Casebooks

RN M^r Raynsford 80 y maij 2 ☿ hor. 10. 50 ant m 1604. shaketh & burneth. of Hardmead

RN An Colemā of litle Brickhill 44 y march 15. ☾ h. 2. 20 p m 1619. |Is in strang fits. strangly handled w^th quaking fits. witchery suspected|

RN Ione Coxs. of Nash. of 70 yeres old. sick this fortnigh {sic} greeved in her hips as a bloode & cannot rest had a shaking & greeveth mutch w^th it. a widow woman nev^r had Child.

RN on f\r/yday last may 14 ♀ h 3. 30 p m 1630

taken w^th a great quivering & raged

RN Alce Kent. 25 Ap. die ☿ h. 1. p m. 1599.

Alce Kent of Walton. 2i. miklemas. sick at her hart w^th a quaking & a trembling. & hath taken greefe w^th a Child of hers y^t was burnd in the face & cannot be healed. b{ut} pineth & cōsumeth Apr. 25 die ☿ h. 12. 55. 1599.

RN {Mres Mar}y Robinson of Erklinborough 25. y may. 5|6| ♂ 7. 45 ant m 1628

It first tooke her w^th trēbling & quaking¹²

Mres Mary Robynson 25 y may 5|6|. ♂ h. 7. 50 ant m 1628.

RN Robart Morish of Marson in bedfordsheere 52|0| y feb. 13 h {sic} hor. 9. 30 ant m 1608.¹

RN M^r Henry Ogle for his wife 25 y Ian 30 ♃ h. 1. 40 p m 16i7

mayed {sic} 5 y. & hath 5 children

troubled at her hart w^th a trēbling or shaking & then her head wilbe very gydy w^th many vayne & idle thoug{hts} tooke her vppō discontent

RN Ione Peccaver of Brackly 37. y. febr. 18. ☾ h. 5. 2|3|0 p. m 1622

sickned this day sennet about xj in the morning w^th a shiverīg cold & quærit an sit gravida

RN Isble freemā of Benson 40 y may 17 ♃ h. 6 p m. 1632. /head light cānot sleep quivereth & quaketh\

RN Richard Carter. of Lillye 30 y in love Decēb: 6. ☿ h. 3. p. m. 1620 |sine consensu| /Widow Pydle is tempted y^t he cānot pray by fits well quaketh cānot sleep\

RN Ap 28 ☾ h. 10 ant m 1628 cōpl of a rūning vp & downe his legs arms eares & neck like a like a {sic} mouse & bite him by the prick the child in y^e fit quake & stampe taken so yeste\r/day

RN Iudith Hix of Woodstocke ma\r/yed 31 y the fryday before the lady Day Ap 4 ♃ h. 9. 20 \10/ ant m 1633 /a trēbling in her belly\ /an extreme griping in her belly\

RN Ione Barnwell of husb. Crowlye 26 y. 3 weekes married. but was ill ever since Christmas & was wont to bleede at the nose \& mouth/ mutch looketh ill & hath a drye cough & shaketh her very mutch. her wat^r of a very good colour. shortwinded.

An Dennet. 3. y: her wat^r is hie coloured hath motes & leeke cobwebs.

Robart Dennet. 2 yeres hath a reasonab. water but hath some scales.

Septemb. 4. die ♂ h. 11. 30. ant m. 1599.

RN An Rūbell of Bullingf

An Rūble of Buntingford 25 y y {sic} newly brought a bed a fortnight sinc octob 5. ♀ h. 5. p m 1632.

a great trēbling & panting at her hart mynd troubled w^th fantas. for want of sleepe delivered of a boy on weddensday was fortnight h. 1 at night cā take no rest melancholick

An Rūble of Buntinford 25 y octob. 5 ♀ h. 5. 25 p m 1632

lately brought a bed a trēbling & a panting at the harte cānot sleepe melancholick

RN An Bourton of Olny 26 yeres old. sick the ever sinc Lent tooke her in her hed hart & backe maried this 7 yeres had but on Child but y^t god hath taken to his mercy. {s} {sic} it holdeth her nowe as an ague shaking her every day. & hat sweateth & is very hot after the shaking & hath as it were a thing lūbring in her chest very corpulent faynt & very feeble. hath a very painfull cough ready to Drawe vp hart & hall w^th it & fetcheth blood very short winded. fetcheth vp fleume & water as cleare as a bell. Ap. 25 die ☿. h. 8. 30. mi ant m. 1599. hath a very sore ague every day y^t maketh her sweate exceedingly. hath not had this moneth her Courses sinc shee voyded a litle porreng^r of clompered bloode/

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 Mary Smyth of Stawton 20 myles 30 y Ap 27. ♂ h. 10. 15 ant m 1619 her head shaketh a fortnight or 3 \shaking/ palsy. mother backe thighꝭ as if they should be torne but her head exceding cold.

head cold

vryne very good. a very good stomacke yet very faynt. mutch troubled w^th wynd 2 y. sinc had a boy. hath thought her selfe twice to be w^th child w^thin this twelfemonthe. nescit an sit gravida