Casebooks

RN Thomas White of Milten 56. may 22 die ♃ h. 11 30 ant m 1600 |a payne in his shoulders| payned in his head back & chest stuffed. faynt & feeble water good but yellowish. sande in his backe. a drye cough.

Susāna White of Milten ^Mres Androwes servant 18 a red coloured wenche legs sweld. hath the whites but very few of the reds. head & harte a swimminge.

RN Lewis Vppne 42. for {sic} in litle Brickwill. servant to M^r Fisher for an extreme payne about his navell y^t so payneth him y^t he can tak noe rest & four can scarc hold him down he casteth all vp & nothing will goe downward. very Costive & full of wind at the very navell. casteth vp his meate. Ap. 23. die ☾ h. 6. 15. p m. 1599. twice maried.

RN Steaphen francklyn serv to S^r will Andros of lathbry Iuly 10 ☉ h. 10 ant m 1625 |faynt & weake|

RN Iohn Kingstone of serv to the Lord of Lincolne Ap: 12 ♀ h. 2 15 p m 1633. |57 y|

Lame in the soales & ankles of boath feete mutch swelled & red 3 y. |a Dropsy feared| but lately more this halfe yere full of payne

sometymes cā eate litle for 2 or 3 days

I receaved from my Lord of Lincolnes steward a most kind letter.

RN my lady Dentons mans wife maij 8 ☿ h. 12. 10. 12. ant m 1605. |Margaret Wincot 44 y|

hath taken her selfe to be w^th child sinc twelfetyde to Easter. but hath had a great many of her sicknesses & doe follow her ever since but she is as big as if shee were w^th child & shee thincketh y^t shee feeleth something styrr as if shee were w^th child. very sick frō 3 in y^e morning to 2 in y^e aft^r noone y^t she cā take no rest. neith^r a bed nor vp.

shee maketh & laboureth sometymes to vomite but brin{k}|g|eth vp nothing but wat^r eateth nothing but breath. shee is very dry.

Margaret wyncot 44 y. maij 8 ☿ h. 10. 12 ant m 1605.

RN Iohn fisher of Havershā 27 a servant August 27 h {sic} hor 2. 35. p m 1603. for a great byle & rūning sore in his necke y^t swelleth every yere.

GJ Agnes Purryer of Cranfield 15 y. Octob. 17 ☾ ho. 3. 30 p. m. 1603

One walter Hooton m^r Androwes man of Lathbury beaten her that she is sore over her whole body. very faynt & ready many times to swound digestꝭ nothing. He put a hempen halter about her shoulder. /

RN & Also M^r Turbith y^e lord Spencers man. at that tyme cod swelled & harde.

M^r Turbith lord spencers mā. 30 y a batcheler. Iuly 2. h {sic} hor 2. 30 p m 1608 right stone swelled w^th a bruise as bigg as as {sic} a fist & hard.

RN May {sic} Nichols my serv for a har\r/d sore red swe{l}led leg Novēb 1 ♀ h. 9 30 ant m 1633

SRN Elizabeth Iones. 22. y. servant to m^rs Katharen Tyringhā. Ian. 14 ☿ h. 2. p. m. 1634.

Troubled with y^e greene sicknes Looks pale, faynt, & troubled with a panting at her heart

RN my mayd Iane for on of Brodwell y^t 3 days hath bene in labour w^th child & cānot be brought a bed a great rising ready to stop her wynd |Cassand^r Cooke 38 y hath had 9 child & 7 y w^thout it.|

RN Thomas Vnderhood of stratford servant to Iohn Swarbrick 21. troubled w^th a great cough shortwinded casteth vp greene & yellowe stuffe every morning if he laboure. a {sic} redy faced & fat faced. came for him selfe. 6 of March. die ♂ h. 10. 1599.

RN Alce mariot \servant/ 13 of March die ♂ h. 9. 30. ant m. for her payne hed & burning w{illeg} scalding watr {sic} 1599. hed & hart. cold windy stomack

RN Robart Hūble of Ridgmunt servant to M^r Shene. 26. y sept. 10 die ☾ h. 12. 1599 a man sore pined & consumed.

RN Williā Oxe servāt to S^r Thomas Snag of Marsen 13. y. Sept 26. h {sic} hor 10 30 ant m 1612 body swelled very hard h {sic} almost a twlefemoneth.

RN Steaphen S^r Franc Dūcōbes servāt 54 y. Ian 8 ☾ h. 2. p m. 1620|i| /a cruell stitch on the right syde cānot sleepe\

RN Barbery Totes |26 y| of servant to goody Farnell for muche shooting w^th greate paine in her legs from the knee vpward & swelleth {nxt} {sic} sometimes in her backe best when shee is in her bed Apr 30 die ☾ h. 7. 15. ant. m. 1599.

RN Ione Longe of Astwood 20. y. taken yesterday in her bodye after a strange maner. y^t shee cannot make water greeepeth {sic} her bellye & cryeth w^th it & cannot sleepe. Septemb. 5. die ☿ h. 6. 45. ant m. 1599. /her fathers servant gote her w^th Child but her fath^r would not let him marry her./\

RN my lord Comptons man for his red sore swelled eye Iune 15. ♀ h. 4. p m 16i0

RN Robart Course of Emmerton 20 y a serv. Sept 20. ☉ h. 3 \30/ p m 1607 |ever sinc thursday would cough but is so payned vnder his left syde w^th a sore stitche|