Casebooks

RN Iames Greenewood of water eaton Doct^r Sparkꝭ tennet {sic} 50 yeres old. complayneth of his of h an old dysease of his harte now well & lusty but not long sinc almost ded in it. troubled w^th a stitch on his right side & cometh over his hart ready to swounde. very cold w^th it. of a high colour. stuffed in his Chest y^t he can scarce tak his winde quærit Decēbr. 2. die ♄. h. 10. 15. mi. 1598. his hart trembleth muday {sic} last sick lame.

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 Risely of Rawnstyn 63|7|. {sic} 67. hath bene sick on weddensday last 6 weekes sound in body but bursten this 16 weekes. he was wont to be troubled w^th a wind Cholick. nowe last of l {sic} all w^th an issue on his navell eaten in an Inche deepe but nowe growen vp againe saving that it hath a litle hole in it w^c when they went to stoppe it put him in danger of death. sent his sonne to me he kepeth his bed nowe & then payned in his back & pricking & shooting in his navell {virs} an end. bleedeth every foote & wetteth a handkerchir. Decemb. 18. die ☾. h. 8. 40: mi. 1598. goeth ill to ground

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 Iohn Malins a yere & a quarter lacking a fortnight as it were pined in all her lims & bodye hed a poer bare creature. cannot sleepe not at any time in a moneth or fortnight but crye and Drinke mater adduxit se{cū} filiolā veret^r ne sit maleficio v^l veneficio afflictus. Decēb. 7. die ♃ hor. 3. 30. mi. 1598 very short winded.

RN Frauncis Marshall of Newport very strangly can scarce speake, only maketh signes for water to coole her her mouth is furred white w^th extreeme heate taketh her Drinke by a quill. first bound but y^t I gave her vnbound her nowe in a laske & extreeme hot & drye Decēb. 12. die ♂ h. 9. 30. mi ant m 1598. troubled in her sleepe.

s {sic} husband  vxore sine cōsensu

RN Alce Buttyphant of Chichly borne a fortnight a fore Miklemas day on {sic} a tuesday on wedensday even about an houre or 2 after sonset pater  filio {sic} came to me almost dead on sct Thomas eve. troubled w^th the Chin cough. Decemb 30. die ♄. h. 1. 53. 1598 w^th a hooping ready to stoppe her wind now it falleth into a bleeding at the nose

RN Iohn vmny of Petsoe 6|5|5 yeres old. sick a longe time but most ill sinc last ☉. sundaye. holdeth him & grypeth him at his hart & soe frō his hart goeth to his left side & brest. N|D|ecemb. 1. die ♀ h. 11. 35|9|. mi. 1598 vxor  coniuge Alces brother in lawe. my. 1598 he keepeth his bed

RN vrsula Thorpe of Stony stratford keepeth the bull. hipwell vnkle vnto Thorpe 32 yeres old sick ever sinc mikelmas goeth abroade. Dece {sic} sent by M^r Oliv^r Barker. for his wife sister is her moth^r in frendship & kindred Doubteth wheath^r shee be bewitched & hath a canker in her tongue & tented shee hath an ill stomacke & spitteth putrifyed bloode. Decēb^r. 2i. die ♃. h. 9. 15. ant m. 1598.

RN Ellen Foster sore sick ever sinc her childe cannot take no drinke meate vomiteth vp all y^t shee taketh cannot quench her thirst swollen very big in her legs. now stolen vp to her hart on weddensday shalbe three weekes her child borne w^th out all greefe but mutch payned before & after & nev^r had Child before sent a woman to me for her Decēb. 31. h. 8. 35 m. 1598

RN Iohn Risely of Rawnsen very sick last night & vexed w^th the wind cholick but some what mended the elect of ros wrought the other wrought not at all enquireth wheathr {sic} he {s}ha{ll} live. 21 of Decēb. die ♃. h. 8. 9. 1598

RN Iohn Connyngham 7 yeres old satterday sennet after miklemas daye sick this 12 moneth. cōplayneth most of his hed & hath a weake stomack. was wonte to have white water leeke dregs of a tub. very thick of a pale & whitish Colour. a longe visage. Decēb. 4. h. 11. the child came hither.

RN Iohn Bynion of Wouson magna 3 yeres old vppō Miklemas last day last in the after noone betwixt 2 & 3. p m. pater quærit  filio male se habet capite pectore water very white s face pale leane bodyed sick ever sinc he was borne a quart^r old full of bleache Decēb. 8. die ♀ h. 9. 45 ant m. 1598

RN Iudith Anslye 17 yeres old. shee walketh vp & Downe complayneth of her hed hath not her Courses Decemb 4. die ☾ h. 10. 30. mi. 1598 |pater  filia cū consensu.|

RN Iudith Anslye for her payn in the hed & stomack & ch loketh very yallowe & all by cause her courses have h {sic} bene stopped on her Decēb. 7. die ♃. h. 2. p m. 1598. mater  filia.

RN Iohn Bynion natus 1595. die ☾ 29 septēb. h 2. 30. ni. {sic} p m. 1595. troubled exceedingly w^th hed ache. & will eate but litle.

RN Vrsula Thorpe of Stony stratford 34 sick sinc mihelmas cōplayneth most of her mouth. & of a canker therin & had a tente keepeth nowe her bed this sennet & so did not of{illeg} sent her water by her frind Decēb. 23. die ♄. h. 11. 15. 1598.

RN Iohn Thorpe of Newport for him selfe very well for ought aman {sic} might ceave by his face of a pale {Colour} Decēb 27. die ☿ d h 9. 30. ant m 1598 diseasd this 7 or 8 yeres water yellow but Curded. 1598. troubled mutch w^th spitting.

RN Ihon Phylip at Bletlhy {sic} 42. yeres a married man sick th but this weeke sick very mutch in his body. made his will yesterday sent him self this 3 of Decēb. die ☉ h. 2. 1598. he hath not gone to ground never sinc he sickned

RN Harry Bennet a maried man this 12 yeres sick this moneth yet walketh abroad M^r Hipwells servant hath bene troubled with blood he hath vomited it vpw & downward. Decēb. 4 die ☾. h. 1. 38