Casebooks

RN Mres Elenor Aylet of magdalen laver 30 y Iuly 19 ♀ h. 1. 45 p m 1633 |in Essex.|

supposeth her selfe to be bewitched her first husb was witched to Death she her Daughter Elis: & her old serv Fayth Sage y^t is mayed {sic} not well

was better till this fortnight sinc Rebecca write was at her house

sinc hath bene troubled in her milke & making of cheese her milke sowrs & her cheese w^th an ill sent

she hath a great heate vppon her & is wonderous ill

her daughter mres Elis. not well

her husb is troubled w^th a great heate her old serv. maryed hath a great heate & sweat her cows in her yard are taken lame & there milke dryed

RN M^r Edmunds for his wife of Shenly 56. troubled w^th the winde cholick w^th gripings & pruckins {sic} & very sick a very good water at 18 of may. die ♀ h. 1. p m. 1599. /& a great coughe\

RN His wife is very sick also of this malig. feaver. sept 18 ☾ h. 9. ant m 1615 & swelled

RN Agnes Miller of 45. yeres old hath had an old Desier Disease as shee thincketh of the winde cholick ready to stop there winde lieth at her harte this every daye of the weeke. the rūning. of the reanes

August the 12 die ♄ h. post m ant m. 8. 34 mi for Agnes Miller who hath bene troubled w^th the rūning of her reanes & so also her husb: for the space of this 4 yeares & her mother w^th the winde cholick. whiles she had her termes shee was a sound woman but sinc never having thē shee hath bene mutch distempered w^th the rūning of the reanes

RN Anthony Smith for his sons Daughter 4 yeres old very exceeding sleepy can eat nothing keepeth her bed looketh pale. cōplayneth of her hed & her mouth sore & cannot swallowe. Octob. 10|1| die ♂ ♄ {sic}. 11. 25|0|. 1598.

RN The lady Bret was let blood & tooke her vomyt {wch} {sic} gave her 3 vomyts & 12 stooles & M^r Wallys gave her a sleeping pill & after her awaking is sick & so also after meate

& cā not take any thing but it cometh vp & now is so weake as she is forced to keepe her bed Continually may 25 ♂ h 11. 50 p|a|nt m 1630.

Clysters & Cooling almond milkes her vryne thick & red desyreth another playster of {opicacū} for the splene

RN My broth^r & Syst^r Nuecobe wrote to me by my Cosens touching my sist^rs sicknes at {illeg}|f|eb. 6. die ♃ {sic} hor 6. 3{5} m 1601. very sickly & weake

RN Mary Blundle march. 8 ♂. h. 11. ant m 1608. sick aft^r meate |shortw{inded}|

RN Elis Overen of litle Linford 24 y Aug 15 h {sic} hor. 8. 15 ant m. 1618. sick a sēn{et} ca{m} sent at this tyme. she swōded yesterday.

RN Iane Tomson serv to Syr Will fortiscue 22 y Aug. 23. h. 7 p m very sick fit 1618

RN nurce at will being very sick sent for me Iune 20 ☿ h. 2 30 p m 162i {treat}eth wynde

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 Agnes Sandy 18 yeres old 15 Ian. quærit causā morbi et difficulter spirandi Ian 15. die ☾. h. 7 30. ant m

RW Mary Allen of Hardmead. y. 25. d. ♄ h: 11. ant: m: Feb: 26. 1620. griped & pulled about her stomacke: hath not had them neuer since before Christmasse. ill aboue a weeke. full in her stomacke & hath no appetite

RN Isbell Rose of Olny parish in Warrington 34. Dosen yeares maried. & never had Child & yet hath her courses well but is very sicke & ariseth to her harte. her water good but hath litle motes in it. Apr. 3. die ♂ h. 10. 45. m ant m. 1599. Doth cast fleume & choler.

RN Margaret Lawrenc 50 yeres old servant sent in y^t howse never well sinc y^t servante went he{illeg}|r| master did not leeke her well & therfore turned her away. suspected shee can seldome sleepe. fallen downe into her leg this Margaret sayd of her y^t shee was naught w^th on of her masters servantꝭ y^t was marid

GJ Ioane Bacon of Okeley. 50 y. eodem tempore. Hath beene very ill ever since Newyeares even last. About 3 yeeres since her sonne Cōming home from a Iustices house whither he Caryed a newyears gifte was Drowned The remembraunce wherof overcomes her w^th grief alwayes about the same tyme of the yeere. a great windines in her belly. figura cæli {t}alis

RN mary Turvy \25 y./ of newp {sic} \newporte/ fell sicke feb. 13. ♄ hor. 5. p m 1608 fell first sicke taken w^th a stitch vnd^r her left syde

RN she was strangly taken w^th her sicknes & a shak{ing} in her right arme. Sept 21. ♀. h 4. p m 1610. {illeg} held her two houres. & th{en} tooke her a sonday being 23{illeg} in the after noone afore sone set & held all y^t ni{ght} vntill ten the next daye h. 4. p m 16i0

RW M^ris Elizabeth Tyrrell of Thornton. y. 8. d ☾. h: 2. 30 p: m: Novemb: 20. 1620.

by fits verie ill: sometimes eateth her meale well, at other times doth not. giveth goeth vp & downe verie melancholily