Casebooks

GJ willm Freeman of S^t eedes 44 y Apr: 4 {illeg}|♃| ho 11. 15 a m 1611.

Ad præcautionē pestis

Mould Freeman 60 y.  eodē

Lettice freeman 11 y  eodē

Lowre Byrt 7 y.  eodē

Susan Byrtꝭ maid 16. y.

Elsabeth Byrt 35 y.

RN An {Ancient} gentlewomā frō Weston broght to me mightely troubled in her head & eys red hot & cholerick terms also stopt Iuly 21. ☾ h. 3 p m. 1628 |Mres Elis Brudnell 40 y. Iuly 21.| |old Mres Throck & the young brought her to me|

RN Agnes Hoton. 7 yeres on sct Valentines eve being sunday amisse in her lims & tounge & feete & hath no sence nor feeling therin at first shee did fall for 2 or 3 dizeases. now hath lost the senc & vse of her lims

She cryeth & mutch cōplayneth o {sic} May the 12. die ♄. h. 10. ant m. 1599. pater et mater  filia quærūt remediū. det igitur pater cælestis  multis et magnis miserationibꝯ suis. at all times most cold. Costive.

RN The Lady West & the Lady de Lespencer sent for Mres Crosts to goe to her grandmotter Dup & not to come Home to thē for feare of relapse

& sent me 5^l for m^rs Crosts & the lady West a peece for her child.

quærit vtrū sit gravida

renēb {sic} to write to her & to the Bayly for his Child \the falling sicknes/ & to the lady Westmorland & to the lady delespencer et vtrū Her daughter lady Humes be gravida & in y^e behalfe of Mres Crosts. \is Costive always// her dyet \purging Drink/ wroght 3 or 4 tys {sic} a day

fearth astringent playsters will bynd it

I had 5^l of the lady Delespencer & a peece frō the old lady Westmorland for my Counsell for her child |Ap 13.|

M^res Crost was willed for feare of relapse to goe to her Grandmother Dup for a while I wished her to stay vntill the 8 of May 8.

RN Rich: Lucas of G Nortot a yeomans sonne 30 27 of Ap 27. 1595. about 12. ☉ at noone sent march. 3. ☿ h. 5. 39 p m. 1624. /mayed {sic} 2 yeres. on child a twelfmoth {sic} old\

3 quart of a yere ill in his head mynd braye {sic} & head troubled mopish & fe{l} careles of his busynes. |Worst at the full of y^e moone 3 days before or after/|

boath the fathers obst{in}at of & on in y^ere maage {sic} pater sine cōsensu. et vxor cū Consensu sed nō filius wheath^r they should bring him heather.

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/\

RN The Lady Iēnings sent for pils for M^r Th. Ienins for his Dyet Drink wrought to gentlely may 12 ♃ h. 8 an 29 \20/. p m 1631

Mres Elis Ienings craveth pils for her eys

SF M^rs web of 38 yers 1600 the 22 of Decemb ☾ an’ m’ 30 p 9 Diz

Rafe Selby of 34 yers the wif for

Ihon Selby

RN Richard Lingard this a yere & halfe old. troubled w^th an ague & w^th the wormes. & leekely to have the iandes the child is weaned sent to me by there sister. the fath^r & the moth^r boath Apr. 17. die ♂ h. 2. 30|5| p m. 1599. of Simpson a great cold.

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

GJ M^r Adrian Fortescue and m^rs Mary Fortescue have taken thrice of their physicke and wrought well w^th them, the gentlewoman sicke the first taking, and well since, her stomack better, but her head as it was

M^r Adrian sicke w^th his physicke on monday last and tooke none since he sleepes not well, is growen weake and his waxen kernells remayne. / my Lady thinkꝭ that if he continue so it will bring him to a consumption She desyres to have some course for m^r willm Fortescue 10 y. w^ch hath also an Itche. Desyres to be satisfyed how this Itche comes whether by overheating the bloud w^th violent exercise. & whether they shall continue the rest of the physike.

RN The lady Butler touching her child y^t is well amended of his fits ye{d}|t| weake & not able to goe feets & legs swell still & cānot sleepe a weeke togeath^r till after a eleaven in y^e morning |marh {sic} 13 h {sic} h 12 30 p m 1624| sent for her neighb vrsula Clarke 50 y March 13 h {sic} hor. 12. 30 p m 1624

RN M^res Margery Dorrle \Mary Dayrle/ of Lillingstone Dorrle 44 at Candlemas last. for a payne in the sowles of her feete as it were a sprene. March. 17 die ☾ h. 1. 45 p m. 1600. this shooteth vp into the top of feete

Elisabeth Dayrell 2i y. also this gentlewomā craveth my Counsell for her w^ch is of 2i yere y^t had the greene sicknes but is well cured of it. but hath a litle sore on her leg of the bignes of a halpeny this halfe yeere.

her wat^r \very/ good & a p^r gentlewoman.

An dayrell tr 19 y troubled w^th the greene sicknes shortwinded greeped about the hart & stuffed.

M^res Derrell craveth furth^r my Counsell for 4 \5/ childrē. on of 6 anoth^r of 5. anth^r {sic} of 8 troubled w^th an itch & wax kernels.

RN M^r Williā Hutchingson: 40. y: march. 28. ☿ h. 10. 25|0|. ant m. 1627. |vxor  marito a tale big mā. w^th yell hayre very mery & cheerfull by his owne nature & cōplexion taketh mutch tobacco pater  filio sine cōsensu/|

M^r Will: Hutchinson 40 y of Blūsā in Hutington {sic} sheere hard by Erith march 28. ☿ h. 10 30 ant m 1627.

a tale yell hayre very Ioviall & mery by his owne disposition very Kind & yet thrifty.

he was Chaplyn to B And |in| \his owne/ who bestowed on him a good sonage & p^rbend

M^r Hutchingson a p^rach a|&| a chaplyn to B Andros 40 y Iuly March 28 ☿ h. 10. 30 ant m 1627. /brayne distempered extree {sic} proud of his gifts Iealous of his wife\¹

RN M^res Pedder for her husb. plexed w^th greefe for certen writings cōmitted to M^r Nichols sonne & cānot sleepe to crave my counsell feb 12 h {sic} hor 6 p m 1620¹

SRN M^rs Katherin Norwood in y^e behalfe of a gentlewoman of Newnā Octob. 2. ☿ h. 7. 30. p. m. 1633. RN Mres Susan Cotton the daughter of S^r Rolbert Cotton dyed 3 y.SRN

RN frighted w^th her husb frentick taken suddenly w^th frentick fits/

RN Iohn Malins a yere & a quarter lacking a fortnight as it were pined in all her lims & bodye hed a poer bare creature. cannot sleepe not at any time in a moneth or fortnight but crye and Drinke mater adduxit se{cū} filiolā veret^r ne sit maleficio v^l veneficio afflictus. Decēb. 7. die ♃ hor. 3. 30. mi. 1598 very short winded.

RN M^res Blundell sent to me to come to Her daughter Susan about 12 yeres old who layd speechles for a weeke & after wardꝭ spak a worde or two. who h is troubled day & night w^th diverse fittꝭ & hath falleth often & nowe hath no vse of hed necke legs handꝭ or {sic} an but only of her eyes & yet eateth & hath a good colour. 1598 Ian die 20. die ♀ h: post merid. 1. 45.

mater  filia Susan Blund: Ian. 20 die ♀ h post merid 1. 45. 1598.

RN Mres Leate did write vnto me touching her daughter Denys. that she is mended in bodye but anys {sic} in mynd. Octob. 26 ♃ h. 5. 38 p m 1609

her nother {sic} craveth ny {sic} helpe prayers & consell. & is willing to marry her but her daught^r myndeth it not./

RN Mres Muskot of Earles Barton 40 y octob 13 14 ☉ h 3 30 p m 1627 |a burning feaver|

paynd w^th a payne about her belly & navell. back weake vseth to high mtch

1 her vomyt wght {sic} well \2/ had a Cordiall

would know wheath^r she should be let blood

vide Octob. 11.

I receaved a nother lett^r frō Mres Neale in her behalfe