Casebooks

RN M^r Will: Co{l|e|}lles Colles of Parke berrye of 58 troubled sick this i6 yeres & hath had the Counsell of the most exte phisitions troubled w^th a windy cause as he sayth cōming from his backe by a great heate & obstruction from my liver. also w^th a bad stomacke elevating winde into my hed. w^ch causeth gydines or streming in my head w^ch cometh as he thinketh by the ascending vp of bad & melancholy humours & w^th a shaking in my left hand mightely as it were the palsye but always very hotte. nowe of late w^th the brevity of wind in my stomacke & chest & lately w^th a mūmnes {sic} & tinckling in my hands. lips & sydes & face. this 15 of may. die ♂ h. 4. 45. p m. 1599.

RN M^r {sic} Charels Tutcher Charles at Stonystratford at the swan of 2 neckes. 45. sick this fortnight. sonewhat {sic} Costive shee doth bleede & is very mutch stuffed in her chest can scarce tak her winde. ready to sound a grosse & fat woman. sent a poer woman. Ian. 3. die ☿. h. 12. 9. mi. 1599. \at 1. p m /|twice & thrice a day bleedeth at y^e nose. half a pint at a time \every oth^r daye/|

Charels Touchers wife hath not had her termes this 6 yeres her stomack hoven & her hed ill & backe her wombe & chest stuffed short winded. hart ill water good. yellowe but thin. taken a greefe for payment of monyes for her husb. brother for s{ur}tiship. 200^li

RN Mres Margary Deyrell of lillingstone Deyrell. 45 y. may 24 die ♄. {v} 12. 20. 45. p m. 1600 for a great payne vnder her right syde & a thinge leek a widge in her stomack faynt & feeble a swelling of her liver as it is told her.

RN Mary Clarke of newp vtū {sic} the kings evill hath litle kernels vnder her chin & hath a reddish rūing issue vnder the chin 2 months felt payne in her hed eyes & every where |a yere| about & feble in her legs yet hath thē well Iune 24 ♂ h 6 p m 1628.

RN Agnes Rutland of Newnton Longfild. 53. sick this day fortnight. payned in her hed harte & all the body over. cannot abide vp: costive onc in 2 or 3 days. maij 1. die ♂ h. 12. 10. m. 1599.

Ambrose Rudland of Newton her husband. a payne in his stomack & eyes. a Corpulent man & fully faced. eodem tempore/

Iohn Rutland w^th a payne in his Chest & stomacke wyndye & a stitch in his syde

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 Farre of Litle Brickhill 48 y Aug. 15|4| ☿ h. 9 ant m 1633.

swelled in his leg. & thigh in his left syde 3 weekes but was ill 7 weeks before & very mutch wasted in all his body w^th sweates & burning |no stomack all this while bellye wyndye| /litle cough\

RN Andrew Knighte of Newport 36. for the winde cholicke this moneth. & stone red sand & changeth it into blood as big as a {fe}tch somewhat yellowe. forced to \purge/ fleme yellowe Chollour in great abundanc right syde of the reanes of his back & so rūneth to the bottome of his belly. vrine hot & cōplexion w^thout the fit. Novemb. 8. die ☿ h. 3. 2. 52. m. p m. 1598. extreeme payne in side & backe.

RN Ihone Persivall of Lo{illeg} 35 yeres about 20 weekes amisse. short winded. hot in her stomack shee hath broken out in her face w^th a flushing heate. payne in her hed her neighbours tell her y^t shee may be breeding of child.. 16 of novemb. die ♃. h. 1.. 1598. broke out in her nose &|f|ace & chin w^th pimpels.

RN Will Young of Illing beyond S^t yeedes 58 y novēb. 9 ♂ h. 3. p m 1619.

an aguish thick red water. / sick the thursd before S^t Nich his day. a twelfemonth something smyt him on the chest le{illeg}|n|ing {sic} \leaning/ agaynst a tree by w^th mutch gryping in his belly a swelling in his body sometymes hot & sometymes cold w^th a nūmnes in his legs y^t he cānot goe for it. loose body. cānot eate nor drinke by fits.

is vp every day more or les.

Is so swelled in his body y^t he cā scarce get his cleathes togeath^r by fits his legs

RN Mres foster {illeg}|o|f newp 23 y march. 18 ☾ h. 4 p m. 1622 /a huzzing in head like rayne w^th a gydynes a bad back flushing heat on the left syde of her head\

SRN Marian Phelp of Blechly 40. y Septemƀ. 11. ♀ h. 10. a. m. 1635

Much payned in her chest & at her heart very shortwynded swelld & howen in her face hands & Body

\vomitts what she taketh/ hath not bin well since it thunderd & lightend when she came from Stoke goldinge on th{e} Sunday y^t it lightend & thunde{red} so much.

it first tooke her w^th sorenes in her throate

body Costiue. Vryne very thin & frothy, & cleere. hath bin married these 9. y. no child.

RN Clement Nash servant to Iohn Connyngham 22 yeres old tooke her first on tuesday night qu about 8 a clock at night a crick {sic} \ache/ in her baccke \& lims./ y^t maketh her stoope & goe Double. troubled w^th a great heate of her stomack y^t it maketh her lips to break out he {sic} first water made in y^e morning red. the next water of a reasonable good colour. the wench of a ruddy face well colourd & fat. quait {sic} remediū Decēb. 4. die ☾. h. 12. 15. mi. 1598. of Newport

Samuel Rogers of Moulton 22. y. Mart. 24. ☿. h. 1. p. m. 1630

hath a Swellinge in his Back & RN \genitalibus rūning & in his/ hand cannot hold his water Lame in his Thighe & Hucklebone

RN Robart Pē{illeg}merton of Rudgden in the County of Northāpton. 57. keepeth his chamber. this moneth. troubled w^th a reume & fleume in his chest. March 17 die ♄. h. 7. 15. ant m. 1599. tussi magna laborat costive hot in the stomack.

RN vseth to bleed mutch at nose & yest night he bleede a quart & so /also before y^t he swonded w^th it waterish blood.\ h. 12. 20 p m 1627 /novēb. 4. ☉ h. 12. 20 p {sic} 1627\ |head ach.|

RN Mres Dorothy Duncōbe. 24 y Ap 7 ☿ h. 11 40 ant m 1624 head exceedingly payned & back cōtinuall hath them well & bleedeth this spring at nose

RN Katherine Grene /25\ first taken w^th \it tooke/ an arising frō her stomack ready to stop her wynd Martij 7. ☿ h. 11. p m 162i |is so sick y^t she cā take no rest.|

It tooke her in her hart & left sy right & short ribs pricking like needles. |suckleth a child halfe a yere old|

RN Mres Margaret Franklin of Bonehurst 24 y march 29. ☿ h. 10. 40 ant m 1620 \worst fasting/ hed full & dissye wyndy a cold stomacke hot liver full of melancholy greefe sinc her fathers death. face flushing hot & breaking out /vnmayed {sic}.\ /cold feete hot head\

RN Isbell Windmill of brodwell pinched & greped in the belly th w^ch shee taketh to be by wormes 65. p m Decēb. 29 die ♄ h. 4. p m. 1599 a gnawing vnder her hart & her navell