Casebooks

RN Elis. Meade of Newp \50 y/. serv to M^r Web the p^racher Ian 26. ☿ h. 10. 30 ant m 1620 /hart & belly\

RN Alce Bruer kinswomā to M^r Rob. Paule paster of harrold 23 y Iuly 11. ☿ hor. 3. p m 16i0. ague & wormes belly

RN On of Cosgrave for a great belly a mead sept 22|3| ♀ hor. 2. 25 p m 1603.

Elisabeth Clarke 24 of Cosgrave servant to the old widow Emmerson sept 23 ♀ hor 2. 25 p m 1603

RN Gryphen Courteens a shepheard of our towne had the bloody flix two days stop w^th \oak/ barke boyle broyled on a grydyron & beaten to pouder & drōke.

after had sloes & {illeg}|s|odden drōke the water & eate the slowes hath a {sic} great & a posset made w^th alloum w^ch stayd his flix nowe hath a great payne ever since in his belly novemb 8 ☾ h 10 ant m 1602.

RN margery Iames of Greete by Winscombe in Glocester sheere 50 myles henc almost 50 y Iuly 21 h {sic} {illeg}|h|or. {8} {sic} h {sic} 7. 30 ant m 1632 |ma\r/yed|

She is hanted as she thinketh w^th an ill spirite & feeleth some living thing roll vp & downe in her & it will pluck her & gather all togeather./ then downe in the bottome of her belly & then rū vp to her hart & syde ill sinc whitsontyde

M^r freemā her m^r cured her 15 y since.

was very sickly always.

RN Sara Willet M^r Edgertons servant 18 y. Ap 12 die ♄ h. 10 ant m. 1600 paynd in her bellye w^th a grypinge/

RN M^r Styrop my lords man at the same tyme for a raw stomacke a bad belly rheumaticke./

RN Edward Gardiner serv to my lord Dormer 60 y Ap. 12 ♀ h. 1|8|. ant m. 16i6 |a dropsy scurvy belly huge & big.|

RN M^r write of \mynister.// {illeg}|of| Bedford. A {sic} 36 y Aug 30. ♃ h. 10. 20 ant m 162i a great payne gryping in his bellye

M^r Write of Bedford 36 y Aug. 30 ♃ h. 10 25 ant m 162i

RN George Astey a poer servant of Newport for his belly but specially for his hed Sept. 15 die ♄ h. 11. 30 ant m. 1599.

RN M^r Hudsons man for his master tooke a fall at Tiddington frō a house & fell downe. may 13 ☾ h. 10. 15 ant m 1611 & he felt on his hed belly swelleth & legs.

RN Frauncis Atkins of Woulson 22 y. first payned in his knees & nowe it is fallen into the bottome of his belly Ianuary {illeg} {sic} 12 die ♄ 9. ant m. 1600 /Dudlys servant of Woulson\

RN Thomas Parker of hartwell. a butcher. 40 y Decēb {4}|5| ☾ hor 10. 15. ant m. 1603.¹

RN Ralfe \Isbell:/ write of Mutch houghten 60 y novemb Decēb. 6. ♃ hor. 10|i| 1604. a mydwife. /keepeth her bed.\ ever sinc sunday belly & harte.

RN M^r Isaac Lake secretary to S^r Will Andrews 23. y. novēb Decēb 1. h {sic} hor 8. 15 ant m 1632 |back & belly full of wynd|

RN Iohn Holmes the lady Morysons clarke Ap 7 ☾ h. 11. 50 ant m 1617.

Iohn Holmes clarke of the citchin 32|4|. y. Ap. 7. ☾. h. 11. 30 ant m 1617. serv to S^r Charles. Ap 1617. hath had an ague sinc the 12 of septēb. to the first of march. sinc an extree {sic} cold w^ch still cōtinueth w^thout remedy. hed & stomack payned every morning his belly is swelled. as if it would breake. {illeg} {sic} he tooke physick the 26 of march & therfore d|b|eing very loose desyreth no physick.

RN Rich Travell servant t|o|f W. Martin of L Linford. 20 yeres old sick this fortnight almost & did kepe his bed for it munday & tuesday cōplayneth of his belly & hart. very desyrous to Drink & yet not hot. Oc cam him selfe to me. Octob. 6. die ♀ h. 3. 9. post m. 1598.

RN Isabell Clarke of Cosgrave 22 serv. to Robart Emerson sick ever sinc Chistide {sic}. 27 feb die ♂ h. 23. 16. 12. her courses stopt hevy vncōfortabl stomack stitch bottome of her belly.

RN Ione Longe of Astwood 20. y. taken yesterday in her bodye after a strange maner. y^t shee cannot make water greeepeth {sic} her bellye & cryeth w^th it & cannot sleepe. Septemb. 5. die ☿ h. 6. 45. ant m. 1599. /her fathers servant gote her w^th Child but her fath^r would not let him marry her./\

RN Rich Carter of Althrop \S^r/ |Iohns Spence\r/s man.| 32 y. Iune 3. ♀ hor. 1. 30 p m. 1603.¹²