Casebooks

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

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

RN Katheron lane of lowton 4 y \half a yere |a quart^r of a yer|/ octob. 20 h {sic} hor 10 ant m. 16i0 Arnetrue lane 17 /metuit veneficiū\

RN M^r Lane for his 2 children on 3 y. anoth^r. 5 yeres. & his wife all troubled w^th a cough & cold. Ian 12. ☉ h 1. 45. p. m. 161|2|

RN Alce \7 y./ & An \5 y./ chāberlyn of Stachden Aug. 21. h {sic} hor 7. 15. ant m 1613.

RN M^r Barker the procter march 20 ☿ h. 3. p m 16i6

brought me a great cake w^th currants & two capons his wife came w^th a litle s {sic} boy of 3 or 4 y. rūning into a cōsuption {sic} /cā rest in no place must be cayred {sic}\

RN Iudith & Mary Aldermā of Bedford borne decēb 29 ♂ h. 6. ant m 1618. \{natæ gemellæ}/

RN his broth^r Will: fell sick last Monday h. 2. 30 p m 1619 6 y. hed ill. /face cheekes ey brused swelled chest\

RN Rob. An \Travell almost/ 9 y. \of Hanslop/ An. 7. y. Hen\r/y 4. y. Iune. 15. h {sic} hor. 9. 12. ant. m. 1611. a Chyn Cough.

RN Iohn Ashby 7 y Thomas Ashby 4. y. decēb. 9. h {sic} hor 9 ant m 16i5 /troubled w^th y^e worms\

RN Barbara Troughton almost 2 y old Aug. 16 ☾ h. 6 ant m 16i9¹

RN on weddensday 3 weekes before miklemas betwixt 8 & 9 in the forenoone sodenly taken in her mouth & face & in her lymms & so cōtinued a weeke & did neyther eate nor drinke

It will say I or no & call her broth^r Tom. Sept. 5 ☿ h. 8. 30 ant m. 1610.¹

RN Goody Blays child 3 y Alce Blay a great bunch in her backe & hollow & cānot goe Ap 24 ♀ h. 10 ant m 1612

lame in her loynes

RN a litle child 3 y. at the same tyme \cānot rest cryeth nev^r the better.// belly swelled casteth voydeth wormes cānot rest

RN Clytheros wench 8 y of newp eyes blood shotten casteth blood w^th the extremly of her cough novēb 4 ☾ h. 1. p m 16i6 |a big belly.|

RN Thomas Malcot of Bydnā 8 weekes Ap 28 ☿ h 11. ant m 1619

swelled ever sinc he was borne but swelleth more & more face hands & cods & swoundeth often {illeg}|b|orne fryday night about on in y^e morning. last fryday

nata {sic} feb 26. ♀ h ♀ h. 13. p m. 1619

RN Mres Alice Iēmings of Offley. S^r Rich Spencers Daught^r for her child. of halfe a yere old {o}|D|\o/rothy Iennings Ap 3. ♃ h. 10 ant m. 1617

I receaved a letter

1 first pe{r}ydays left behind

2 how the pouder is to be vsed

3 wheath^r Dragon water be to be vsed

4 the cap & w of pa & wheath^r it may be left of.

5 to send her oliban’ ℥ij sterny ℥ß. /starteth in her sleepe\

wheath^r to forbeare the sucke. suckes well sleepes well is sol{u}{s}

RN francis Chaplin of Hardmead 5 y. Ap. 23. ☿ h. 8. 30 ant m 1617 |hed & belly \hed back chest/ cā take no rest hath a cough|

RN Susan Easton of Stony stratford 3 y Iuly 15 ♃ h. 3. 15 p m 1619

RN Elis Morgan 2 y of moulsoe sept 8 ☿ h. 2 p m 1619

hath \had/ the pox this fortnight all be come fouth {sic} but the throat is very sore cānot swallowe the eyes be swelled w^th it¹

RN Iane Panther of Hanslop 5. y. the fryday before good fryday last betwxt {sic} 6 & 7 at night came in p^rsenc Apr 21 h {sic} hor. 3 p m 16i0

kernels vnder the chyn like the kyngs evyll¹