Casebooks

RN Mres Walthorne of london novēb. 12. ☾ h. 7. 45 ant m 1599¹

asketh what it is y^t lyeth. in her belly & so hard on the right syde of her it hangeth at her back & so goeth frō thenc to her syde shee feareth it is the moth^r & tooke her sinc her last child. w^th a cold.

RN Mathewe Windmill 30 yeres of age sick this two yeres in liver & milt & hart well by day working but ill always every night lieth hevy hevy {sic} in his chest y^t he cannot sleepe nor tak his rest agaynst weath^r and when he eateth flesh & porrage it heaveth vp his chest. vp from his chest to his harte. it lieth in his the pit of his stomack as if his hart & milte were broken as he him selfe thincketh it payneth him intolerable very cold never better thē when he is working cōplyneth most of chest & harte Novemb. 12 die ☉ at h. 7. 50. mi. 1598. at the first cōming he had a flushing in his hed w^t a gydines but never since

RN margery Iames of Greete by Winscombe in Glocester sheere 50 myles henc almost 50 y Iuly 21 h {sic} {illeg}|h|or. {8} {sic} h {sic} 7. 30 ant m 1632 |ma\r/yed|

She is hanted as she thinketh w^th an ill spirite & feeleth some living thing roll vp & downe in her & it will pluck her & gather all togeather./ then downe in the bottome of her belly & then rū vp to her hart & syde ill sinc whitsontyde

M^r freemā her m^r cured her 15 y since.

was very sickly always.

RN Old Goodman Hull of Newpport for a stitch in his left side cōming frō \or by/ his back & so to his hart ready to stop his winde maketh him look very ill martij 12 die die ☾ {sic} h. 7. ant m.

RN Ione Harrys of this towne Robart \Smyths/ wifes sister 26|7| y may 30. ☉ h. 7. 45. ant m. 1613. |back left syde chest w^th a great gryping|

RN Iohn Burtons wife came her selfe for her husb of havershā 40 y. novemb. 5 ♀ hor 7. 45. ant m. 1602. his chest belly backe

RN Alce Rawlings of Hanslop 13. y. martij 7. ♀ h. 7. 39 ant m 1606. backe & harte & left syde¹

RN Elis whitering of Stony{strat}ford 34 y may 27 ♃ h {7} ant m 1624 /back belly syde in extremity day {&} night\

U[1611–2] Marcy Newold of Elston but now at Stedsdon 30 y May 1{illeg}|7|. d. ♀. h. 7^a. ant. m. 1611.

very sick in {illeg}|all| her body belly back & hart. keeps her shee is a nurse & \her husband/ asketh whether shee bee w^th child again

GJ Old goodwife Fisher of this towne Sept: 27 ☾ ho 7. a m.

For a payne in her backe and belly. pulls her at the hart

RN Goodmā Hodskin of litle Linford would fayne have some easy purgation to rid it frō his stomacke. the 4 of Septemb die ☾ 7. hor 7. 8|9| mi. 1598. stomack & back

RN Thomas Bynion 19 yeres old. sick cōplayneth of his side the righ {sic} side a poer widowes Childe keepeth his bed nowe & then. cōplayneth of his harte. Apr. 28 die ♄. h.

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.

RN My Cosen Agnys Sandy for her infirmityes 22 y Apr 19 ☾ hor. 7. ant m 1602.

quærit causā of her sudden flushes shortwyndines fayntnes of stomacke & backe. throate ill y^t she cānot eate in the bottome of her belly wonderfully

RN Thomas Gardner of Dunsanger of 62 yeres old y^t pissed blood & was mended by the herbꝭ y^t I sent him in a receipte. sinc y^t time had on Waly who hath w^th his Clisters Done him litle good but is swollen in his belly w^c is growen very harde. & mutch payned in his share & can make but a litle water halfe a sponefull at a time would knowe wheath^r leekly to die or live. went not to ground sinc munday last about 12 a clocke sent to me this 18 of Apr. die ☿. h. 7. ant m 1599 burneth in his yarde.

RN my Neece & lady Earsfild for her daughter 3 y March. 10 h {sic} hor 7 ant m 1632

\grpes {sic} in the pit of her stomacke belly & sydes/ a very hard belly worms suspected¹

Alooes mxed {sic} w^th rub did her no good

nor a bag {illeg}|o|f wormewood steeped in vineg w^th nutmeg applyed nor my oyntment of Savyn & wormewood

What I think of it & what may doe her good

RN Goody \Rachell/ Androwes of Willinge 50 y. Iulij 18 die ♀ h. 7. 38. ant m. 1600

back harte throate.

RN Goody Gilbert of Brougton 24 y. August 12. ♃ hor 7. 52. ant m. 1602. harte & belly cānot sleepe

RN mary {sic}

Margaret Braunson 21 y. Newport maij 7. die ♃ hor. 7. 15. ant m. 160i hart{illeg}|e| backe & legs.

RN The Lady Puliston 50 y octob. 14 14. ☿ h. 7 ant m 1618. belly & stomach left syde & idle conciet of Flyntsheere