Casebooks

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.

RW Henry Sheepheard. of Sympson. y. 60. d. ☾ h. 11. 30 ant: m: Feb. 28. 1620. hath beene sicke ever since Christmas. is swelled in his body: & his belly hard: legs swelled & hath a little issue in each of them: hath kept his bed these two dayes. Eateth his meate prettily well: is rather loose then costive

GJ M^r Mathew Claver of Foskett. sent his water w^th a letter April. 6. ☿ ho. 10. 6 a m. 1603 Wherin he Complayneth of a trembling hastynes and fulnes of his head & sences his body full of wynde, a great noyse in his left eare many tymes troubled w^th a stitche in the small of his backe. The mouth of his stomacke doth most annoy his head for w^ch he hath taken Conserve of Anthos

RW Anne Warr of stony stratford y. 46. d. ♂ h: 9. ant: m: Feb. 29 1620. a weake pale water. & windie: a weake stomacke: swelled in her face & head: if shee sitteth vp her feete swell also: desireth to drinke eateth nothinge but broth: & {illeg}|v|seth to sucke her water lettinge none of the substance to goe downe. troubled also with the whites too much: Gonorrhea. hath them too much

RW Clement Rulie d. ♀. h: 9. 25. p: mer: Feb: 1. 1622. taken suddenly w^th a riseing in \her/ stomacke w^ch is readie to stop her winde: her hands cold; highe coloured in her face & swetteth: hath a heate in her bodie

RW M^r Meridale of Great Brickhill for his Father \y: 70./ March: 6. h: 1. post merid: 1615. stuffed in his stomacke. pained in his head & backe, hath a cough & cold.

RW Beniamin Hubbins of Astwood y. 26. d. ☾ h: 1: p: m: Novemb. 20 1620. swelled in his left leg: yesterday his right leg was swelled but now it is come into his left leg: payned in his left eare, & so downewards. had a purge 10 dayes since w^ch wrought well & he was much the better for it: now worse then he was. complayneth more of heate then of colde then of heate. did complayne at the first more of heate then of colde. cannot sleepe.

RW Martha {Binion} of wooulson. y. 22. d. ☾ h. 9. 40 ant: m: Ian: 15. 1621. shortwinded: legs swelled yet not broken. payned sometimes in her backe & belly. hath them not sinc harvest.

RW Iames West of Banbury {y}. 45. d. ♂ h: 6. ant: merid: {S}ept: 25. 1621. extreamely {to}rtured in his backe, belly & {sid}es with paine. his stomacke {ve}rie hot & windie

Anne Bignell of Eaton 19. y. mart. 19. ♀. h. 11. ant m. 1630

A riseinge vp vnto her throate, is in Labour, her rekoninge out a monthe Since, is strangly handled in her heade, vomiteth Bloude, swoundeth

GJ A man of              For his Child 6 y. old that hath many fittꝭ of falling in a day. and great payne of the head and leggꝭ

Epilepsia. Maij 25 ☿ ho. 1. 30 p m. 1603

GJ Susan Read of Chicheley 31 y. Iuly 9 ♄ ho 3. 10 p. m. 1603

A great pulling in her belly pitt of her stomacke and back non habet menstrua.

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 Thomas Saxby of Hartwell 20 y. Ian: 31 ♃ ho. 12 in mer. 1605 A payne in his backe and bones

Quærit vtꝝ morbo gallico laboret

His father brought his water togither w^th his owne and his wives. he feares that he tooke the disease by one that breathed in his face about michelmas

GJ Iohn Cooke of Shendy|l|y 60 y Septemb: 22 ☾ ho. 10. 30 a m An ache in his right knee w^th pricking & shooting. desyres to be let bloud

GJ Twidy Nicholas \1608/ of Stony stratford 34 y. a wife feb. 10 ☿ ho. 2. 10 p. m Payne of her head takes no sleepe heart and backe suckles a childe of a quarter

RW Rich: Wells of Woodhill y. 3. d. ♃ h: 1. p: m: Feb: 24. 1620. much payned in the belly, loose bodyed. belly swelleth sometimes: & sometimes in the fit the \priuie/ members are drawne vp into the bodie.

RW Tho: Warde of Turringhā y. 24. d. ♄ ho. 0. 10. Feb: 26 1620. A stick in his right side & a drie huskeish cough: \p {sic}/ pitteth blood when hee cougheth.

RW Iohn Peckauer of Brackley. y. 38. d. ♄ h: 10. {illeg}|4|0. ant: m: Feb: 26. 1620.

swelleth in her face chest & legs for a moneth. sicke euer since Christmasse