Casebooks

RN Susan Blundell had a fit about 1 post m. in my howse her moth^r demaundeth the cause therof & about that time it taketh her in the day time. & about 6 a clock at night. Aug. 20 die ☉ h 1. p m. 1598.

RN Mary Barnard of Olny 21. weeks old last satt betwixt 4 & 5 at night |the child p^rsent extreme fits| the mother came w^th it. who had 2 child at a birth Iuly i ♃ h. 1. 50 p m 1630

RN sept 2

Aug 26 ☾ hor {8} {sic} \8/ p m 1605 I sawe Mary Gūther in her fitte wheath^r shee be bewitched or noe. |quæro meā {sic} spōte|

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 Ian 19 19 ♄ hor 10 p m. had her first fit w^th great panting and sighing 1622 |primꝯ morbi Insultus|

RN Th. Earsfield taken first w^th a a {sic} violent convulsive fit noveb. 27 ♃ h. 9. 30 ant m. 1623.

RN francis latch fell into her fits of convulsion feb 25. ☿. h: 8. 30 p m. 1624U[1622–4]

RN craysie a month tak

but taken w^th swounding fits on satterday h 10 ant m. 1625

octob 29 h. 10 ant m 1625

RN mres Franke Latch hath not had so many nor so sore fits as before vsing the powders & her ring & keeping an Issue always open novēb. 15 ♃ h. 5 p. m. 1627

novēb 11. ☉ in y^e morning had 2. sore fits

RN another fit yesterd Ian. 1. wheesing breath stopped

M^res Anne Tyringham came hither Ian. 11. ♀. h. {illeg} \9. 45/ ant m. 1633 & had a fitt w^thin halfe an oure & lesse after shee came./

RN Henry Quaynton of Arnecot by Oxford borne a yere & a month sinc on g fryday fortnight before good fryday about 8 at night. his father came \a/ litle after Candlemas last & had a drink for him w^ch did mutch good yet had 3 fits sinc Lent but came to me Ap. 27 h {sic} hor 3. p m 1633 |pat  fil sine consensu| /fometh & frotheth & stareth\

SRN One Leate of Badby for his Child 3 quarters of a yeare old eodem tempore.

for the fitts of y^e Epilepsy

RN Goody Marcholl of Woulverton came to tell me howe her daughter was miserablely handled & cannot speake in her fits. 28 of feb. die ☿. h. 6. 15. 1599. sine consensu.

RN I went to S^r Anthony Tyrringhā Ia to see his servant y^t lay strangly sicke Ian. 16. ☿ h. 10. 25|36| ant m I came thith^r & did see her. in her fitte. Ian 16. ☿ h. 10. 36 ant m. 1605.

RN An Smyth of Stony stratford 30 y mayed {sic} feb. 20 h {sic} hor 3. p m. 1619. 12 days sick. lyeth like a Chisone {sic} child all the day & always at night behave her selfe like a bedlome & hath in her mad fits cut of a great peece of her tongue cānot sleepe these 12 days but lyeth broad awake

RN S^r Th. Tyringhā sent t{o} me to know what I think of his Daughte{rs} strang fits of skriking n{ovē b} 6 ☉ h. 3. p m 163{1} /|nō| sine cōsensu.\

RN Elis Lingard of Lowick a yere & a quart^r novēb. 8 ♄ hor 7. 20 ant m. 1606. /pater sine consensu\¹²

RN sorely handled w{^th} strang fits of con{vul}sion decēb. 12 h. 4 ant m. 16{24}

RN My lord of Cleeveland for Thomas Penrey his servant 18 |20| y march 20 ♂ h. 12. 30 p. m 1627. |my lords Barber| Tuesd last about 9 of the clock had an ague in y^e |begyning| a tert but on thursd a strong fit 2 hores cold & 4 hores hot.