Casebooks

RN Iohn Burton of Cosgrave for his disease a boy of 9 yeres old kept his bed ever sinc tuesday. voyded wormes payned in chest belly & hart a stitch vnd^r his right \side/ a very hie coloured youth w^th the vexation y^t was pale before. all swollen frō the face to the granes. made no water sinc thursday. at 25 of March. die ☉ h. 6: 8. p. m 1599

RN Agnys Kent of Moulsoe almost 5 quarters borne on Palme sonday last was twelfmonth about some {sic} rising sent to me May 14. ☿. h. 5. p m. 1628.

It is pyned & cōsumed 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, wheath^r 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. cānot stand vppon the lyms the child p^rsent w^th goody Alton of Moulsoe it did batle well vnder this nurce vntill goody Keburne her former nurce would suckle it force tooke some surfet.

RN She was taken strangly & sodenly but more yesterday then before Iuly 24. ☿ h 4|5| \5/ p m 1622. at sermō tȳe w^th strāg convulsions taking away her speach. & vse of her armes & her belly Did burne & trēble & was & is ever mightely tormōted w^th sore tēptatiōs when she is most willing to serve god¹

RN Elis Hurrell of Barton by Cambridge a widow 60 y sept 17. ☾ h. 7 30 ant m. 1627. Distracted of her wits sinc mydsomer. Doth Will curse & talk continually & be doing of some ill except she be tyed & will teare her cloathes & is senceles. fretfull & furious & cā sleepe litle light headed¹

RN Bartholomew Tomson \Ill halfe a yere/ of newp 9. y. almost ten taken a weeke sinc {sic} \thursdy night/ taken a thursday night next a month was brought to me Iuly. 1. ☾ h. 4. 30 p m 1633.

had a bruise by thrusting him A|ag|aynst a Deske & bled at the nose mutch & sinc hath bene pyned & wasted in his flesh

looketh very pale /the child was brought to me in a Cradle. worst at night\

RN May 17. h {sic} hor 6 a|p| m 1606.

a mā came to me for a bruise w^th a cart & syde & legs swelled to know wheath^r good to let him blood.

RN Williā

Robart Ampts of Sundon 72 {sic} feb 22. /1544\ \came/ may 4 h {sic} hor. 11. ant m. 16i6

ill in his head ev^r sinc sonday last quite bereaved of his sences. & cā make no answere. & was nev^r so before. it seemeth y^t he sawe some ill thing.

Nicholas d{illeg}|D|ay the myster {sic} susp for a bad mā mayed {sic} he & his wife agree not no child his neighb susp him given to ill vices p^racheth every sonday.

RN A widow of Newp for her face broken out in pimpl{es} legs swelled mightely & n{ow} the ague falling into them & ames {sic} pimpled. & blys{te}red. Iune. 14 ♂ h. 3. p m 1614.

RN a young gentlemā of my lord Ruthens acquanetanc octob. 25. ♀. h. 9 ant m 16i6. |M^r Coaple| /{he}d light.\ /new ague every day.\ |{s}orely tormēted w^th a burning feaver wits decayed hed light & gydy|

RN It tooke him first on sonday last w^th a trēbling all over. & tooke away the vse of his lyms & now his sences & all 25 ☉ h. 9. 30 ant m sodaynly taken 162i /will take nothing nor speak cānot keepe his water\

U[1628–30] Thomas write {illeg} was borne on \the next/ satterday at night after on michelmus was twelmounth, betweene a 11 or 12 at|or| i3, a Clock but cam to me at 1 of clock, y^e 14^th: of march 1630./

had a quiuorin & sounding on michelmus last & 3 Dayes the after y^e small pox & then at shroftide & this last night had 3 fitts after the same manner a boue saide, being y^e 13^th Day complaines on the head & heauie & apt to sleepe

RN Agnys Nuemā of Hav^rshā 8. y. sept. 25. ☿ h. 7. 45 ant m 1633.

sick sinc satt last at night a litle after 12.

Casteth all that she taketh & had a loosenes before a fortnight. |cōpl of her bell voyded on worme|

vryne red & aguish

Is paynd every where

RN Dorothy Vnderwoode of Nash. 3 y. may 15. die ♃ h. 9. 30 ant m 1600

hot & burning.

belly & backe.

vomited.

RN Rich. yeatꝭ of Cliften Rayles of 50 yeres old hath kept his bed ever since {D} {sic} March last yere lieth in his right arme & left foote & in his backe & syde. may 5. die ♄ h. 12. {11}|30|. m. water whitish & thin & full of scales & motes \& black melancholye/ but thrice vp. ever since

RN Elisa Gilpine 9. y. a feare faced & very full faced child {reare}th vp mutch fleme at all tymes. sometimes hed bodye. sept. 8 die ♄ h. 12. 45. 1599. ready to stop her winde. kept her bed w^th it.

RN Iudith Phylips of Newp 9 y. old. sept. 26 die ☿. h. 10. 2|3|0. ant m. 1599 every foote sicke. vomiteth & is fometh at the mouth & hath no rēmēbr: troubled in her wits. fearet {sic} falling sick{nes}

RN On of Hanslop for his eyes. Ian. 6 ☾ h. 12. 30 p m 1605|6|.¹

RN M^r Hudsons man for his master tooke a fall at Tiddington frō a house & fell downe. may 13 ☾ h. 10. 15 ant m 1611 & he felt on his hed belly swelleth & legs.

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 a Chambermayd {sic} \wayting gentlewomā./ of my lady Dormers sick a senet w^th a double tertiā. at seaven in y^e morning & the next day at 12: cold an hour & child & afterward long hot y^t she hath litle intermission 22 y mar Apr faynteth & swondeth this day voyded choler cānot abyde to be styred. Ap 1. ♂ h. 12. 20 p m 1617 |M^r Nichols|