Casebooks

RN Ihone Blea the Daught^r of Thomas Blea the younger. nata. 1594 the 10 of Septemb. die ♂ at 4 a clock 15 m \in aurora./ post mediā noctē. quæ nata est et muta et surda.

Ihone Blea 1594 sept. 10. die martis at h. 4. m. 15 in auror.¹

Ihones Bleas nativit. die ♂. h. 4. 15.²

RN Ihone |Ione.| Blea nata 1594 Septemb. 10. die ♂ h. 4^ta m. 15. morning muta et surda. in Great Linford

RN Agnys Hop{illeg}|k|yns 33 of Sylson marid 6 child. Ian 16. ☾ hor 6 \30/ p m 1604. thursday night delivered of a child still borne. not knowing y^t shee was w^th child. speachles. voydeth mutch blood Downeward. swoundeth mutch.

RN {M}artha Nichols of Imlye 11. & halfe a yere Iulye 23. ☾ h. 2. 40 p m 16i0 /pater sine consensu\¹

RN Edmund Marchaunt of haversham 26 y Apr 30. ♂ h. 10. ant p m 1605

He lyeth speachles

I set this figure the next day in y^e morning he had bene y^t Day at footebale & some suppose y^t he tooke a great bruise.

RN Iohn Abbys of Bedfor{d} 26|7| y march 27. ☉ h 2. 20 p m 1608 ne{illeg}|w|ly mayed {sic} a yere

Iohn Abbys of Bedford pater  filio sine consensu speachles in a la {sic} litharge marh {sic} 27 ☉. h. 2. 15 p m 1608.

RN And Mary Robarse Robartꝭ at the same tyne {sic} her breath as sopped {sic} cānot speak an Impostume feared

RN Goody Keburne is speachles or cānot speake well & vtter her words plainly Sept 1 ☾ h. 6. 20 ant m 1628 /of Moulsoe\

RN Rob Myls of Hanslop a yere & halfe old neaver thrived cānotspeake fatherles & motherles Ap. 4 ☿ h. 3 50 p m 1632.

shortwyded child p^rsent

RN Margeret Brace of Carington about 30 yeres old. Octob 6 die ♀ h 1|9|. \9/. 38. sick for this 3 weekes. 1598. speachles & almost Dead. about a fortnight a goe. & did bleed wonderfully

this woman sente vnto me by the vicar of Crowly but I would give her nothing vntill I had spoken w^th some y^t knew the state of the woman the vicar sent Iohn ball. the woman mended p^rsently vppon it.

RN Zachary Ketch of lathbury 10 yeres old sickned the 10 of novemb. die ♀ about noune came for my counsell. 23 of Novemb. die ♃ h. 12. 30|5|. 1598. he can hardly speak or stande.

RN Francis Smyth of Browton \Ap 15/ 9 y Iuly 14|5| 15. ☾ h. 11. ant m 1633 /could neaver speak hath a sore itch & bleatch all over\

RN Rich Brigs of Dunstable 61. Aug 6. ♀ h. 3. 20 p m 1619.

a lamenes & nūnes of his lyms speach fayleth many tymes & cānot speake & is very testy.¹

RN Eliz. Browne of Paulusperry 69 {y} Aug 27. ♃ wa{s} taken in the fild {w^th} a dead palsye y^t took away her speach & lamed all on syde Aug 27 h 2. p m 162{9} she lay in the fild Dead 4 h{oures} no body suspe{c}ting any thing

RN a rising vp ready to choake her voydeth vp flegme & blood & swoundeth often sinc last night about nine & cānot speake feb 2. ☿ h. 9 p m 163i |body swelled| /speachles\ /An Impost feared\ |neav^r had child|

RN An Bunch of Risdone 5 y & a halfe borne the 11^th of sept ☾ about 3 in the after noone 1620. ever sinc she was borne lame in her lims cā speak but dead ¹

cānot speake.

cannot styrre. nor stand litle vse of y^e lims./.

RN Mary pen of Stony stratford 29 yeres taken speachles & shaking & throtte{illeg}|ll| & rore & burne. thus taken the 22^th day of August. about 10 a clock at night die ☿ ♄ {sic}. 10. at night 1599. maritꝯ  vxore

GJ Mary Gilbert of Broughton 23 y maried 3 y. never had Children May 9. ☾ ho 8 a m. 1603

She lay speechles 24 houres |last week| very weake keepes her bed a thicke high coloured water Her belly swelled thinkes her self to be w^th Child

RN Goody Rider of newport 50 y decēb. 6 ☾ h. 1. 38 p m 1619

It tooke her 3 weekes sinc & hath bene speachles almost 3 weekes. eateth well. lame in her right syde |she took it w^th a cold tooke it w^th a cold|

the dead palsy

RN At this tyme was taken in his bed strangly & cānot speak offreth to cast voydeth mutch waterish & reddish water. |did bleed at nose|