Casebooks

RN Mres marye Conquest M^r William Conquests Daughter. of Houghton now at litle Horwod w^th Mres Sands. 35. y. vnmaryed Iuly 20 ☾ h. 12. 30 p m 1618 very seldome well sinc fryday morning hed face & eys shut vp

RN Ihone Persivall of Lo{illeg} 35 yeres about 20 weekes amisse. short winded. hot in her stomack shee hath broken out in her face w^th a flushing heate. payne in her hed her neighbours tell her y^t shee may be breeding of child.. 16 of novemb. die ♃. h. 1.. 1598. broke out in her nose &|f|ace & chin w^th pimpels.

RN Ch\r/ystopher Abrahā of Stoake hāmons 30|5| y may 5 ☾ h. 11. 15 ant m 1617. |swelled about the face. & a singing in his hed/|

RN Mary Coninghā of Newport 35 y. Decēb. 4. h {sic} hor 9. 20 ant m 1619 cōpl of her head

RN Elis. Tubbe of great Horwood 35 y Aug 11 ☾ h. 1. p m 1606. mayed {sic} taken w^th soden {illeg}ags hed & backe & cā take no rest.

RN feb 29 ☉ \h 4. 30 p/ my lady was sorely vexed in her the fore te of her head about the top causing her ladyship to vomyt. hath had many fits therof sinc Iuly last y^t she was brought a bed Iuly 20. \h. 4. 30 h 4. 30 {sic} ant m/. but had then a most violent fit & fyndeth most good by covearing her head wth a pillow made very hot

RN Mres An Pigot \a {sic}/ |a very wise gentlewomā 35 y.| a widowe w^th S^r Rich: Anderson. 35 y |Iue {sic} 13. or 3 ☿ 2|3|5 y.| Ian 16 ☾ h. 3. 45 p {m} 1632 /head payned about the crowne & left sy{de}\ |vryne thin|

RN Rich Iane Que of hanslop. 35. y. sick. in her head & stomacke. in her head exceedingly. Decēb. 31 die ☾ h. 11. ant m. 1599 /had no child nev^r since marid.\

RN Ashbur. 1598. maij 26. die ♀ h. 11. 15. he hath a burning about the hart & a hot burng {sic} in his heade & a peane in his backe.

RN Ma{illeg}|g|dalen Clarke of Woulverton. 35 y. Iune 14. ☾ hor. 3. p m. 1602.

twice maried. \chest stomacke./ harte & head

RN Mres Becket of Bedford a tanner & a beer bruer 35. y. sept. 13. ☾ h. 3. p m. 1619 /Mary becket {floures}. 5 weeke face swelled & back ill right syde\

RN Alce Whitebread. of Steppinglye 35 y Iuly 5 ☾ h. 4. 20 p m 1624. /a greevous cold taken in breeding a noice in her head head gydye\

M^r. Rous Clopton of Corp. Chri Coll. Oxon 35. y. Mart. 17. ☿. h. 9. p. m. 1630

A greiuous Headache takes him at Midnight sometimes in one te of y^e head & sometimes in y^e other te, but especially in y^e left side of his heade, w^ch makes y^e places outwardly sore where y^e paine hath beene.¹

A continually Noyse in his head w^th a tearinge paine as yf it would pull one skyn from another, w^ch comes sometimes suddenly like a strech, & then is gone in an instant

A dizines in y^e heade & a leapinge, as it were of blacke mothes before his Eyes

This paine hath continued these 6 weekes,

Desires to knowe whether it ceeds from y^e stomack or spleene, from a cold or{illeg} hote cause

Hath beene let Bloud in y^e right arme, & vnder the tongue, & in y^e forehead, beeinge tolde by the Physitian y^this greife was caused by fullnes of Bloud

Hath taken Pills & Electuaryes sundry times, but his paine noethinge deminished

Hath for many years beene troubled w^th a soundinge & noyse in his head, but neuer w^th paine till nowe Feareth a Disposition to the Palsye or Apoplexye Desires Receits & Directions to preuent these two capitall Dangers.

RN Dye Right of Olny 35 \35/. y. had 2 child at on birth. a month sinc Iuly 3. h. 11 30 ant m 1630 |newly brought a bed of 2 child| /boath legs excedingly swelled white {marck} very hard\ /a hot rheume at her mouth & so scalding\

RN Dorothy Bruce of Dodford in Stoe parish 35 y may 26 ☾ h. 4. 30 p m 1606. |moth^r.|

left syde w^ch moveth twingeth shooteth pricketh rolleth burned at her backe hed ill

RW Agnes Chibnoll of sherington y. 35. d. ♂. h: 1. 40 p. m: Ian: 28. 1623. bleedeth at the nose these 8 weekꝭ by fits. vrine good. Payned in breast & stomacke w^th a shorte windednesse.