Reference
LBC4/2
Title
Bundle of certificates and warrants
Date free text
1834
Production date
From: 1834 To: 1834
Admin/biog history
Reason for entry into asylum is in quotation marks as given on the certificate
Scope and Content
Each certificate details name, age, cause, length of afflication, whether hereditary, method of recovery, habits of life, general health and whether committed to an asylum before.
1. William Wheaton of Stevington - "epilepsy & called in action by drink"
2. Elizabeth Haselgrove of Luton - "cannot say"
3. Mary Barnes of Maulden - "disappointment in love"
4. William Smart of Castor
5. William Rickard of Scadwell - "cerebral inflammation or excitement"
6. Maria Bayley of Stilton - "fever"
7. Mary Odell of Bromham - "death of her mother"
8. William Wheaton of Stevington
9. Rev. Robert Scaplehorn of Cambridge - "disappointment in prospects in life"
10. Letitia Bisacre of Harpole
11. Sarah Holmes of Battlesden
12. Rebecca Dimmock of Hitchin - "probably love"
13. John Norris of Ridgemount
14. Louisa Matthison of Bedford - "overexcitement of mind"
15. Frances Nicholls of Dunstable - "from a fright"
16. Mary Toll of Ampthill
17. George Rycroft of Yaxley - "cerebral disease"
18. Sarah Johnson of Filgrave - "puerperal state"
19. Elizabeth King of Southoe
20. Elizabeth Davies of Newport Pagnell
21. Elizabeth Lane of Wavendon - "not known"
22. Elizabeth Plyer of Stotfold - "religious enthusiasm"
23. Elizabeth Green of Milton Bryant - "not ascertained"
24. Sarah Meadows of Huntingdon - "weakness"
25. Sarah Rowell of Cambridge - "jealousy"
26. John Simmons of Bedford
27. John Lancaster of Dunstable - "chronis disease of the brain"
28. William White of Warden
29. William Green of Warwickshire
30. Ann Church of Milton Ernest - "mental alienation"
31. Elizabeth Eastwick of Wootton
32. Michael Macnally of Hitchin - "change of habits"
33. Mary Willis of Leighton Buzzard
34. Thomas Harris of Harlington
35. Phoebe Wells of Houghton Regis
36. Sarah Hawkes found in Turvey
37. Warrant for Barnard Torly
38. Examination of Patrick Torly
39. Copy examination of Patrick Torly
40. Letter re. Barnard Torly
41. Order for Barnard Torly
42. Copy letter re. Barnard Torly
43. Letter re. Barnard Torly
44. Order for Sarah Hawkes
45. Order for Michael Macnally
Level of description
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