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 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 Old Goody Barnwell hoven in body & hath a sincking in her feete & her lims stiffe & have no feeling. very Costive. may. the 18 16 die ☿. h. 11. 30. ant m. 1599.

RN Iohn Ihounson 58 y Iuly 11. ☿ h. 9. 50 ant m 1632 /of Dodington by wellingborough\

shephead

a fortnight sinc was taken in his knee swelled & rūneth vp to his thighs & backe & cānot rise |a bad stomacke|¹

RN Williā Dymmingsdale of Hutchin 58 y may 25 h {sic} hor 9 30 ant m. 1633.

Tooke a surfet a cough cānot eate nor drink but is sick after meate vntill it hath made him to cast it swelled in his belly almost every night /his thigh was broken\

RN Goody Bar\n/well bemoaneth her of her body of the heaving of her bodye of her drought & thirste shee can scarce take her breath. Aug. touchin taken of by a smay of her husb. & child. sorow. Aug. 11 die ♀ h p m. 6. 30. m. 1598.

RN Iohn Brighty of Eaten by fenny stratford. 58 yeres amisse this 9 or 10 yeres but most sinc midsomer. he goeth abroad & talketh well. & lustely. tooke it w^th a surfet this 2 of Novenb. {sic} die ♃. h. 1. 34|8| mi. {sic} \36 |40| m./ \40/ |40 {sic} m| p. m. troubled very mutch for this moneth. 1598

RN Clement Mole of Stoake Bruer. 58 y. Novemb 8 ☾ hor 9. 30. ant m 1602.

RN Mres Millecent Sainders sister to S^r Thomas Temple at Brisworth. 5 myles beyond North Hāpton 58 y Ap. 25. ☿ h. 2. 30 p m 1627

had a fall frō a horse 6 weekes a goe frō a horse by w^ch her hucklebone was set out of ioynt

Then it was set by M^r Hayles & cōtinued so a fortnight & then Allen of Leycestersheere in Norton put it better in being not well set & she found ease by it a fortnight & mended and about a ten days sinc she cōplayned of it y^t she could not styrr Knee nor foote. /& her Knees & toes stand ever sinc outward\¹

RN Mres Ellen Dre|a|yton of Bullick 48. 58 y Aug. 31. ♀ h. 1 p m 1632. /vtrū venef patitur.\

RN I went to S^r Anthony Tyrringhā Ia to see his servant y^t lay strangly sicke Ian. 16. ☿ h. 10. 25|36| ant m I came thith^r & did see her. in her fitte. Ian 16. ☿ h. 10. 36 ant m. 1605.

RN Thomas Pen of the mallets in Stony stratford 40. 58 y Iuly 19|8| \19 19 {sic}/ ☉ h. 7. ant m 1618 |is very mopish & sencles talketh very idlely.|

RN Old Rawlings 58 y troubled w^th a wind cholicke {wi}|{&}| a stone in boath his sydes {some} tymes leeke a \h{ar}d/ cake novēber. 4 ♂ h. 8. 30 ant m 1600 belly

RN Goody foukes of Newport 5{illeg}|8| yeres sitteth vp by the fier not well this 3 or 4 days. Ian. 4. die ♃. h. 11. 15. 1599.

RN Williā Miller Smithe of Brodwell mutch payne in his Chest & stomack vomiteth long ropes of fle{me} in 24 houres sinc Christmas. especially when he eateth meate. came to me this 5 of Ian die ♀ h. 12. 45|9|. 15{99}

RN Rich Ashby of our towne for a bruise taken by falling from a house Ian 24 ♂ hor 4: \p m/ 1604

RN Goody Walbancke of Cosgrave 58 Iune 21. ☾ hor. 10. 15 ant m. 1602.

RN Rich: Britton of Thorlye 58. y. novēb 8 ☾ h. 11 45. ant m 1630

RN Robart Bunā of longe Crindon a mile frō Tame 58 y Iune 9 ♃ h. 3. 40 p m. 1614.

ill in his hed & his left leg & arme hath litle feeling in it ev^r sinc Easter.¹

RN Chrystopher Stratton of Houghton bedford 58 y Iune 27. ☾ h. 7|8|. ant m. 1608.

backe & sydes sore cā scarce take wynd costive. sick this 8 weeke taken w^th making of hay {coc}ke beaten to grounde w^th a ladder. & {mudd.}