Casebooks

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 Lawrenc Whites wife of Caucot sent her water Aug. i^o die ♂ h. 9. ant m 1598.

RN Iays Tousy M^r Marchantꝭ mayd 30 yeres old. sendeth her water Aug. 2 die ☿ h. 9. 38. 45. m. ant m.

RN Goody Fisher sent her water to me to know what was good for her Aug. 14. die ☾ h. 7. 45 shee is troubled w^th the mother & was wont to swound w^th it very often. at 7. 30. 20.¹

Goody fisher head back.

RN Goody Fisher sent for me to come to her Aug 18 die ♀. h. 10. who hath bene sick ever sinc satterd last. & still keepeth her bed. 1598. sick of the mother

RN Goodmā|dy| Nueman of Brodwell. of 45 yeres of age found mutch ease by y^t w^c phisick w^c was given her & wrought vpward & downeward w^th her & shee was very prety well after it for 2 or 3 days. &|b|ut st the thirde day after it tooke her agayne & she is mutch troubled w^th the winde cholick & w^th a hot & drye stomacke. & sent her daugh{t}{er} agayne to me. Aug. 26. die ♄ h. 12. 30. 1598.

RN Marget Rowe of Litlington about some 40 36 sick 3 quart of a yere. Octob. 4. die ☿ h. 1. 28. 1598.

RN Margeret Brace of Carington about 30 yeres old. Octob 6 die ♀ h 1|9|. \9/. 38. sick for this 3 weekes. 1598. speachles & almost Dead. about a fortnight a goe. & did bleed wonderfully

this woman sente vnto me by the vicar of Crowly but I would give her nothing vntill I had spoken w^th some y^t knew the state of the woman the vicar sent Iohn ball. the woman mended p^rsently vppon it.

RN M^res Rowe came to Newport & sent Goodmā Cowly of Newport to request me to come vnto her for shee hath a sore legs exceedingly swollen & nothing broken out they glister. Octob. 9. die {☾} h. 11. 30.¹

RN at this time M^res Rowe sent to me to come to her.

RN Elisabeth Rowle Sowle of Lowton 50 yeres old sick first began to be sicke vppon the 3 of Octob. cam at night came t sent her husband to me shee hath bene full of ache a long time & hath kept her bed ever since Octob. 11 die ☿ h. 7. 45. 1598

RN Goody Reede of Broughton 63. yeres old sick very extreme sick on satterday last leekely to have dien being the 7. of octob. & then recovered again & fell sick agayne vppon tuesday after. being the 10 of Octob. sent to me vppon thursday being the 12 of octob. it taketh all above the gyrdell first in the shoulders to the brest & so to the hart her sydes wher it so lyeth as that on may tak out thenc as shee thinketh 1598. h die ♃ h. 8. 30. mi. 1598.

Goody Reade

RN Margaret Page of Lathbury 35 yeres old. shee lieth in & was delivered of a child 3 weekes since wilbe muday {sic} next. shee lacketh her milk & can scarce digest her meate shee feareth lest shee is ill bespoken. shee hath had many losses of cattell &{c} Octob. 13. die ♀ h. 11. 15. 1598.

RN Ihone Dormer of havershā this fortnight sick w^c was the 2 of novemb. ☾ in ♉. came \sent/ her sonne for my counsell & remedy the 11. of november die ♄. hor. 8: 36. mi ant m 1598. 54 yeres old.

RN Margaret Nurce an auncient widowe the mother of Goody Nichels 68 at lente next not very well this halfe yere sent her Daught. novemb. the 28 die ♂ h. 11. 5. 1598. her water yellowish & a black sediment.

RN Goody Dormer of haversham s {sic} sent her water by her some {sic} in lawe Iohn Smith. faynt & weake still. Decemb. 1. die ♀ h. 9. 1598.

RN Mres Androwes of Broughton sent an old woman in her behalf Decēb 9 die ♄ h. 2 15. mi p m. 1598.¹

RN Mres Androwes of Broughton sent to me againe the 13 of decēb. die ☿ h. 9. 30 ant m. her former phisick I gave her wrought well w^th her. 1598. it cometh out of her mouth in great abundanc leeke cleare hot water.

RN Alce Bruer can not goe vpright but goeth Double vp by the fier hoven in the belly & payned in y^e bottome of her belly all|{aft^r}| a longe tine {sic}. sent Ih{one} Honour. Decēb. 15. die ♀. 11. 15. mi. 1598. worse when shee eateth any thinge.

RN Alce Denton of haversham 36. maried this 10 yeres 3 children last childe had a yere & more agoe feareth lest shee have taken a cold w^th a nurcing child an old Disease ever since shee was a servant a great payne at her harte, doth vomit ever sinc shee was maried {b} twice or thrice in a yere but very mutch this last weeke & never well vntill shee have it vp, els very sicke. a pert woman. sent to me by her husband this 17 of Decēb. die ☉. 9 – 18.. 1598.. best a bed.