Casebooks

SRN My Cozon Clare wright of Southwarke London. 50. y. Decemƀ 21. ♄ {sic}. h. 11. a. m. 1634.

hath kept her bed this sennight a weake bad digestion. her meate rises sometymes like hard egs w^ch causes a great payne both in stomack & backe.

she can eate little or nothing she desires to haue something to strengthen her stomack. /much troubled with a stitch in her right side with a continuall payne in her stomack.\

RN The Lady Hāmer at the same tyme ill in her brayne

The Lady Hānner light headed & mutch Distressed w^th ill thoughts. Ian 20 ☿ h. 11 ant m 1630

Desyreth something to quiet her brayne

RN Williā Cauthorne 30 {sic} \29/ y febr 25. ♃ h. 7. 30 ant m 1630

will sweare nutch {sic} & sayth ther is no devill nor witch¹

Iohn Hitchcock of Turuuye. 40. y. Mar. 11. ♃. h. 1. 30. p. m. 1630 much pained in chest & belly w^th a gripeinge as a winde

RN At this tyme was taken in his bed strangly & cānot speak offreth to cast voydeth mutch waterish & reddish water. |did bleed at nose|

RN M^r Iohn Moore for a young daughter \mayd/ \Iane Riddin/ |nata Iulij 15. 1620 10 y old feb 21. ☾ h. 1. p m 1631.| who is fallen Lame in her left leg mutch swollen frō the h {sic} knee downeward & before it fell down was extreme sick & swelled towards her belly

RN Robart Rogars of Heyford 2 y & a halfe. it did fome at mouth & did stare, a weeke sinc. & hath burning & sweates & is very hot.

RN yest was month stretched out her hands cōpl of a lightnes in her head her eys {rune} & is sleepish

It tooke her sorely & had \a/ very greevous fit in the morning & so always in her bed h. 6. 30 in aurora martch 30 ☿ {sic} |march 29. ♂| h. 6. 30 ant m 163i

RN a womā troubled w^th a great swelled cheake & leg hard swelled cedding from the kings evill may 28 ♀ h. 3 p m 1631

kings evill

RN Goodmā Hopkins of our tone {sic} 70. y. novēb. 19 h {sic} hor 8 ant m 163i |was here made no water.| |but in 3 or 4 das he dyed|¹

M^rs Mathewe of Braddin 40. y. Febr. 24. ♀. h. 12. 40. p m. 1632

An Extreame fluxe of her Termes the space of a fortnight, they come downe in clotts. desireth to knowe whether shee may safely stop them Before they came downe shee was much pained betweene her Belly & stomack

TG M^rs Iane bruffe stony stratford 42 y. h. 9. m{illeg} aguish, stomack naught, head, ill and pained.

RN Rich: Write of Stoake golding 20 y f {sic} March a swelling vnder his chyn & neck & a swelling w^th 2 rūing holes

hath bene twice w^th the king & fyndeth litle remedy.

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.

TG {Mr} Robert Langfield 14 y {Decem}br. 11 ♂ h. 3. p m. 1632. {Mel}ancholia affectꝯ præter morem tristatur et de salute dubitare et desperare præsumit, jnitium morbi fuit die ♄ 8 Decembr ante viduum.

RN Goody Archer of Litlington now at Wootton 60 y Decēb. 12 ☿ h. 1. p m 1632 |a stitch on her left syde| /a stuffing w^th the chest ill\ /ill fits cold\

TG Margareth Fitton of Stanford in Betf. 20 y. Februar. 16 ♄. h. 3. 45 p m.

raiseth in her backe till to her stomake is well sometimes 2 or 3 dayes, & this sometimes troubleth her minde.

Robt Sum̄erly of Doddington 2. y. March 13. ☿. h. 12. 20. p m 1633

simple & mopish, flesh fallen from y^e wast downeward, weak at Knees, & cannot stand. was Sick \at/ a q^rter olde, & was neu^r well since. feareth some ill to\u/ngue. Gadwife Purny Susp.

RN M^r Rogars Nichols 25|6| 23|2| y Iuly 6 h {sic} hor. 4. 20 p m 1633 /extreme paynd in all his body\

he mayed {sic} D Hugs kinswomā & houskee. took a cold & was wet w^th rayne ill all over & offreth to cast

RN Elis Potter of Newp. 21 y mayed {sic} a yere & a month. Aug. 15 ♀ {sic} h 10 ant m 1633

hath not had thē 6 or 7 weekes. head & chest: back weake