Casebooks

RN Anys Bery of Bedford 3 y sept. 6 ♀ h 7.ant m 16i6

RN Susan Iennings of weston vnderwood 52 y decēb. 7 h {sic} hor 4. 30 p m 16i6 a great wen vnder her left eare w^ch the kings physit call the kings evill very hot pricking sinc the last yere begynning w^th a kernell

RN M^res Katherin Ardes of lathbury of i9. for her diseases. & especially for her whitꝭ. May the 8. die ♂ h. 9. 10. ant m. 1599.

GJ 1602. Decemb. 24. ♄ ♀ ho 6. p m. primus insultus morbi

RN Paulus Smythus filius Rich. m{illeg}|e|dici Regij filius. natꝯ in comitatu Buckingha generosus. Ian. 4. die ☉ hor 4. {59}|46|: ant m. 1579 londini natꝯ

RN Inquirit disposit: \D. Shephard phisit lond:./ sept 12. {illeg}|♃| h. 12. 10. 38. ant m. 1605

D Sh: natꝯ. 42 y. mathias Day in lent last iust 42. y. ♀ h

RN It begā on sunday last was senet in y^e morning rising vp into her breast causing her to raspe wynd very mutch & swou{ndeth} w^th her it. feb. 2. ☉ h. 7. ant m 1617.

RN Sara Parnā of litlington 13 y Ap. 18 h {sic} hor 1. 39. ant m 1618

RN Mres Elis Guddridg of Northāpton. 50. y. Ap. 24 ☾ h. 12. 1620 |came her selfe|

RN Octob. 10 ♀ h. 2 40 p. m. 1623. Mary Wilbore 33 y Octob 10. ♀h. 2 40 p m 1623 ☉ 26 it a whit grey water

Mary Wilboare of Alesworth 33 y octob 10 ♀ h. 2. p m 1623

RN My Honourable Lord of Sunderland. 45 y Ap. 28: ♂ h. 8 p m. 1629.

my lords loosenes increaseth cōplayneth of his physition of a flat mountebancke craveth my consayle wheather he shall recoaver of his loosenes w^ch hath so sorely weakned him

RN S^r Th. Neavell & his lady novēb 13. ♀ h. 2. 45 p m 1629 |he sent me a physition|

S^r Th is well mended

his lady needeth no greene ginger nor p^rserved nutmegs nor cōserve of barberyes.

would know wheather y^t she \may/ eate pomegranet:

M^r Atkins{on} a Phisician came to the E. of Sunderland Ian. 4. ☾. h. 9. 30 ant. m. 1630. & the E. refused to see & speake w^th him

M^r. Rous Clopton of Corp. Chri Coll. Oxon 35. y. Mart. 17. ☿. h. 9. p. m. 1630

A greiuous Headache takes him at Midnight sometimes in one te of y^e head & sometimes in y^e other te, but especially in y^e left side of his heade, w^ch makes y^e places outwardly sore where y^e paine hath beene.¹

A continually Noyse in his head w^th a tearinge paine as yf it would pull one skyn from another, w^ch comes sometimes suddenly like a strech, & then is gone in an instant

A dizines in y^e heade & a leapinge, as it were of blacke mothes before his Eyes

This paine hath continued these 6 weekes,

Desires to knowe whether it ceeds from y^e stomack or spleene, from a cold or{illeg} hote cause

Hath beene let Bloud in y^e right arme, & vnder the tongue, & in y^e forehead, beeinge tolde by the Physitian y^this greife was caused by fullnes of Bloud

Hath taken Pills & Electuaryes sundry times, but his paine noethinge deminished

Hath for many years beene troubled w^th a soundinge & noyse in his head, but neuer w^th paine till nowe Feareth a Disposition to the Palsye or Apoplexye Desires Receits & Directions to preuent these two capitall Dangers.

RN An Crayford of of {sic} Haringwort in Northāpton sheere 19 y Aug. 16 ♂ h. 1. p m 1631

RN Barnabas Barloe of Kings College batch. of Divinitye natus 15 \1596/ 36 y Ap 19 ♃. h. 9. 20 ant m 1632. /natus. octob. 29. 1596.\

RN M^res Margarey Dorell 44|5| of Lillingstone Dorrell Iune 2. die ☾ h. 11. 45 ant m. 1600

RW M^r Edward Birckberd of Astwell \y. 50./ d. ☉. h 10. Feb: 3. 1622. had of late a swellinge in his thighes & leggs, w^ch was taken away by physicke purginge: since that his stomacke is gone: is verie weake: troubled w^th a cough & drouth: cannot sleepe. RN a great difficulty of breath./ cānot rise out of his bed nor stand v nor restRW

RN Edw. Birckberd a spec serv vnto S^r George Sherly M^r Colins houshold physition.

RN Mres Ellen lawson at Hide 2 nyles {sic} beyond Grafton. 38 y may 24 ☾ h. 10. 30 \45/. ant m. 1624. /a wydow 7 yers\ /she was p^rsent\

Mres Ellen Lawson 38 y May

RN M^r Slatter \physition/ for mres Beake \of haddenham/ sick of this malig feaver 10 days may 20 ♄ in the night after her first sleepe may \but/ sent to me may 31. ☿ h. 9. 45 ant m 1626 /22. y. mayed {sic} 5. yers no child\¹