Casebooks

RN Goody Reede of Broughton 63. yeres old sick very extreme sick on satterday last leekely to have dien being the 7. of octob. & then recovered again & fell sick agayne vppon tuesday after. being the 10 of Octob. sent to me vppon thursday being the 12 of octob. it taketh all above the gyrdell first in the shoulders to the brest & so to the hart her sydes wher it so lyeth as that on may tak out thenc as shee thinketh 1598. h die ♃ h. 8. 30. mi. 1598.

Goody Reade

RN Rich Kerby Miller of Newport 60 \56/ yeres old. long & grevously sick {filiu}s  patre \{servus}  Domino/ cū euꝯ {sic} consensu it hath held this 4 yeres by fits but this quarter of this yere held him sorely & keepeth home some days his bed in his fit & then abroad. a payne in his hart w^th a sighing black coloured very fat of his face but w^th this sicknes shrunk in his bodye & legs. M^r yarrow for him novemb. {sic} 1 Decēb. die ♀ h. 10. 15. 1598¹

RN W. V. 1598 Ap. 23 die ☉. h. 8. 15. for an itch in his legs body & breaking out in his neck & legs.

RN An Malins 17 yeares old quærit causa morbi et remediu. 1598 Apr. 28. die ♀ h. 9^a. ant merd {sic} nata fuit 1581. novemb. 11. die h {sic} at break of day every moone a breaking out in y^e face. a peane in her head & hart every where /

RN Mathewe Windmill 30 yeres of age sick this two yeres in liver & milt & hart well by day working but ill always every night lieth hevy hevy {sic} in his chest y^t he cannot sleepe nor tak his rest agaynst weath^r and when he eateth flesh & porrage it heaveth vp his chest. vp from his chest to his harte. it lieth in his the pit of his stomack as if his hart & milte were broken as he him selfe thincketh it payneth him intolerable very cold never better thē when he is working cōplyneth most of chest & harte Novemb. 12 die ☉ at h. 7. 50. mi. 1598. at the first cōming he had a flushing in his hed w^t a gydines but never since

RN Will Blea for his startling scriking. frighting & cannot take any rest Novemb. 15 die ☿ h 10 30. m. 1598.

It tooke him. the 7 of novemb die ♂ in the morning a litle before daye.

cōplayneth as well as he can of his chest belly & throote.

RN Edward Walduck craveth my helpe helpe {sic} further for his the ase ease of his belly & chest of w^c he still cōplayneth although he have found some ease by the purgat I gave him w^ch gave 10 stoles or thereabout god be thancked for it. Aug. 4 die ♀ h. 11. 46|9|: mi

RN Will Smith \of haversham/ cōplayneth of his head & hart & chest & cannot sleepe & pineth and consumeth in his flesh. Sept 13. die ☿ h. 8. 45. m. verius.

RN Amy Asby well amended sinc yesterdaye. 27 of Octob. die ♀ rursus quærit s {sic} quid sit capiti conveniens. h. 10. 30. 1598. maritus eius. nunc asportavit aquā¹

RN Margaret fowler of Newport of 30 yeres old. sick a longe time about his|er| hart & every ioynt & a great payne in her hed of long time. {t}|c|omplayned on thursdaye last

Margaret fowler of Newport vnmaried of 40 30 yeres old sick a long time in hed hed {sic} & hart & hath a great reume come over her eyes for this longe time complayneth sinc thursday last about 12 at midnight. die ♃ novemb 16. die ♃. h. 12. at midnight 1598. they feare lest shee be bewitched of H.

RN Iohn Phylip sick ever sinc thursday being the 30 of Decēb \novemb/ sent to me agayne the 4 of Decemb sick very greevously in his hart & body he is swelled in his body from the belly vnto his hart. he is Costive & so hath cōtinued ever sinc thursday last & is very exceeding ill & weeke. Decēber. 4. \die ☾./ h: 9. 15. ant m. 1598 his hart \is good/ & his tonge talketh cheerf but his body swelled.

RN Iohn Phylip of Bletchly 50 mendeth not after his phisick y^t I gave him for it wrought w^th him but a litle cōplayneth still of his body & hart die ♂ Decemb 4|5| die ♂ h. 11. ant m. 1598. 11. 30. m.

RN Williā Arch{b}|p|ole 40 yeres maried. at Newp: Goodmā Gardners some {sic} in lawe Aug: 14. die ☾ h. 7. 49. m ant. m. he complayneth of a stitch & a drye coughe. back & chest.¹

RN Goody Fisher sent her water to me to know what was good for her Aug. 14. die ☾ h. 7. 45 shee is troubled w^th the mother & was wont to swound w^th it very often. at 7. 30. 20.¹

Goody fisher head back.

RN Dorothy Mathewe of Buckinghā vnmaried 23. yeres Aug. 14 die ☾ h. 8 \3/ craveth a remedy for her back & hart w^th w^c shee hath bene troubled this 3 yeres & head ache. 1598.¹

for Dorithy Mathewe 1598.

at 8. 39. mi. ant m Aug. 14. die ☾ h. 8. 39 m ant m/

RN Agnes Lawrenc 7 ye{res} old at Candlemas last troubled this twelfmonth of her ch{illeg}|e|st & hart cōplayneth cannot abid his {sic} stomack to be last shee pineth. her meate doth her litle good Sept. 20 {die} ☿. h. 9. 3|4|9. mi. for {ser}{illeg} also.

RN Ashbur. 1598. maij 26. die ♀ h. 11. 15. he hath a burning about the hart & a hot burng {sic} in his heade & a peane in his backe.

RN Ihone Nelson of Moulso of 52 yeres old. sick this 14 yere. always vomiteth vp her meate espec. this last yere. keepeth nowe her bed it g{oo}gleth in her body. y^t w^c cometh vp is black as sote nothing given her will: make her vomit shee bendeth her selfe forward & always must reatch fleume sick her back & left side & keepeth her bed. & tumbleth vp all 10. 45. ant m 1598. shee feareth lest shee be wasted w^thin. 1598. die ☿ always cold feete hands novemb. 8.

RN Goodman Honour of Newport for his wife who hath bene longe sick & is nowe very exceeding ill h {sic} as her husband telleth me. hanc male suspicant^r de veneficio

Elisabeth Buckingham. Otherwise Honour about 50. a great pulling in her left syde w^c maketh her to Crye/

shee is not able to styrre no meate will tary w^th her. shee goeth not onc in a sennet to ground very costive & mutch bounde. 27 of Decēb. die ☿ h. 8. 45. ant m. 1598. /complayneth of her hart chest left arme.\

RN Goodman Rive sent his water vnto me Iuly 25 die ♂ h 6 ant m. he hath an exceeding sore throtte & mouth broken out & the skin gon.