Casebooks

RN {Ia}ne Browne of Adington {2}9. y christ Iuly \Iune Iuly/ 20. 1595. sent to me Iuly Iune 30 ☿ h. 9. 20 ant m 1624 /neaver had child.\¹

Iane Browne of Adin{gton} 29. y. Iune 30 ☿ h 19. 20 a{nt} m. 1624. paraliticall tormented w^th heate & a burning payne in her belly & shooting into her legs & belly hath no vse of her lims cā not stand nor goe /sweateth mutch.\

GJ Elsabeth Hayes of Turvy 43 y Octob. 18 ♂ ho. 9. 50 a m. 1603. |wind in the stomacke.| A dry Cough An Itche and as it were a dry scurfe. Hath a Childe of 2 yeere old sucking on her, the childe very poore & will take nothing but the brest can neither go nor speake: borne the saturday fortnight after midsomer 1601 betwene 8 & 9 at night quiet in the day but very vnquiett all night. very cold, swelled in the body of late. the mother nunquā habuit menstrua since she had this child.

RN Mres An Barber of Kensworthe 46|5| y. sept 28. ☿ hor 9. 16|5|. ant m 1603.

was borne {illeg} {sic} on a {tuds} \shrovesōdaye/ after noone. an hour betwixt 4 & 5. /hath often bene let blood sicknes gone this 4 yeres.\ |extreeme hot. casteth vp sometymes leek whitꝭ of egge. sometymes blacke stuffe.|

Mres An Barber sept 28 ☿ hor. 9. 15 ant m. 1603. strangly handled w^th her stomack burning & gnawing & then an intolerable paine of her hed for 20 houres not well for 40 houre & then it cōmeth once in a weeke in the wynter. & aft^r hath a swelling & a gnawing in the calfꝭ of her legs.

RN Thom Marsholl enquireth for his Daught^r martha a yere old who hath bene payned & troubled w^th a Dire cough & pined & cōsumed in her body mutch coveteth meate but can not Digest it. Aug. 10. die ♃ h. 9. 9. mi. of Newport.

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 Iohn Trueman of Willing i9 come lāmas. hath a swellinge in his legs fallen downe lately w^thin this sennet his \belly & body/ was before swollen. he hath taken phisick this 4 yeres. & hath taken Drinkꝭ of many & of M^r Glover of Northampton. Drinkes losing him y^t hath had taken a diet losing Drinke for 3 days fasting & had 2 cakes & hath in a day. his excrementꝭ looke white & his face & eyes all yellowe but a fully faced youthe. 24 of Apr. die ♂ h. 9. 30 p m {sic}. 1599. cathed it w^th a wet & cold. faynt & feeble.

RN M^r Basse of Wavendon 60 y decēb. 17 15. h {sic} hor 9. ant m 16i0 the new ague extreme faynt & feeble hot & sweateth mutch.

RN On of Wellinborough for a child of 12 y y^t is swelled in her legs lame rūne pyneth & cōsumeth & bell hath gone for it

RN a litle child 3 y. at the same tyme \cānot rest cryeth nev^r the better.// belly swelled casteth voydeth wormes cānot rest

RN Constanc Markes of North Crowly. 22 y febr. 24. h {sic} hor. 9. 30 ant m 162i

hath thē not well normally heretofore but not sinc Whitsondtyde had thē. pyneth cōsumeth cougheth a gydynes a long sore scouring |back ill|

RN Iohn Rutland m|o|f Hav^rshā may 4. ☾. h. 9. 30 ant m 1629 /six weekes ill but a fortnight \more/ ill but excedding ill a weeke faynt weake cā not eate nor sleepe\

RN Nicholas the sp|h|ephead {sic} of Gothurst towne 22 y Dec Ian. 13. ♀ h. 10|9|. \30/ ant m. 1615 /very weake cānot goe nor stand.\

RN M^r Everet. of Totternoe 57 y Ap. 26 h {sic} hor 9. 30 ant m. 1623 /a cold stuffing cānot reare nor relish meate nor drink & but litle & is costive\

RN Goodmā Winckles of Lathbury 80 y novēb 8 ♂ h. 9. 20 ant m 163i |Exceeding poor & weak|

malig feaver was prayd for last sonday faynt & weake & cā take nothing his wife 80 y had the |quart|¹

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\

SRN M^rs Elizabeth Baldwyne feb. 21. ♀ h. 9. 30. a. m. 1634

troubled with gripeing fitt{s} whether by wynd or any ill me{illeg}

SRN Iames Ansley of Newport 33. y. March. 23. ☿ h. 9. a. m. 1635.

hayre falls of frō his head y^t makes him bald. desires something to make it grow

Secondly spitts blood many tymes & finds stitches in his left side.

RN Mathew Knigh|ft|en of Lowton 53. y. sick this satterd. last 3 weekes. a red water & full of rags.

M^r Knifton of Lowton 55 yeres old sick this 3 weekes {illeg} sunday last first in his stomack w^th an extreeme cold w^c tooke a way his stomack ache in the head neck & legs sweateth div^rse times & after troubled w^th an itch as exceeded greatly onc in two or 3 days to grounde. nev^r vomiteth. the 3 of Ian. die ☿ h. 9. 15. 1598. {sic} 1599. bad head greefe taken {in} lawe.

RN Arthur Smithe of Woulverton. 36. payned in the bodye nowe & lims & knees. & hath a great hote stomack and mutch bounde. arms this 7 yeres & hath spent mutch monye. faynt & feeble. maij 1. die ♂ h. 9. {illeg}|3|0. ant m. 1599.

RW Clement Rulie d. ♀. h: 9. 25. p: mer: Feb: 1. 1622. taken suddenly w^th a riseing in \her/ stomacke w^ch is readie to stop her winde: her hands cold; highe coloured in her face & swetteth: hath a heate in her bodie