Casebooks

RN Goody Shortread of Newp for her daughter |An Mathewe| so weake 28 y {illeg}|a|borteth termes a bad back Ap 18 ♂ h. 3. 40 p m 1615 5. p m. 1615 /hath misc of 2 & the 2|3| w^ch was betwixt was come to y^e bearing & dyed w^th stong {sic} labour as is thought. others think it never was still borne as the rest.\

RN her daught^r moved for her selfe for her back & hart long that shee hath not her courses but onc this twelf monthe.

RN Elis Steward of heath & reach: 19 y marc |Ap.| 1. ♀ h. 9. 30 ant m 163i

back & syde hath thē not kindly ready to be blynd belly

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.

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.

RN M^r vnderhill of Wylling 30 y Aug 17 ☉ h. 2. 25 p m 1606. rūing of the Raynes

M^r vnderhils mayden for her backe no terms this 5 yers.

RN Mres Raynolds sent her water Ap. 18. ♂ {sic} h. 6. 30 ant m 162i /nev^r had child hath always to manye back hot.\

GJ Ioane Fisher of Stonystratford 23 y. Octob j. ♄ ho 1. 45 p m. 1603

A great payne in her backe

menses obstructi these 2 or 3 yeeres

Thomas Colyns a malsters mayde

Ill many tymes in her stomacke sometymes ready to swound

RN Elisabeth Clarke 30 yeres vnmaried ever sinc Christmas hed backe chest a few on satterday on sunday had not her Courses currantly sinc Christ. sick at hart hoven in her chest. shoulders & hed. casteth black geare leek browne black paper leeke rags y^t is her flowers arising. Apr. 3 die ♂ h. 9. 15. 1599. cannot rest in her bed hath a wonderfull red colour & is hot.

RN Amy Whetstone of Cranfeild 48. hath had a wonderfull sore of her flowers for this 7 yeres, & mutch in her backe & feareth lest her kidneyes be wasted May the 9. die ☿ h. 9. 30 ant m. 1599.

RN Alce Swan of Wellingborough 40 y hath no courses back belly & payned as a woman w^th child as it were w^th the stone.

RN Alce Engolsbye a widowe at Geddington 43. Iune 17 die ♂ h. 12 5{illeg}|0| an|p| m. 1600 backe menses immodicos. an winde & an arising in her stomacke

RN Mary wren of Hanslop payned in her h belly & backe. feareth lest shee be w^th Childe. hath not had her termes not sinc the last Childe very faynte & feeble. maij 2. die {illeg}|☿| h. 2. 45. mi. p m. 1599.

RN Ioh Ione Homan of

Ione Bingham of Woburn parish. 3 30. amisse this twelmoneth & then after her cherching her milk went awaye a payne in her back but goeth abroade. maye the 19. die ♄. h. 10. 15 p ant m. 1599.

RN Ihone Malins. 19. {o}had {sic} not her courses sinc Christmas back & belly & chest & hed not very well at 14 of March. die ☿ h. 7. 30. 1599.

RW Anne Bell of Hartwell. y 25. d. ☿. h: 9. 50. ant: m: Sept: 14. 1625 non habuit menses  4 hebdomadas. pectore, tergo{q{’}} gra{u}ata. virgo vt ait

SRN Sister Ersfeild for my sister mytton 30. y. Novemb 24. ♂ h. 3. 30. p. m. 1635

a great weaknes in her back this 3. y. next Aug. much troubled with y^e whites & reds.

hath miscarried. hath those continually which weaken

RN The Lady Nydleton {sic} sickly. subiect to cholick & Iandis & hath not her sicknes kindly a weake back octob 8 ☿ h. 12 1628.

RN Amy Ringe of Cranfield of 27. vnmarid. hath a great paine in her backe harte. & no digestion & Doth every day cast vp her meate. hard bound in her bodye. this fortnight. hath not had her Courses kindly not at any time May 5. die ♄ h. 1. 30. p m. 1599.

RN Iane Osburne of Olny. at Ap. 2. die ☾. h. 10. {illeg}|53|. ant m. 1599.

Iane Osburne of Olny of 35. for a sore back & hart best in the her bed. & nowe taketh her by fits. & burning & sweating. & aches y^t it maketh her sweate shee feareth lest it be her sicknes y^t lyeth at her harte. goeth hard to ground. her child half a yere old. had not her courses nev^r sinc shee was last w^th child & soe shee is nev^r vseth to have thē but frō child to Child. looketh yellowe. Apr. 2. die ☾ h. 10. 52. m. ant m.