes bereaved of her speach & of her wittes

RN Williā Palmer bereaved of his sences sometimes {t}alketh well & discreetely sometimes very f vainly & foolishly: vseth to lie a bed for the space of a moneth of 26 yeres of Grounden. h {sic} a batchelor this 2 yeres. he gave his word for xx^li & Driven to pay it some suppose this to have crased his minde. Ap. 2i. die ♄ h. 4. 20. mi p m. 1599.

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 Frauncis Tomson by her husband of lowton 30 of March. die ♀ h. 12 30. mi.  morbo. 1599 caput phantastijs melancholicis laborat. timore spiritu’. 42. yeres. /muscam metuit et {muo}rē\

RN Millers 1598 Iul. 14. die ♀ h. 7. mi. 12. 45 m. Thomas Richardson for his wife. to know what wilbe her end. about 30 yeres old. shee suspecteth shee hath bene bewitched light headed & talketh mutch of the devill shee can not speake sometimes in her fit letteth out her excrementꝭ.

RN Will. Rogars \of hellington. & {s}{illeg}{le} l{a}d/ of Stock Hamon 20 yeres old troubled w^th fansies & his mind troubled w^th the Devill this 2 or 3 yeres but now very mutch Ap. 25. die ☿. h. 6. p m. 1599.¹

RN |1598. 1598| Elisab. Miller mutche \at newport/ mutch disquieted Iulij 13. die ♃. h ant. m. 10. 9. m. at sermon time shee raved & cursed & spake very fanely & foolishly¹

RN Ione Ring Morten \Ringe/ of Cranfeild Disquieted in minde. came her selfe to me this 5 of may die ♄ h. 2. 15. mi. p m. 1599. amis ever sinc miklemas. 36 yeres. hath buried her {sic} first husb. & child

RN |1598| Alce Rawling the daught^r of will Rawling fell sicke. about munday morning about Iulij 10 die ☾. 7. 30 ant {sic} she speaketh idlely & is bereaved of her speache & tounge boathe. & wites.

RN Mary Guntrup of Woulverton. Apr. 25 die ☿ h. 3. p m. 1599.

hath a rising in her stomack. her mind distempered w^th greefe.

RN Ihone honour enquireth what is good for her disease of 36 yeres Aug. 9. die ☿ h. 5. 30. ant m. very fearfull

RN Agnes lea 62. of lowton a hie coloured water & fits of an ague. hart sick. hath taken {sic} a great greefe. a widowe.

RN Alce Kent. 25 Ap. die ☿ h. 1. p m. 1599.

Alce Kent of Walton. 2i. miklemas. sick at her hart w^th a quaking & a trembling. & hath taken greefe w^th a Child of hers y^t was burnd in the face & cannot be healed. b{ut} pineth & cōsumeth Apr. 25 die ☿ h. 12. 55. 1599.

RN Will. Rogars of Stock hāmon. 20 yeres old. troubled in minde the cannot be rid of the devill always cōmeth to his minde & cannot be shifted of him. Aprill 25. ☿ h. 6. p m. 1599. this 2 yeres.

RN M^r furyes servant of Louton very extreeme sick at hart cannot abide talk a water leek the yellowe iaundes. sent to me againe this 4 of Ian. die ♃ h. 8. 52. mi 1599. his former phisick wrought but litle. never vomited but to the ground his m^r {sic} thinketh he hath the yellow iaundish. Thomas Burgen. wery of his life

RN Elisabeth Honour of Woulverton about 26 maried this 2 or 3 yeres. shee is lunatick & hath not the vse of her wits. about 3 a clock in the after noone 26 of Septemb. die ♂ they cam to my howse but I was not at home they came agayne about 9. 15 in moring {sic} w^th her consent

RN An Cloude of Newport 35 yeres old sickned the 12 of Decemb came to me the 20 of decēb. die ☿ h. 1. 50. 1598. maritꝯ  vxore. fell into a traunc vppon satterd night & so continued vntill sunday night & revived again

RN Alce Vans of Philgrave light headed despereth & sayth shee is cast away at 2 Ian 4 die ♃ h 2.

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 a Gentleman of came to me y^t I would come to M^r Longfild of Brodwell who is at this instant mutch out of tem. in his wits Septemb. 18. die ♂ h. 4. 15 p m. 1599.