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Mr Andrews (PERSON42703)

Male, b. 1576-07-03-1574-09-13 (est.), d. not recorded

Occupations: ‘Counsellor’, c. 14 September 1627; ‘Attorney’, c. 20 September 1630

Residences: ‘Denton’, c. 2 July 1627, 20 September 1630 & 18 January 1634

John Matthews (PERSON24422)

Male, b. 1557-03-15-1559-04-07 (est.), d. not recorded

Occupation: ‘Bailiff’, c. 14 March 1608

Residences: ‘Waterperry’, c. 14 March 1608 & 8 April 1608

Mr Nicholas Spenser (PERSON35623)

Male, b. 1566-01-07-1571-12-01 (est.), d. not recorded

Occupation: ‘Justice’, c. 10 July 1623

Residences: ‘Cople (village)’, c. 30 June 1610, 6 January 1615, 30 July 1617, 15 October 1625 & 2 December 1625

Mr William Beale (PERSON27881)

Male, b. 1577-07-02-1579-06-30 (est.), d. not recorded

Occupations: ‘Clerk’, c. 5 April 1611; ‘Keeper’, c. 7 May 1631 & 18 May 1631

Residences: ‘Olney Park Farm’, c. 26 May 1612 & 7 May 1631; ‘Castle Ashby (village)’, c. 1 July 1613

Cite this as: Lauren Kassell, Michael Hawkins, Robert Ralley, John Young, Joanne Edge, Janet Yvonne Martin-Portugues, and Natalie Kaoukji (eds.), The casebooks of Simon Forman and Richard Napier, 1596–1634: a digital edition, https://casebooks.lib.cam.ac.uk/search?f9-event-mentioned=No;f16-entity-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ATreatment%3A%3AWhether%20to%20be%20let%20blood;f18-gentry=No;f21-occupation-mentioned=Yes;f23-person-sex=Male;f24-occupation=Law%2C%20justice%2C%20state, accessed 16 May 2025.

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