Casebooks

GJ Alice Lord of Kempson 25 y. May 5 ♃ ho. 10 30 a m. 1603

Keepeth her bed, trembles very much, A great payne in her backe her right hand and right arme swelled. Cryes of her bones and every where about in great payne./

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.

GJ M^r Mathew Claver of Foskett. sent his water w^th a letter April. 6. ☿ ho. 10. 6 a m. 1603 Wherin he Complayneth of a trembling hastynes and fulnes of his head & sences his body full of wynde, a great noyse in his left eare many tymes troubled w^th a stitche in the small of his backe. The mouth of his stomacke doth most annoy his head for w^ch he hath taken Conserve of Anthos

GJ Elsabeth Hayes of Turvy 43 y Octob. 18 ♂ ho. 9. 50 a m. 1603. |wind in the stomacke.| A dry Cough An Itche and as it were a dry scurfe. Hath a Childe of 2 yeere old sucking on her, the childe very poore & will take nothing but the brest can neither go nor speake: borne the saturday fortnight after midsomer 1601 betwene 8 & 9 at night quiet in the day but very vnquiett all night. very cold, swelled in the body of late. the mother nunquā habuit menstrua since she had this child.

GJ Iohn Hopkyns of great Brickhill 52 y. Febr. 17 ♃ ho 11 15 a m 1603 A payne in his necke And head pricking makes him vomitt

GJ A man of              For his Child 6 y. old that hath many fittꝭ of falling in a day. and great payne of the head and leggꝭ

Epilepsia. Maij 25 ☿ ho. 1. 30 p m. 1603

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.

GJ Agnes Purryer of Cranfield 15 y. Octob. 17 ☾ ho. 3. 30 p. m. 1603

One walter Hooton m^r Androwes man of Lathbury beaten her that she is sore over her whole body. very faynt & ready many times to swound digestꝭ nothing. He put a hempen halter about her shoulder. /

GJ Elsabeth Radford of North Crowley 18 y. Octob. 18 ♂ ho. 8. 45 a m. 1603 payne in her head and stomacke shortwynded and faynt

nunquā habuit menstrua

greene sickenes /the caryers maid\

GJ mary King of Fenny stratford 21 y. Aug 27 ☾ ho. 4. 30 p. m 1604. A swelling about the chinne, sore over all her body began in her eyes

GJ Thomas Saxby of Hartwell 20 y. Ian: 31 ♃ ho. 12 in mer. 1605 A payne in his backe and bones

Quærit vtꝝ morbo gallico laboret

His father brought his water togither w^th his owne and his wives. he feares that he tooke the disease by one that breathed in his face about michelmas

GJ Margaret Hooke of Stonistratfor{d} 60 y. Aug 18. ho. 1. 30. p m A payne in her backe and at her hart Comes like a stitch Cannot sleepe. / vide Iulij 28

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

GJ Susan Langton of Molsho 34 y Octob 17. ☉ ho. 10. 50 a m. A lightnes and ringing in her head. a payne in her necke cannot sleepe./

GJ Isabell Newman of Ashton 32 y. Decemb. 20 ☾ ho. 1. 40 p.m.

shortwinded a payne at her hart Cannot endure to go. very ill after she hath eaten any thing a meaden

GJ Thomas Huggins of Stoake golding 44 y. Iune 20 ☾ ho. 11. 45 a. m 1614 Hath had an ague ever since Easter Now hath a great cough and stitche cannot reare the flegme.

Stitche on his left syde.

GJ Iohn Cooke of Shendy|l|y 60 y Septemb: 22 ☾ ho. 10. 30 a m An ache in his right knee w^th pricking & shooting. desyres to be let bloud

GJ Elisabeth Evington lond: 20 y. May 11 ☾ ho: 6. p. m. 1607

Quærit quid salutare sit capiti eius, and the flushing of her face et pro menstruis

GJ Twidy Nicholas \1608/ of Stony stratford 34 y. a wife feb. 10 ☿ ho. 2. 10 p. m Payne of her head takes no sleepe heart and backe suckles a childe of a quarter

GJ Williā Sallowes S^r Frauncis Fortescues warriner of {illeg} Salden 32 y. march 19 ♀ ho: 0. 30. p. m. |1613| yesterday was sevenight being a wett day he was hunting and came home sicke. had a scowring for 2 or 3 dayes very hott and burning in his mouth