Casebooks

RN Alce Bunts of hanslop. 23 yeres. a white thick muddish water. lyieth in her hed & b belly. her flesh is wasted away & {illeg}|b|urneth exceedingly. sick this moneth keepeth her bed. sore everywhere. March 12 the die ☾ h. 11 18. 1598.

RN Isbell Linwell servant to Thomas Buncher of Paulus Perrye 30 yeres old nor fath^r nor moth^r a hie colourd wate woman & sweateth hart swollen in the body & legs. & chest faynte y^t shee can do no worke hed & hart beateth. 27 of March die ♂ h. 1. 30 p m. 1599. short winded hath bene amisse this 3 weekꝭ {wak}heth

RN Elisabeth Hockni Toppe of Hanslop 30 y. sick ever sinc Ash wenday {sic} at hart a greeping every where hed. & stomack. payned every where doubteth wheath^r shee be w^th Child or no hath not her courses /after her sleepe in a faynt {snort}\

RN Amy Hoding of Addington 18 yeres of age. never had her couse {sic}. lyeth in her hed & chest & soppeth {sic} her eares. swollen in her feete & morning in her face & & eys & avoydeth bloode vpward d|A|pr. die ☾ h. 2. 15. m p m. 1599.

RN Elisabeth Clarke 30 yeres vnmaried ever sinc Christmas hed backe chest a few on satterday on sunday had not her Courses currantly sinc Christ. sick at hart hoven in her chest. shoulders & hed. casteth black geare leek browne black paper leeke rags y^t is her flowers arising. Apr. 3 die ♂ h. 9. 15. 1599. cannot rest in her bed hath a wonderfull red colour & is hot.

RN Mary Nuby 28 of Grafton Lodge. for a rising at her stomack. her legs. Double vnd^r her faynt & feeble & pineth in her body & yet can earte {sic} had not her termes never sinc her sicknes almost for a yere. Ap. 25 die ☿ h 5. 30. p m. 1599 |cannot sleepe troubled w^th a great cough at night.|

RN Auste

Rich: Austen for a paine in his chest & stomacke & hart & a weaknes in his backe & bodye & shortwinded come when he laboureth as it were w^th a swelling i7 of may. die ♃ h. 10. 30 M^r Anthony Greeneway of lechamsteede 1599. |a driver in his howse./|

RN M^r Blundell enquireth what his disease the cause therof & the remedy & he cōplayneth of the winde cholick & seemeth to be troubled w^th stone & strangury. August the 12 die ♄. h. 8. ant m. 1598.

M^r Blundell

Goodman Blundell enquired in his owne son & was well when he enquired Aug. 12 die ♄ hor. 8. 1598¹

RN William Downing \of filgrave/ of the his child Abigayle a yere & 3 quarters. old. very sick for 3 houre{s} when it taketh it at 2 a clock morning & at 12 it vomiteth whatsoever it taketh the Drinke & sucke it taketh & handleth very ill for the space of 3 houres Aug 27. die ☉ h. 3. 1598 quærit remediū it loketh pale as ashes at p philgrave.

RN Frauncis Tomson by her husband of lowton 30 of March. die ♀ h. 12 30. mi.  morbo. 1599 caput phantastijs melancholicis laborat. timore spiritu’. 42. yeres. /muscam metuit et {muo}rē\

RN Will Smith \of haversham/ cōplayneth of his head & hart & chest & cannot sleepe & pineth and consumeth in his flesh. Sept 13. die ☿ h. 8. 45. m. verius.

RN Ihone Hull of Newport of 46 yees {sic} for the rising of her & greeping of her hart by fits shee hath had it a longe time: somewhat leek an impost ready to stop her wind & can hardly swallowe her spittle. Octob 5. die ♃. h. 3. {illeg}|5|0. p m. 1598. arising leeke the mother.

RN Harry Goodin taken lame in his left leg not swollen he cannot styrre his right side. in his leg & huck bone he layd in the fild Downe & being hote tooke a colde. this day or monday was sennet 17 d 16 last Christmas eve. 1598. pater  filio et filius oravit patrē. vt me consulet  morbo. Octob. 29 die ☉ h. 1. 1598. it took him in the fild as if it were prickt with nales. he cryeth out whē it is touched.

RN Agnes Miller of Newport sick ever sinc Miklemas. 30 yeres old troubled w^th fleume w^th a quivering & trembling in her body as it were w^th a palsye. w^th a gret rising in her stomacke hed novemb. 7. die ♂ h p. m. 3. a whitish water before it was turned full of heres spotꝭ & dregs thin & yellowish

RN Hugh Tomson  filio williā qui graviter ægrotat who he supposeth to be taken or planet stroken because he is so sorely handled w^th it in his chest & syde and & {sic} cannot to ground & \nor/ make water. he could not sleepe all this last night. Novēber. the 9 die ♃ h. 6 9 ant m. 1598.

RN Mres Vines took her sicknes at Piddington 30 of maye die ♂ h. betwixt 9. & 10 walking at night in her orcharde. & it tooke away her speache & brought a palsy in her side & armes. shee had no vse of her lims. 1598. die ♂ h. 9. 30 mi. p m maij 30. 1598.¹

RN Margaret fowler of Newport of 30 yeres old. sick a longe time about his|er| hart & every ioynt & a great payne in her hed of long time. {t}|c|omplayned on thursdaye last

Margaret fowler of Newport vnmaried of 40 30 yeres old sick a long time in hed hed {sic} & hart & hath a great reume come over her eyes for this longe time complayneth sinc thursday last about 12 at midnight. die ♃ novemb 16. die ♃. h. 12. at midnight 1598. they feare lest shee be bewitched of H.

RN Everard \Woodland/ troubled e|i|t tooke him his sicknes tooke him on a weddensday before Barnabe a yere & half old pined & consumed w^th it. pale of coleur. refuseth his vittayles & vomiteth it vp w^th a coughing the 27 of Novemb. die ☾. h. 11. 45. ant m. 1598. pater  filio

RN Iane Smithe 30 yeres old sc of haversham sick this sennet. scoureth mutch this 2 days. Dry, will nothing mouth sore water high coloured. well blooded woman Novemb. 30. die ♃ h. 9. 1598. h. 9. 18. m. ant m. 1598. a stitch vnder her right side. shee sucketh her child mutch payne in her hed & cannot sleepe.

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