Casebooks

GJ M^r Adrian Fortescue and m^rs Mary Fortescue have taken thrice of their physicke and wrought well with them, the gentlewoman sicke the first taking, and well since, her stomack better, but her head as it was

M^r Adrian sicke with his physicke on monday last and tooke none since he sleepes not well, is growen weake and his waxen kernells remayne. / my Lady thinkes that if he continue so it will bring him to a consumption She desyres to have some course for m^r william Fortescue 10 y. which hath also an Itche. Desyres to be satisfyed how this Itche comes whether by overheating the bloud with violent exercise. & whether they shall continue the rest of the physike.

RN Robart Rogars of Heyford 2 y & a halfe. it did fome at mouth & did stare, a weeke sinc. & hath burning & sweates & is very hot.

RN Andrew Knighte of Newport 36. for the winde cholicke this moneth. & stone red sand & changeth it into blood as big as a {fe}tch somewhat yellowe. forced to \purge/ fleme yellowe Chollour in great abundanc right syde of the reanes of his back & so runneth to the bottome of his belly. urine hot & complexion without the fit. Novemb. 8. die Mercurii h. 3. 2. 52. m. p m. 1598. extreeme payne in side & backe.

RN Agnes Dickins of Wavendon 36 lyeth in childbead th|y|esterday was fortnight. her right leg hath lost the use of it full of ache & payne sweateth & is swelled. payned in her backe. with a pricking & shooting feb. 20 die Mercurii h. 2. 30 p m. 1600. /delivered of a boye\

RN Agnys Kent of Moulsoe almost 5 quarters borne on Palme sonday last was twelfmonth about sonne rising sent to me May 14. Wednesday. h. 5. p m. 1628.

It is pyned & consumed belly hard & voydeth wormes living 6. wasteth in the body. was nurced by goody Keburne. goody Keburne came into another nurces house & would needes suckle it, wheather the nurce would or no & sinc mutch amys & it swounded twice to day belly very hard flesh quite wasted was not well tended by goody Keburne face swelled buttocke black & blewe. cannot stand uppon the lyms the child present with goody Alton of Moulsoe it did batle well under this nurce untill goody Keburne her former nurce would suckle it perforce tooke some surfet.

RN a rising up ready to choake her voydeth up flegme & blood & swoundeth often sinc last night about nine & cannot speake feb 2. Wednesday h. 9 p m 1631 |body swelled| /speachles\ /An Impost feared\ |neaver had child|

SRN John Nash of Hattfeild 54. y. Decemb. 12. Monday. h. 2. 45. p. m. 1631

hath a great Cough often vomitts Blood body very sollouble sickned the 5 this month Monday. cannot slee{pe} nor eate

Uryne very high & red RN /exceeding weake & feeble\ SRN

RN Susan Paule taken with a burning feaver grew light headed sept 14. Wednesday h. 8. 30. am 1625

RN Mrs Eland A|S|ept 1. for a flushing heate & sweate

RN Mrs Margery Dorrle \Mary Dayrle/ of Lillingstone Dorrle 44 at Candlemas last. for a payne in the sowles of her feete as it were a sprene. March. 17 die Lunæ h. 1. 45 p m. 1600. this shooteth up into the top of feete

Elisabeth Dayrell 21 y. also this gentlewoman craveth my Counsell for her which is of 21 yere that had the greene sicknes but is well cured of it. but hath a litle sore on her leg of the bignes of a halpeny this halfe yeere.

her water \very/ good & a propre gentlewoman.

An dayrell tr 19 y troubled with the greene sicknes shortwinded greeped about the hart & stuffed.

Mrs Derrell craveth further my Counsell for 4 \5/ children. on of 6 another of 5. another of 8 troubled with an itch & wax kernels.

RN Will Knight tooke his sicknes die {illeg} Jan 4 die 5. die Veneris h. 3. in aurora very evill handled with sicknes vomiteth hath a rising in his stomack leeke an apostume ready to stoppe his breath. burneth very mutch thirsty & drye. 1599.

RN Mary Nuby 28 of Grafton Lodge. for a rising at her stomack. her legs. Double under her faynt & feeble & pineth in her body & yet can eate had not her termes never sinc her sicknes almost for a yere. Ap. 25 die Mercurii h 5. 30. p m. 1599 |cannot sleepe troubled with a great cough at night.|

RN Will Young of Illing beyond S^t yeedes 58 y novemb. 9 Tuesday h. 3. p m 1619.

an aguish thick red water. / sick the thursd before S^t Nich his day. a twelfemonth something smyt him on the chest \leaning/ agaynst a tree by with mutch gryping in his belly a swelling in his body sometymes hot & sometymes cold with a nummnes in his legs that he cannot goe for it. loose body. cannot eate nor drinke by fits.

is up every day more or les.

Is so swelled in his body that he can scarce get his cleathes togeather by fits his legs

RN Mrs Margary Deyrell of lillingstone Deyrell. 45 y. may 24 die Saturni. {v} 12. 20. 45. p m. 1600 for a great payne under her right syde & a thinge leek a widge in her stomack faynt & feeble a swelling of her liver as it is told her.

RN Goody Bar\n/well bemoaneth her of her body of the heaving of her bodye of her drought & thirste shee can scarce take her breath. Aug. touchin taken of by a smay of her husb. & child. sorow. Aug. 11 die Veneris h p m. 6. 30. m. 1598.

RN Jhone Hull of Newport of 46 yeres for the rising of her & greeping of her hart by fits shee hath had it a longe time: somewhat leek an impost ready to stop her wind & can hardly swallowe her spittle. Octob 5. die Jovis. h. 3. {illeg}|5|0. p m. 1598. arising leeke the mother.

RN Alce Buttyphant of Chichly borne a fortnight a fore Miklemas day a tuesday on wedensday even about an houre or 2 after sonset pater pro filia came to me almost dead on sanct Thomas eve. troubled with the Chin cough. Decemb 30. die Saturni. h. 1. 53. 1598 with a hooping ready to stoppe her wind now it falleth into a bleeding at the nose

RN An Haman 56 of litle brickhill: sick ever sinc Christmas not hart sick but swollen in her body & in her legs & very stiffe sent to me by her husband. Martii 22. die Jovis h. 1. 10. 1599. very costive & as if shee were st{oun}ge & cannot rise except shee be lifted. very cold & stiffe & short winded & leekely to die 1599.

RN Lewis Uppne 42. in litle Brickwill. servant to M^r Fisher for an extreme payne about his navell that so payneth him that he can tak noe rest & four can scarc hold him down he casteth all up & nothing will goe downward. very Costive & full of wind at the very navell. casteth up his meate. Ap. 23. die Lunæ h. 6. 15. p m. 1599. twice maried.

RN M^r Edmunds for his wife of Shenly 56. troubled with the winde cholick with gripings & prickings & very sick a very good water at 18 of may. die Veneris h. 1. p m. 1599. /& a great coughe\