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Mr Davis (PERSON11173)

Male, b. not recorded, d. not recorded

Occupation: ‘Innkeeper’, c. 26 February 1600

Residence: ‘Little Brickhill’, c. 26 February 1600

Hulse (PERSON13068)

Male, b. not recorded, d. not recorded

Occupation: ‘Goldsmith’, c. 17 October 1603

Residence: ‘Unspecified’, c. 17 October 1603

Anonymous (PERSON17721)

Male, b. not recorded, d. not recorded

Occupation: ‘Soldier’, c. 15 September 1599

Residence: ‘Fenny Stratford (now part of Milton Keynes)’, c. 15 September 1599

Anonymous (PERSON17743)

Male, b. not recorded, d. not recorded

Occupation: ‘Carrier’, c. 21 December 1599

Residence: ‘Middleton aka Milton Keynes (village)’, c. 21 December 1599

Anonymous (PERSON17786)

Male, b. not recorded, d. not recorded

Occupation: ‘Servant’, c. 17 August 1597

Residence: ‘Loughton (now part of Milton Keynes)’, c. 17 August 1597

Anonymous (PERSON17911)

Male, b. not recorded, d. not recorded

Occupation: ‘Man (servant)’, c. 12 September 1603

Residence: ‘Horton’, c. 12 September 1603

Anonymous (PERSON21528)

Male, b. not recorded, d. not recorded

Occupation: ‘Fuller’, c. 20 May 1605

Residence: ‘St James End (divided between the parishes of Dallington and Duston; now part of Northampton)’, c. 20 May 1605

Anonymous (PERSON21566)

Male, b. not recorded, d. not recorded

Occupation: ‘Minister’, c. 20 July 1605

Residence: ‘Newton Blossomville’, c. 20 July 1605

Smith (PERSON25420)

Male, b. not recorded, d. not recorded

Occupation: ‘Woodward’, c. 8 August 1608

Residence: ‘Little Horwood’, c. 8 August 1608

Anonymous (PERSON26503)

Male, b. not recorded, d. not recorded

Occupation: ‘Shepherd’, c. 28 November 1607

Residence: ‘Bugbrooke’, c. 28 November 1607

Anonymous (PERSON26622)

Male, b. not recorded, d. not recorded

Occupation: ‘Servant’, c. 13 July 1608

Residence: ‘North Aston’, c. 13 July 1608

Anonymous (PERSON26730)

Male, b. not recorded, d. not recorded

Occupation: ‘Mercer’, c. 29 March 1609

Residence: ‘Unspecified’, c. 29 March 1609

Mr Anthony Abdy (PERSON27226)

Male, b. not recorded, d. not recorded

Occupation: ‘Merchant’, c. 5 October 1619

Residence: ‘Unspecified’, c. 5 October 1619

Bachelor (PERSON27583)

Male, b. not recorded, d. not recorded

Occupation: ‘Farmer’, c. 4 September 1617

Residence: ‘Amersham’, c. 4 September 1617

Mr John Cordell (PERSON29401)

Male, b. not recorded, d. not recorded

Occupation: ‘Merchant’, c. 5 October 1619

Residence: ‘Unspecified’, c. 5 October 1619

Haines (PERSON31217)

Male, b. not recorded, d. not recorded

Occupation: ‘Miller’, c. 30 January 1613

Residence: ‘Hillesden’, c. 30 January 1613

Harrison (PERSON31423)

Male, b. not recorded, d. not recorded

Occupation: ‘Mercer’, c. 4 September 1619

Residence: ‘Little Brickhill’, c. 4 September 1619

Rookes (PERSON34905)

Male, b. not recorded, d. not recorded

Occupation: ‘Surgeon’, c. 17 June 1611

Residence: ‘Alderton’, c. 17 June 1611

Sheffield (PERSON35237)

Male, b. not recorded, d. not recorded

Occupation: ‘Minister’, c. 12 April 1617

Residence: ‘Seaton’, c. 12 April 1617

Edmond Thornton (PERSON36048)

Male, b. not recorded, d. not recorded

Occupation: ‘Bailiff’, c. 15 February 1619

Residence: ‘Drayton Beauchamp’, c. 15 February 1619

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-residence-mentioned=Yes;f10-identified-entity-was-never=Third%20party;f12-identified-entity-was-never=Patient;f15-identified-entity-practice=Napier;f18-social-network-recorded=Yes;f22-occupation-mentioned=Yes;f25-person-sex=Male;f26-identified-entity-role=Only%20mentioned;f27-identified-entity-was-never=Querent;f29-dob-cert=Not%20recorded;f30-identified-entity-is-asking-about=Self;f31-residence=England, accessed 16 May 2025.

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