Casebooks

RN \Alce Knight./ Baal Goody Baal for Rogar Knights wif of Newport Lathbury 40 yeres old Alce Knight in childbed this month. not hart sicke but taken w^th a shivering in the bottome of her bodye & so cometh vpwards y^t shee cannot hold still her mouthe shee doth shiver exceedingly it holdeth all day & night. w^th some litle intermission. nor|t| hart sick nor any other where but w^th y^t shivering not churched. Octob. 30. die ☾. h. 12. 1598. her teeth chatter in her hed.

RN An Malins 5 yeres maij 18 ♂ hor. 11 ant m. 30 m p m 1602. vrina bona head & backe. & cold.

RN Elis Emmerton of newp 36 y may 17 ☾ h 8 20 ant m. 1630 Kings evll a bunch vnder her Ioale & shoulder

RN Mary Lillingston \a gentlewoman/ of Lidlington Ap. 19 die ♄ h 3. 30 p m 1600 anoth^r in her son mved {sic} it for the heate of her face & y^e pimpling of it. w^ch cōmeth when shee is w^th Child

RN a litle gyrle 14 y very sick head & stomack my lady gave her aloes & syrope of roses & a vomyt w^th {sic} wrought eight 12 tymes & yet is not mended craveth my consell

RN Goodmā Hall for his daughter 18 y of Stony stratford may 25 h {sic} hor. 8 \20/ ant m 1622 for the kings evill¹

RN shee furth^r craved my counsell for a w pert wench 2|o|f 22. w^ch is troubled in her right syde & head. March 17 die ☾ h. 2. 15 p m. 1600.

RN The same Williā Trist was sc burnt in|h|and & face most on the right syde Decēb. 23 ♄ hor. 10 ant m 1609.

RN my lady fortiscue sent for me to come to her wench {sic} \Daughter/ who was mightely hoven in her belly face stomacke wat^r good francis fortiscue 9 y decēb 28 ♄ |27 ♀| 1605.

they sent her wat^r in the morning h 8 30. ant m 1605.

RN {I}ohn Evans of the Mynrys in London Iue {sic} 19 ♃ h. 6 p m. 1628

writeth for a gent mā

first vnfoldeth his owne greefe how he is wrōged & cosened of all y^t he hath & therby he his wife & childrē broght to great want & misery craveth my Counsell & instruction

Also writeth in the behalfe of a gentlemā y^t having taken an extreme cold & p^rsently an exceeding greefe for the Death of his wife & {th}erby cast Downe into sicknes & mutch melancholy of a sanguyne cōplexion his sicknes & melancholy is mutch abated & now his voice is almost Lost y^t he s cānot {sic} \on cānot/ spea heare on \him/ that speaketh {sic} \to speake/ a yard of

cōplayneth of something about the pit of his throate his voice is only low & weake but not troubled w^th any fault in noncing but cleere inough every where no physick but cōplayneth of the coldnes of his stomack & head & sone {sic} stoppage about the begying of his nose cold flegme & cold head & defect in hearing hath 2 great manyscripts of physick y^t he is Desyrous I should vse craveth vnder god my consayle for the frind his gentleman

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 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

SF Rowland yate of basingstoke 1601 21 Iun ☉ an m’ at 9. for the maid of 20 yers that hath the leprosy in her head

SF An Borowe my wentch of 7 yers for her throt 1601 the 18 of Iulij ♄ an’ m’ at 8. Diz

RN a young mā for his broth^r. Iune 14 die ♄ h. 4 p m. 1600.  capitis dolore.

RN Goody A{i}g

Agnes Cowly was Delivered vppon weddensday morning {sic} of a little boy tuesday night. Sept 12 of Sept. of a boy who is tounge tyed. shee sent her sister to me to knowe where the signe is y^t her boyes this 14 of Sept. die ♃ b at h. 2. p 12. m. f|p|ost m fortassis vt linguā nervū abscinderet. 1598 hic puer natus nocte 10. 30. m. natus Setemb. {sic} 12. die ♂ h. 10. 30. ¹

RN An vtile erat linguam eius abscindere. 14 Sept die ♃. h. 2. 12. m. 159{8}

RN Iohn Ellys of Gothurst borne the 7 of feb. die ☿ betwixt 5. & {sic} 4 & 5 ant m. 1599 a child wond^rfully cōsum{ed} in body & face. moth^r came w^th him Apr. 3. die ♂ 11. 10. m ant m. 1599.

RN Alce Scot the 4 of Iuly 1597. die ☾. h. 8 ant merid. {for} quæ cap phrenesin passa est. it tooke her in the necke in the morng {sic} as she was charringe. at Rawnson.¹

RN Margaret Mres Ruly. 50 yeres quærit qd sit vtile sit capitis dolori feb. 7. die ♂ ♄ {sic} 10. {illeg}|1|0 ant merid fil.  matre