Casebooks

GJ Elsabeth Hayes of Turvy 43 y Octob. 18 ♂ ho. 9. 50 a m. 1603. |wind in the stomacke.| A dry Cough An Itche and as it were a dry scurfe. Hath a Childe of 2 yeere old sucking on her, the childe very poore & will take nothing but the brest can neither go nor speake: borne the saturday fortnight after midsomer 1601 betwene 8 & 9 at night quiet in the day but very vnquiett all night. very cold, swelled in the body of late. the mother nunquā habuit menstrua since she had this child.

RN Alce Dyer of Newport Martij 21. ☾ hor. 10. ant m 1603. 60 yeres old. for a great scouring & itch

RN Ellen Wels of Safford. 28. y Octob. 5. ☿. hor. 1. 45 p m 1603. faynt & feeble.

GJ Dorothy Piggott of Lenborough 22 y. almost a yeere maried Faynt and weake a payne in her backe and rising in her stomack

quærit vtꝝ sit gravida

GJ Mary Gilbert of Broughton 23 y maried 3 y. never had Children May 9. ☾ ho 8 a m. 1603

She lay speechles 24 houres |last week| very weake keepes her bed a thicke high coloured water Her belly swelled thinkes her self to be w^th Child

GJ Agnes Purryer of Cranfield 15 y. Octob. 17 ☾ ho. 3. 30 p. m. 1603

One walter Hooton m^r Androwes man of Lathbury beaten her that she is sore over her whole body. very faynt & ready many times to swound digestꝭ nothing. He put a hempen halter about her shoulder. /

GJ Elsabeth Radford of North Crowley 18 y. Octob. 18 ♂ ho. 8. 45 a m. 1603 payne in her head and stomacke shortwynded and faynt

nunquā habuit menstrua

greene sickenes /the caryers maid\

GJ Katherine Norwood of Hardmead 19 y. Apr 14 ☿|♃| ho. 1. 30 p. m 1603

Churched a weeke before Christmas never had them since. In great payne when she goes to stoole and doth bleed very much that way. quærit vtꝝ sit gravi{da} she sent by letter

GJ Martha Marriot of Ashton 9 7 y. Febr. 25 ♀ ho 1. 15 p m.

A great payne in her belly they feare the wormes

RN Francis Kyppes of Colemourth 30 y. martij 2 ☿ hor. 11. 45 ant m 1603. for a great payne in her stomacke & a great swounding by taking greefe for her children w^ch dyed.

RN Iane Hooton of Stocke golding Martij 7. ☾ hor 12. 30. p m. 1603.

for her hed & the swyming therof w^ch maketh her to swound

GJ Margaret Allen of Denton. 3j y. \maried/ April 15 ♀ ho 12. 30 p. m. A great griping at her stomacke, spittes much Quærit vtꝝ sit gravida. had them not this 8 weekꝭ

GJ Alice Lord of Kempson 25 y. May 5 ♃ ho. 10 30 a m. 1603

Keepeth her bed, trembles very much, A great payne in her backe her right hand and right arme swelled. Cryes of her bones and every where about in great payne./

GJ Agnes Windmill of Hanslop 30 y Maij 13 ♀ ho 1. p m. 1603

her backe and stomacke \payned/ and the right Cheeke is swelled that she cannot scarce take any thing it greeves her to putt a spoone in her mouth

GJ Iane Parkins of Hartwell 40 y. Iunjj 6 ☾ ho 3. 3 {sic} p m. 1603. Her vpper lippe swelled is very paynfull

GJ Anne Cowper of Stonton 4 y. Octob. 16 ☉ ho. 3. 30 p. m. 1603. bound

RN Agnys Brightwell of newport 46 y maried. i6 yeres sinc had a child. never sinc any, a cough had not had her sicknes this yere hed ill stomacke bound cānot abyde the sent of meate no sleepe.

GJ Katherine Claydon of Sherington 29 y. Aug. 9 ♃ ho. 6 p. m. 1604 A great payne and griping in her belly

RN Elis Butler of Litlington halfe a yere old Ian. 5 h {sic} ho 1. 45 p m 1605. a great cough & cold & swoundeth

RN An old womā of Safford 60 y. for an ach. martij 24 ♃ hor 11 ant m 1603.