Northampton Infirmary Records 1758 - 1780
& St. Crispin's Hospital Records from 1876 - 1912

The books give details of indvidual patients, their home parish, age, sponsor, how long they have been suffering their illness, the date of discharge and whether they left "cured", relieved or dead.
Vol. I 1744-1753 Vol. II 1753 - 1759 Vol. III 1759 - 1765 Vol. IV 1765 - 1769 Vol. V 1769 - 1774 Vol. VI 1774 - 1777
Northampton Infirmary 1795
Admission Date
Age
 Surname Forename Parish Recommender How long ill before admission Distemper When discharged How discharged
1758 May
24
 NICHOLLS Jemima Cosgrave C. RIGBY Esq. Admitted of no delay Ulcerated leg 1758 July 15 Cured
1758 Oct
7
 CLARKE John Cosgrave Revd. Dr. FORESTER 4 years Eruptions

1759 Feb
18
 ARNOLD Eliz Cosgrave C. RIGBY Esq. Several years Diseased eye 1760 Jan 19 Relieved
1759 Feb
9
 CLARKE John Cosgrave Revd. Dr. FORESTER 2 years Eruptions 1759 Mar 17 Cured
1759 Nov
25
 WESTLEY Mary Cosgrave Revd. Dr. FORESTER 2 months Sore eyes 1760 Apr 12 Relieved
1762 Jun
28
 MAWL Eliz Cosgrave Chris. RIGBY A year
1762 Jul 24 Cured
1763 Jul
26
 RAND Gabriel Cosgrave Rev. Dr. FORESTER One year A cut with scyth in the leg 1763 Nov 5 Cured
1770 Dec
31
 PETTIFER Richard Cosgrave Revd. Dr. FORRESTER 9 months Sore in thigh 1772 Apr 11 Cured
1773 Jul
36
 CHURCH Elizabeth Cosgrove Revd. Dr. FORESTER ¾ years Gen & debility
Dead
1775 May
18
 DEWICK Sarah Cosgrave Revd. Dr. FORESTER 3 weeks Palsy of right arm 1775 Jul 08 Made O.P.
1775 Oct
60
 PERKINS William Cosgrave Thos. MANNSELLE 3 years Excouriations in perineo 1775 Dec 02 Cured
1776 Jul
24
 GOODMAN John Cosgrave John MANSEL Esq. 3 weeks Abcess in groin 1776 Dec 14 Cured
1776 Aug
50
 VARNUM Sus: Cosgrave Revd. FORESTER 12 months Debility 1776 Dec 21 Relieved
1776 Sep
40
 JENKINS Ann Cosgrave John MANSELL Esq. 6 months Cancer 1776 Dec 14 Cured
1779 Jun
50
 CARNHAM Sus: Cosgrave Duke of GRAFTON 7 weeks Rheumatisum 1779 Aug 21 Relieved
1779 Sep
39
 PETTIFER Richard Cosgrave Committee Month Gravel
Made O.P.
1780 Jan
60
 BRANSTON Phillis Cosgrave John MANSELL Esq.
Cancer'd breast 1780 Sep 02 Relieved
1780 Jan
66
 BRYAR John Cosgrave John MANSELL Esq. 6 months Scabby eruptions 1780 May 06 Cured
1780 May
40
 ARNOLD Thomas Cosgrave
5 weeks Ulcer'd leg 1780 Jul 22 Cured
1780 May
35
 TRAVEL John Cosgrave John MANSELL Esq. Month Abscess in ye hand 1780 Jul 15 Cured
1780 Sep
1
 SMITH Samuel Cosgrave Duke of GRAFTON From infancy Harelip 1780 Sep 30 No better

St Crispin's Hospital, for patients with psychiatric problems, opened in Duston, Northampton, in 1876
Below are records of patients from the Potterspury Union, to which Cosgrove belonged. Some may be from Potterspury or Yardley Gobion, in addition to Cosgrove, Furtho and Old Stratford.

St Crispin's Hospital Potterspury Union Female Admissions
Reference Surname Forename Age Date of Admission Notes
NCLA/6/2/1/1  Henson Ann Elizth [Elizabeth] 17 1 July 1876  
NCLA/6/2/1/1 Ratledge Elizabeth 69 16 August 1876  
NCLA/6/2/1/1 Lambert Mary Ann 36 16 August 1876  
NCLA/6/2/1/1 Young Jane 43 16 August 1876  
NCLA/6/2/1/1 Howard Mary Ann 61 25 October 1876 Previous treatment at Stony Stratford Cottage Hospital readmitted 30 April 1877 [see page 209]
NCLA/6/2/1/1  Howard Mary Ann 61 30 April 1877 Previous treatment at Berrywood Asylum from Oct 1876 -  March 1877 [continues p 210]
NCLA/6/2/1/1 Roddis Mary Jane 27 19 January 1878  
NCLA/6/2/1/2  Church Eliza 43 3 July 1878 Previous treatment at Passenham
NCLA/6/2/1/3 Watson Catherine 60 27 January 1881 Died 23 February 1881
NCLA/6/2/1/3 Foster Mary 15 3 March 1881 Discharged 24 March 1884
NCLA/6/2/1/3 Tapp Jane 21 14 May 1881 Died 24 July 1886
NCLA/6/2/1/3 Powell Anne 38 1 December 1881 Died 11th March 1885
NCLA/6/2/1/3 Cooke Emily 49 13 September 1882 Died 25 April 1883
NCLA/6/2/1/3 Roddis Mary Jane 31 30 December 1882 Discharged 21 April 1883
NCLA/6/2/1/3 Howard Mary 68 23 January 1883 Died 7 August 1895
NCLA/6/2/1/4 Jelly  Selina Alice 24 11 October 1883 Died on 14 November 1883
NCLA/6/2/1/4 Reeve Mary Ann 66 10 December 1883 Died on 24 January 1885
NCLA/6/2/1/4 Bishop  Hannah 34 7 February 1885 Notice of death - 8 December 1886
NCLA/6/2/1/5 Addington  Mary Ann 26 2 November 1885 Melancholia. Discharged 19 May 1887
NCLA/6/2/1/5 Tompkins Elizabeth 77 6 January 1886 Mania. Died 10 February 1886
NCLA/6/2/1/5 Andrews  Sarah 40 16 August 1887 Mania. Discharged 21 December 1887
NCLA/6/2/1/5 Wilkinson Elizabeth Ann 42 23 August 1887 Dementia. Died 20 September 1887
NCLA/6/2/1/5 Clarke  Angelina 12 14 September 1887 Acute Dementia. Discharged 28 January 1888
NCLA/6/2/1/5 Williams  Johanna 40 17 September 1887 Melancholia. Discharged 18 September 1890
NCLA/6/2/1/5 Frost  Jessica Emily 27 22 September 1887 Melancholia. Discharged 22 June 1888
NCLA/6/2/1/5 Marks Sarah Ann 35 16 April 1888 Mania. Discharged 21 June 1888
NCLA/6/2/1/5 Smith Elizabeth 74 24 July 1888 Mania. Died 14 August 1901
NCLA/6/2/1/5 Adkins Mabel Eva 6 5 February 1889 Idiocy. Died 01 November 1889
NCLA/6/2/1/5 Johnson  Elizabeth  22 16 March 1889 Melancholia. Discharged 25 June 1889
NCLA/6/2/1/6 Roddis  Minnie Carter 19 January 30 1890 Discharged recovered July 19 1890
NCLA/6/2/1/6 Henson  Annie 33 September 18 1891 Transferred to Chronic Casebook Page 82 1910
NCLA/6/2/1/7 Williams  Johanna 45 19 April 1893 Tranferred to Chronic Book Page 99
NCLA/6/2/1/7 Meakins  Sarah 24 5 July 1893 Discharged to care of friends 16 November 1893
NCLA/6/2/1/7 Johnson  Nellie Jane 27 24 November 1893 Discharged + Recovered 21 June 1894
NCLA/6/2/1/7 Payne  Marion Lowman 27 14 December 1893 Transferred to Chronic Case Book p103
NCLA/6/2/1/7 Swain  Martha Ellen 17 9 March 1894 Discharged + Recovered 21 November 1894
NCLA/6/2/1/7 Swannell  Emma 51 1 September 1894 Died
NCLA/6/2/1/8 Spriggs  Emma 45 9 May 1895 Last entry 4 March 1914, continued Chronic Case Book p. 116
NCLA/6/2/1/8 Poynter  Selina 63 11 July 1895 Discharged recovered 23 November 1896
NCLA/6/2/1/8 Webb  Esther  46 3 August 1895 Died County Asylum 17 February 1906
NCLA/6/2/1/8 Stimpson  Rachel 71 27 November 1895 Died County Asylum 14 August 1896
NCLA/6/2/1/8 Smith  Louisa 21 6 June 1896 No improvement, but discharged 5 June 1903 for legal reasons,
'order having been allowed to lapse'. Recertified Vol 11 p. 42
NCLA/6/2/1/8 Church  Ellen 25 26 June 1896 Discharged recovered 20 March 1897
NCLA/6/2/1/9 Warren Ann 84 19 April 1898 Senile Dementia. Died 30 April 1898
NCLA/6/2/1/9 Henson  Sarah 80 05 July 1898 Senile Dementia. Died 17 January 1899
NCLA/6/2/1/9 Poynter  Selina 67 08 November 1898 Recurrent Mania. Other admissions 8.49; 10.129.
Discharged 22 April 1899. Readmitted 18 April 1902,  Vol X
NCLA/6/2/1/9 Hillyer  Martha Ellen 23 17 October 1900 Acute Mania. Puerperal. Previous admissions VII.180; V12.46 [maiden name Swain] Discharged 23 March 1901
Photographs on record for this section
NCLA6/2/1/10 Golby Frances Mary Ann 45 23 March 1901 Mania. Discharged 17 May 1901
NCLA6/2/1/10  Bignall  Annie  25 06 April 1901 Dementia. Epileptic. Died 12 March 1907
NCLA6/2/1/10  Poynter  Selina  68 18 April 1902 Melancholia. Previous admission 9.71; 8.49; Died 24 November 1902
NCLA/6/2/1/11 Smith  Louisa 28 05 June 1903 single, no occupation, whether suicidal yes, mental disorder dementia. death 25  December 1912
NCLA/6/2/1/11 Brown Matilda Isabella 62 13 February 1904 married, wife of farm labourer, mental disorder mania delusional insanity, death January 7 1914
NCLA/6/2/1/11 Clare Susannah 52 12 April 1904 death 24 June 1913
NCLA/6/2/1/12 Hillyer  Martha Ellen  28 03 June 1905 Discharged recovered 18 November 1905
NCLA/6/2/1/12 Henson  Charlotte  68 10 November 1905 Died County Asylum 31 December 1905
St Crispin's Hospital Potterspury Union Male Admissions
Reference Surname Forename Age Date of Admission Notes
NCLA/6/2/2/10  White David 79 18 April 1902 Photo. Died in Asylum August 24 1904
NCLA/6/2/2/2  Tew Joseph 35 24 August 1878  
NCLA/6/2/2/2  Taylor William 49 19 August 1879  
NCLA/6/2/2/3  Franklin  William 36 27 April 1880  Married, Labourer, progressive paralysis
NCLA/6/2/2/3  Jell  John 79 23 March 1881  widower, mental disease dementia, prognosis unfavourable
NCLA/6/2/2/3  Savage  Samuel 45 23 March 1881 single, never had any occupation, mental disease mania, prognosis unfavourable, death 22 June 1891
NCLA/6/2/2/o  Bonham  Edward 11 8 August 1881  Prognosis bad
NCLA/6/2/2/3      Parsons William 19 14 November 1881 single, labourer, mental disease
melancholia, prognosis favourable
NCLA/6/2/2/3  Butler George 23 31 August 1882 single, shoemaker, form of mental disease mania, prognosis bad
NCLA/6/2/2/3  Webster  Stephen 13 3 October 1882  single, labourers son, supposed cause injury to head, form of mental disease idiocy, prognosis bad
NCLA/6/2/2/3 Faux Benjamin 71 27 December 1882 Married, carpenter, supposed cause not known [old age], mental disease melancholia, prognosis bad
NCLA/6/2/2/3 May William 74 5 February 1883  married, labourer, mental disease dementia, prognosis bad
NCLA/6/2/2/4  Parsons William 21 25 July 1883 Post Mortem Examination
NCLA/6/2/2/4 Kirk William 72 19 July 1884  
NCLA/6/2/2/4 Wood William 48 23 September 1884 Post Mortem objected to by Son
NCLA/6/2/2/4  Cox Frederick 28 28 October 1884  
NCLA/6/2/2/4  Baine David 48 1 November 1884  
NCLA/6/2/2/6 Stones  George 24 10 February 1888 2 letters attached
NCLA/6/2/2/4 Bull John 40 25 February 1886  
NCLA/6/2/2/4 Mewross  Thomas 48 12 October 1886  
NCLA/6/2/2/5  Westley  Frederick 10 19 January 1889 notice of death attached
NCLA/6/2/2/5 Cross  Stuart 12 5 February 1889 Notice of Death attached
NCLA/6/2/2/5  Henson Thomas 64 12 March 1889 Notice of Death attached
NCLA/6/2/2/5 Foster Charles 25  2 April 1889  
NCLA/6/2/2/5   Clarke John 20 30 April 1889  Continued in Chronic Male Case Book Page 39
NCLA/6/2/2/5   Stones George 28 1 July 1889  Letter + Notice of Death attached
NCLA/6/2/2/5  Ratliffe George 75 20 September 1889 Notice of Death attached
NCLA/6/2/2/5   Wooding William 56 4 December 1889  
NCLA/6/2/2/5   Wilson George Edwin  5 7 January 1890 Notice of Death attached
NCLA/6/2/2/5  Richardson George 31 27 January 1890 Notice of Death attached
NCLA/6/2/2/6  Scott John 51 3 March 1891   
NCLA/6/2/2/6  Bliss Joseph 35 29 December 1891 Medical Chart + Notice of Death attached
NCLA/6/2/2/6 Parsons William 29 24 March 1892  
NCLA/6/2/2/6 Towns Charles 21 16 January 1893  
NCLA/6/2/2/7 Mayo Daniel 34 2 April 1894  
NCLA/6/2/2/7 Parsons William 64 27 June 1895  
NCLA/6/2/2/7  Bason Levi 46 22 November 1895 Notice of Death attached
NCLA/6/2/2/7  Owen Gardiner 27 4 January 1896 2 Letters attached - he was invalided from the Army owing to "valvular disease of heart
[aortic]" and "synovitis of right [aortic]" and "synovitis of right knee joint"
NCLA/6/2/2/7 Parsons William 33 7 April 1896 Continued in Chronic Book Page 97
NCLA/6/2/2/8 Gee Alfred Thomas 22 25 November 1896  
NCLA/6/2/2/8 Cox James 65 4 June 1897 Died 8 January 1898 Time of Death: 08:45 + Notice of Death attached
NCLA/6/2/2/8 Weston James 62 7 June 1897 Notice of Death attached
NCLA/6/2/2/8 Hall Stephen 62 6 July 1897 Notice of Death attached
NCLA/6/2/2/8 Hill Charles 39 13 July 1897  
NCLA/6/2/2/8 Kemp William 28 28 December 1897 Notice of Death attached
NCLA/6/2/2/8 Church Herbert Luke 10 12 May 1898 Notice of Death attached
NCLA/6/2/2/8 Braines Joseph 33 8 November 1898 Notice of Death attached
NCLA/6/2/2/8 Kingston George 34 1 March1899 Notice of Death attached
NCLA/6/2/2/9 Elliott Joseph 60 15 March 1900 Notice of Death attached
NCLA/6/2/2/9 Clarke Joseph 45 06 April 1900  
NCLA/6/2/2/9 Alma Johnson John 41 05 September 1901 Weight 8st 4lbs + Notice of Death attached, was demented,
restless, resistive, tried to refuse food, hallucinations ie "Devils in
his bed", poor condition, bruises, scratches
NCLA/6/2/2/10 Godden Thomas 46 17 December 1901 Died in Asylum 15 January 1903
NCLA/6/2/2/10 White David 79 18 April 1902 Died in Asylum 24 August 1904
NCLA/6/2/2/11 Pangbourne Isaac 55 14 November 1903 Transferred to Powick Asylum Worcester
NCLA/6/2/2/11 Morton George 58 22 March 1904 Died in Asylum 28 March 1904
NCLA/6/2/2/11 Shakeshaft Henry 21 20 April 1904 Transferred to Powick Asylum Worcester
NCLA/6/2/2/11 Gee Thomas 32 07 February 1905 Transferred to Powick Asylum Worcester 12 November 1915
NCLA/6/2/2/12 Tomkins Frederick 15 13 September 1905 Readmitted 11 October 1905 owing to Reception Order being illegal
NCLA/6/2/2/12 Elliott Alfred   4 30 September 1905 Died 20 July 1906
NCLA/6/2/2/12 Rainbow Frederick John 40 02 October 1906 Discharged to care of friends 19 April 1907
NCLA/6/2/2/12 Cross George 86 31 January 1907 Died 29 January 1908
NCLA/6/2/2/12 Rose Thomas 64 16 October 1907 Died 15 November 1907
NCLA/6/2/2/12 Rainbow Frederick John 42 12 December 1907 Died 30 December 1913
NCLA/6/2/2/14 White Frank Graham 34 25 June 1910 Recent Mania. Transferred to Powick Asylum, Worcester [1915]
NCLA/6/2/2/14 Cook George 59 05 September 1911 Chronic Melancholia. Discharged 5/02/1912
NCLA/6/2/2/14 Bignall Joseph 19 04 December 1911 Imbecility with Epilepsy. Transferred to Powick Asylum, Worcester [1915]
NCLA/6/2/2/14 Morton Benjamin 79 14 June 1912 Senile Dementia. Died 14/08/1912
NCLA/6/2/2/14 Atkins Herbert   12 26 September 1912 Idiocy with Epilepsy. Died 12 November 1912