Casebooks

RN Goody Shortread of Newp for her daughter |An Mathewe| so weake 28 y {illeg}|a|borteth termes a bad back Ap 18 ♂ h. 3. 40 p m 1615 5. p m. 1615 /hath misc of 2 & the 2|3| w^ch was betwixt was come to y^e bearing & dyed w^th stong {sic} labour as is thought. others think it never was still borne as the rest.\

RW The Figure for that time when goodwife Smithe came vnto me. March. 6.

RN Elis. Colma of this towne brough{t} a bed a litle a fore breake of daye. {illeg}|A|pr 23. ☉ h. 3. 45. ant m 1609 her mydwife good{y} Byrd came to me for to cure her aft^r throw{e}

RN The mydwife Goody Bird for goody Blea now in travell her |whose| throwes cease Apr 7. ☿ h. 7 \6 40|5.| p m./ an|p| m. {sic} 1613.

RN Goody Gale of Goldington for S^r Thom Gostick 2 son w^ch she h {sic} nourceth & now intendeth to weane March. 26 ☿ h. 2. 30 p m. 1623

RN Mres Ioane Stafford for her daughter y^t cānot be Delivered sinc six of the clock sinc weddensday last octob 21. ♀ h. 7 ant m 1625

RN Susan me Dear{illeg}|n|e {sic} \Deane/ of Harrold 50 \40|5|/ y. octob. 24 ☾ h. 3. 30 p m. 1625 \brought a bed early in y^e morning about break of daye/

The lady Butler sent for y^e poor woman

RN S^r Chrystopher|s| \mother for her Daughter./ Hatton /Alce Hatton\ of Moulten parke 22 y sept: 28 ☉ h. 1. p m. 1628

for his {sic}

TG Mrs Nail sent her letter SRN |for a woman w^ch is trubled with abortions| TG jan. 19 \☉/ h. 2 pM. 1633 {sic}.

RN Elis Seabrooke will not suck her mother. {illeg}|b|orne Apr 13. h {sic} hor. 3 \38 {sic} 40./ p m /or about 5 rather\ 1611. sent to me f {sic} her mother for this child to know the cause & what was to be Done in this case.

RN Goody Nichols of for her sister troubled w^th the reds most abundātly & vppō every occasion if she goe neaver so litle novēb. 19 ♀ h. 8. ant m 1619¹

RN An {Ancient} gentlewomā frō Weston broght to me mightely troubled in her head & eys red hot & cholerick terms also stopt Iuly 21. ☾ h. 3 p m. 1628 |Mres Elis Brudnell 40 y. Iuly 21.| |old Mres Throck & the young brought her to me|

RN asked what was good for An Byrd of Laundon 19 y to draw them downe./

RW Goodwife Denton of this towne great Linford, began to labour w^th childe March the 5. hor: 7. ant: merid: 1615

Goodwife Smithe came vnto me for somethinge for this womon to {illeg}|h|asten her deliuery, who had beene in labour from that time march the 5, vnto the next day, March the 6. hor: 10. ant: merid: at w^ch time shee came vnto mee, & I sent by her; Boracis ℈i Aristolochia r{illeg}d: ʒi. myrrhæ ℈i: dict: cret: ℈i croci gr: 8. cinnam: {myr{illeg}|i|gst}: on: ℈i. in aq. mugw: ℥{illeg}|{illeg}|4.

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 The Countes of Westmorland sent for her stuffe & bedding Iune 26. ♂ h 6 p m 1627. /Henry Toate her Tenant came\ & for somewhat for Bals Daughter about 10 or eleaven yeres old for the falling sicknes. ☾ sep a □ ☉ ap ☌ ♂.

she signifyeth y^t Mres Crosts is fect well

& would know how M^r Cicils serv. M^r Iohn king is & with all telleth me y^t her sone is at the Bath & shalbe there for the space of a yere & that it is well amended

The lady De La Spencer Looketh every Day to be brought a bed /The Baylyes Daughter.\

RN Soror Sandy petit an soror sua Robinson quæ valde egrotat lately delivered but ever miscarid in child bead vtru moriet^r. Octob. 20 die ☾ hor 6 p m. 1600.

RN Mres Leate Aug 22 ♃ desyreth to know wheath^r best for Mres Harvey to goe as she desyreth into the country to her husb h|♃| h 5 45 p m 1622

& also \desyreth a note/ {illeg}|th|e confect of her pils termes stopt.

terms stopt

RN Mres Gardner of Newport \litle linford/ 30 y feb. 12. ♀ h. 5. 15 {an}|p|ost m 1608¹

her daught^r of 8 yeres troubled w^th an \tert/ Ague.

RN Iohn Durrant a yere & a halfe of great Brickhill brought to me march 20 h {sic} hor. 1. p m. 1630 /Child p^rsent\

quærit vtrū ab{lac}\bac/tare {sic} debeat et quærit vtrū sit gravida