Casebooks

RN Mres Duncōbe sent vnto me for her eldest Daughter of 18 y sept 24 ♄ hor 9. ant m 1603 her wat^r good motes in it

& for on M^r Barber. whose wat^r hath red sand armes & backes & should^r a bad stomacke

his wat^r hie coloured full of dregs & heares.

RN Thomas Adington of fynmar 27 y feb 16 ♂ h. 6 p m 1613.

broken out in leg & arme & sent his vryne a {illeg}bove {sic} a quarter of a yere |halfe a yere|

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

RN Goody foster sent to me Ian. 3. die ☿. 10. 3|1|5. \30./ mi. ant m. troubled at her hart & chest her water full of black scales & blacke humoures.

RN Doctor Swaddon for his wife of great Horwood 50 y novēb 1. ♄ hor 12 15. p m 1606

sent her wat^r a|&| a lett^r strangly visited w^th ach sometymes in her left shoulder sometymes in her backe & tormēted in belly & stomack his his {sic} request is y^t I would come to him

RN my lady fortiscue sent for me to come to her wench {sic} \Daughter/ who was mightely hoven in her belly face stomacke wat^r good francis fortiscue 9 y decēb 28 ♄ |27 ♀| 1605.

they sent her wat^r in the morning h 8 30. ant m 1605.

RN Goody Reede of Broughton 63. yeres old sick very extreme sick on satterday last leekely to have dien being the 7. of octob. & then recovered again & fell sick agayne vppon tuesday after. being the 10 of Octob. sent to me vppon thursday being the 12 of octob. it taketh all above the gyrdell first in the shoulders to the brest & so to the hart her sydes wher it so lyeth as that on may tak out thenc as shee thinketh 1598. h die ♃ h. 8. 30. mi. 1598.

Goody Reade

RN Water Cheese of Stony stratford borne the last night being ☉ about betwixt 5 & six 20 weekes sinc. her disease & first fit tooke it feb 21 ♃ h 4. p m 1611. it did shake w^th the hands & wryteth {sic} y^e mouth & hed & clutcheth the hands & grypeth. & falleth. the first daye 2 fits. yesterday & this day may {sic} fits.

water good.

{sen}|{wro}|te to me febr. 25 ☾ h. 4. 15. p m 1611.

RN fayth Gibbes of Wicken 46. amisse in her sinewes cannot gripe any thing w^th her hands so feeble & weake sometimes in hir feete & knees all swollen & keepe there naturall colour. of a good cōplex. & light harte. sent to me this 26 of Ap. h. 9. 30. ant m. 1599. a great paine in her armes. could not cut her meate.

RN Margery Hopkins 34 sent her water at the 29 of March. ♃ h 6. ant m. 1599 stoma{ck} & backe./

RN Henry Stile of mutch Brickhill 19 y Iune 29 ☾. h. 2. 30 p m 1607 19. y. sick 3 weekes very sore swelled in his body, bothe legs & face. & all other s {sic} of his bodye

Davēport the Appar. wrote to me in his behalfe.

RN M^r foster sent his water Iuly 18 ♂ h. 11. 30 ant m 1620 /legs & armes\

RN Mary Smyth strangly tormented in her belly & arm{es} that she cā take no res{t} sent her water march {6} ☿ h. 5. 30 p m 1622 /of yardly\

RN Mres fayth Gybbes 50 sent to me againe the 5 of May. for a stiffnes in t & swelling & knobbes in t her wrest & inside of her wrests & hands, for a paine in her sinewes an {sic} an ache in her bones, hands & knees. altering from place to place. die ♄. h. 10. 30 m ant m. 1599.

RN Goody Fisher sent her water to me to know what was good for her Aug. 14. die ☾ h. 7. 45 shee is troubled w^th the mother & was wont to swound w^th it very often. at 7. 30. 20.¹

Goody fisher head back.

RN Frauncis Longvile of 10 yeres old. very sick in his body sent his water this 27 of Apr. die ♀ h. 9. 52. ant m. 1599. stiffe of his legs & armes.

RN Ione Prime of Walton 5{8}|6| sick. so a longe time. sent her daughter this 2 of may. die ☿ h. 1. 36|45|. p m. 1599. about her hed hart & backe.

RN M^res Potter of willing sent for her husb. w^th out his consent at 10. 10. ant m 1599 1600 cannot sleepe his water betwixt yellow & red thick leeke puddle. his stomack hot & his tounge scab & broken out & his head cannot move but as he is turned.

GJ Anne Eastwick of milton Briant 26 y. Ianuary 17 ♀ ho. 4 15 p. m. 1606 Payne in her head and stomacke & hart had them not these 5 weekꝭ. quærit vtꝝ se gravida

RN Will: Seere of haversham. 53 yeres old sitteth vp by the fier, very stiffe & hardly to {ground} onc in 24 houres complayneth of his body & lims & legs most in on of his sides all over his left syde ever sinc March last: first amisse not able to goe over the Dore threshall. sinc Alhalloutide. sent his wife to me Decēb. 21. die ♃. h. 12. 45. 1598. on of his legs the left wonderfully swelled. a very diseased body & hath had a greate cough.¹