Casebooks

RN Rich. Warrick of ser{vant} to my lord Sp{c}|e|ncer of Althrop 49 y may {sic} 21 y may 21. ☿ h. 4 p {m 1617} in p^rsenc himselfe

\very weake & feeble/ the lord Spencer wrote {in} his behalfe

RN Mres Doro {sic} Dorothie was baptized 7 of Iuly 1613 19 y old sent novēb 2 h {sic} hor 12 1633 /a maryed womā 3 y. neaver had child. her husb: hath a dropsy she looketh well & hath a good coulor.\

M^r Thomas Norwoods Daughter in law of wythybrooke octob. 31 hath taken a course of physick vnder an Apothecary in Coventry alnost {sic} a yere & is no way mended but weaker

her stomack almost quite gone & wanteth sleepe

hath often vomyted blood but more of late & cōmonly after meate hath a stupidity & lightnes of head her stomack always payned w^th an Inward soarenes w^ch payne doth now descend vnto the back, hyps, thighs, & legs w^th an extraordinary swelling. begyning \taking his begȳing/ at the chest

RN Elis Edward of

Elis Bray of newnā 42 y Ap 9. ♂ h. 5. 45 p m. 1622. |4 child 11 y. youngest almost 2 yeres.|

Elis Bray \{Braye}/ of newnā 42. y. Ap. 9. ♂ h. 5. 45 p. m. 1622. |is very weake|

RN S^r Iames Wynfields lady. 46 \36./ y Aug 27 {illeg}|☾|. h. 2. 2. 38 p m 1632. /at keyston by kemolton\ |D. SibCoate /Syrcot{illeg}s {sic}\| /SyrCot{ott}s.\

\S^r Ians {sic} wynfilds w lady 36 y/ D syrcot Desyreth some revulsion or derivative a great cough very weake.

RN my Cosen Reeve before Warren 36 y Ian. 16 ♃ h. 7. 20 p m 1623

vtrū gravida of 26 weeks ipsa vix credit vryne thick red & aguish. feeleth a kind of moving but not sutch as heretofore lanke weake sick & very ill h. 7. 20 p m 1623

M^r. Rous Clopton of Corp. Chri Coll. Oxon 35. y. Mart. 17. ☿. h. 9. p. m. 1630

A greiuous Headache takes him at Midnight sometimes in one te of y^e head & sometimes in y^e other te, but especially in y^e left side of his heade, w^ch makes y^e places outwardly sore where y^e paine hath beene.¹

A continually Noyse in his head w^th a tearinge paine as yf it would pull one skyn from another, w^ch comes sometimes suddenly like a strech, & then is gone in an instant

A dizines in y^e heade & a leapinge, as it were of blacke mothes before his Eyes

This paine hath continued these 6 weekes,

Desires to knowe whether it ceeds from y^e stomack or spleene, from a cold or{illeg} hote cause

Hath beene let Bloud in y^e right arme, & vnder the tongue, & in y^e forehead, beeinge tolde by the Physitian y^this greife was caused by fullnes of Bloud

Hath taken Pills & Electuaryes sundry times, but his paine noethinge deminished

Hath for many years beene troubled w^th a soundinge & noyse in his head, but neuer w^th paine till nowe Feareth a Disposition to the Palsye or Apoplexye Desires Receits & Directions to preuent these two capitall Dangers.

RN M^r Richard Barkestdane of marson Lawrenc in comitatu North 30 y 5 Ap next but sent to me Ian 9. h {sic} hor 4. p. m 1630 /Clogged in his stomacke pyneth & wasteth exceding weake\

M^r Rich: Barkestdon 30 y of marson lawrenc Ian. 9 h {sic} hor 4 p m 1630