Casebooks

TG Ann{illeg}|e| Barrage of stonystreetford 28. y. 7br. 27 h. 10. A m. 1634. stuffed & pained in her chest, sides, & backe, is worse by fits, paroxysmꝯ hysterici.

RN The Lady Alce had sore fits of the mother in the morning Septēb 18 ♂ h. 9 ant m 1632¹

RN mres Hilsdon of litl Amptill litle parke. 40 y Iuly 6. h {sic} hor. 10. 50 ant m. 16i6 It tooke her on thursd is troubled w^th many fits as they suppose of y^e mother yet when she is quiet hath no fect senc yet is quiet & patient. & {sic}

RN her burning fit tooke her w^th a pass. of the hart feb 14. \10/ ☾ h. 10 p m. 1623

RN Mres Gyll had her \payne/ fit in her stomack octob. 1. h. 7. p m 1628

It tooke her last night about 7 p m 1628

RN Mres Ans fit tooke her Ian. 14. ☾ h. hor 2. p. m. 1633

horrible str{ā}g fits of \the/ motherSRN

RN M^res Iēnyngs of London in mother fits may 7 ☿ h. 11 ant m 1623

RN my lady Mydleton her husb. water sine consensu octob. 16: ☾ h. 7. ant m 1620.

S^r Thomas taken w^th a strang fit & passion of the splene & stone octob. 15. ☉ h. 10. \9. 30/ p m. 1620.¹

RW Richard Coles \Sharpe/ of this towne y. 4. d. ☾ h. 2. p: m: Nouemb: 27. 1620.

troubled w^tha paine in his backe. something cometh ouer him hee sayth at night about 8 of the clocke. screameth & scratcheth when the fit cometh: w^ch is always about 8 of the clocke at the night.

RN Mres An Goddiar a londyner a widow strang mother fi{ts} {sic} fits 2: y. may 5. ♀ h 7 ant m 1626

Mres An Goddiar \was/ troubled w^th strang fits of the mother mother {illeg} {a} widow her father M^r Bambridg in the Strand agaynst Checker Lane at the signe of the black spread {E}agle may 5 ♀ h 7 ant m 1626

a Daughter of on M^r Iohn Brarmridg now a widow w^th 5 children sent to me 2 y sinc of whom I tooke speciall notes may 5 ♀ h. 7. 30 ant m 1626 mutch like my lady Iennings Daughter Desyreth y^t I should looke over my bookes & send the same things

In the Strand agaynst Checker lane at the blacke spread Eagle

Her name is Anne Goodyeare of the Strand ♀ may 5 ♀. h. 7. ant m 1626

RN M^r Rich: Clarke of the Whitlewood forest. 56. y. Iuly. 4 h {sic}. hor 10. ant m 1618 |a quartyne sinc milkemas shortȳded {sic} taketh away his sences & eysight when the fit cōmeth belly chest.|

RN falling sicknes & suffoc of the mother Aug. 1. ☿ h. ♂ h. 7 ant m 1632

Mres Elis Catesbee 12 y y^t had many fits almost 20 in a day susp. Elis. Marrshall.

RN Elis Baldyn first taken w^th strang fits feb 22 ♀ h. 3 p m 1633 |ready to stangle {sic} \strangle/ her hart ill|

RN The lady \An/ Butler for her m^r Oliver Butler 9 y next march bone {sic} 28 or 29 about 12 & on in the night. of Harolde sent to me for this child Ian 3 h {sic} hor 11. 45 ant m 1623 {sic}. extree {sic} weake & feeble & cā take no physick taken w^th strang fits plucking his \right/ syde & rūneth to his back being holden harde & an extree {sic} cough almost halfe a yere. & is pyned & cā not stand nor goe Ill tong suspected

RN ye hath bene sick by fits. but yesterdaye about 3 of the clock in y^e after noone taken & tormented & gryped in her stomack & belly & Doth. cast in the extremitye of her fit & otherwise.

RN D Iames of Oxford st|ran|gly {sic} \straungly/ taken w^th a palsye on the left syde of the face hand & leg taken at church & great red blatches in t|H|is fac & bodye & his ey swelling & f|H|is face a yere before & sinc he contenting certen sup witches & on being acquitted he felt his strange stitch on his s {sic} left syde by fits he supposeth y^t the womā susp for a witch but quitted by the Iudges did hurte him the 24 of feb. ☾ sep a □ ♄ ap ☌ ♂ y^t night at sup first taken. had his first fit after he talked w^th m^r Rob. Conye. feb 18. in y^e after noone his first fit but his worst fit the 24 of feb when the sup witch was acquitted/

M^res Iames mentioned M^r Doctor Iames |of oxford| Ap. 20 ♃ h. 3. 20 p m. 1620 /she related all at this tyme/\

TG Mrs Dorothea Hothen of Ocly. 24. y. Dec. 13 ♃ h. 1. p m. 1632.

pained in her cheste, ictericía passione et paroxysimis aliquando ferè epilepticis vexata

RN Lettice Shermā of Woulv^rton 23 y march 29 ♃ h. 8 9. ant m. 162i

she came heather w^th her mother. strang fits then swoūding in her bed as the falling sicknes or mother.

RN M^r Ratte of Kethorpe Iu 60 y. Iuly 14. ♂ h. 11. ant m 1618. vide Iulij 7 |chest & belly mutch wynd & very hot wheather he will escape sometymes well hath 3 or {sic} fits every day. cānot sleepe|

RN M^r Tyrringhās mead of Tyrringhā 24 y Ian. 13 ☉ h. 9. ant m 1605. suffocat matricis strange fits eith^r of moth^r or apop. litharg.¹