Casebooks

RN Alce Masun{n} of Woulverton 14 yeres old. took her vppō wendesay {sic} the 2i of febr: betwixt 2. & 1: shee nothinge but shaketh & soundeth as they think w^th an impostume. die ☿. 21. of feb. 1599. came her moth^r moved her quest. the 24 of feb die ♄. p m. 6. 38. 1599

RN Mary taken Oliver taken first Octob 6. ☾ h. 9. 30 p m 1606. w^th a swōding & quaking \cānot sit vp/

Mary Oliver of Cotton end first taken going out into her yard to make wat^r Octob 6. ☾ h. 9. 30 p m 1606.

RN Iohn large 2 tyme taken Apr. 10 ♀ ♀ Ap 10. ♀ h. 3 p m 1607.

yesterday He swounded about 3 of the clocke as he was writing cometh w^th a quakinge.

had it nev^r before but these 2 tymes

RN Isble freemā of Benson 40 y may 17 ♃ h. 6 p m. 1632. /head light cānot sleep quivereth & quaketh\

RN Annys Anne |a poor wench| /13 y\ of Southwick in Northāptonsheere by Owndall |M^r Lynn Esquire wrote in her behalfe| It tooke her 16. Ian 16 fell into her fits of convulsions swonding fits w^th quaking & trēbling Ian 30. ♃ h. 11 ant m 1634 taketh away her speach swoundeth convuls¹

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 Alce Parkyns of Woburn his wife novemb 26 ♄ hor 10. 40 ant m 1603 faynt shortwyded trēbleth.

RN M^r Will: Co{l|e|}lles Colles of Parke berrye of 58 troubled sick this i6 yeres & hath had the Counsell of the most exte phisitions troubled w^th a windy cause as he sayth cōming from his backe by a great heate & obstruction from my liver. also w^th a bad stomacke elevating winde into my hed. w^ch causeth gydines or streming in my head w^ch cometh as he thinketh by the ascending vp of bad & melancholy humours & w^th a shaking in my left hand mightely as it were the palsye but always very hotte. nowe of late w^th the brevity of wind in my stomacke & chest & lately w^th a mūmnes {sic} & tinckling in my hands. lips & sydes & face. this 15 of may. die ♂ h. 4. 45. p m. 1599.

RN Mres Hurlestone of Wing S^r Robarts Dor. Daught^r {illeg} {sic} 29. ant m 1606 |tremar cordis, matricis ascēsio vertig. melanch|

RN first taken Ap 26 h {sic} hor 10 30 ant m a lightnes of head tooke her first Ap 26 h 4. 3 h. 10. 30 ant m 1623.

a swȳming in her head makīg as if she were deafe a cold sweat & quivering

RN Mres Blundell enquireth what is good for her Disease shee is pulled as it were in peeces hart belly sides & swollen in her stomach y^t & worse after she hath eaten or Drunken weake & feble in her body & knees. Aug. 28. die ☾ h. 5. 28 mi p. m shee shaketh & trembleth body {neck} & {yoin}tꝭ

RN Alce Ashby Goodman of Woufton of {the} Greene about a 30 y. maried this 12 yeres. her iongest almost 3 y old. sca{illeg} feb. 19 die ♂ ♄ {sic}. 2. p m. 1600. a trembling & quaking & all about her body cōsumeth & pineth faynt & feeble

RN Mary Brendlye of Olnye 27 y octob. 23 ♃ h. 2. 20|45| {sic} \45./ p {m} 1623. |a great trembling at her hart & shortwyded apt to swound A great heavyness of heart| /extreme desp sick when she styrreth but not resting\

SRN Fayth Sage of High Lauer for a litenes in her head. & a papue in her Teeth & a trembling at her heart.

her Husband was taken with a payne in her|is| backe that he can hardly goe./.

RN An Bourton of Olny 26 yeres old. sick the ever sinc Lent tooke her in her hed hart & backe maried this 7 yeres had but on Child but y^t god hath taken to his mercy. {s} {sic} it holdeth her nowe as an ague shaking her every day. & hat sweateth & is very hot after the shaking & hath as it were a thing lūbring in her chest very corpulent faynt & very feeble. hath a very painfull cough ready to Drawe vp hart & hall w^th it & fetcheth blood very short winded. fetcheth vp fleume & water as cleare as a bell. Ap. 25 die ☿. h. 8. 30. mi ant m. 1599. hath a very sore ague every day y^t maketh her sweate exceedingly. hath not had this moneth her Courses sinc shee voyded a litle porreng^r of clompered bloode/

RN Mary Smyth of Stawton 20 myles 30 y Ap 27. ♂ h. 10. 15 ant m 1619 her head shaketh a fortnight or 3 \shaking/ palsy. mother backe thighꝭ as if they should be torne but her head exceding cold.

head cold

vryne very good. a very good stomacke yet very faynt. mutch troubled w^th wynd 2 y. sinc had a boy. hath thought her selfe twice to be w^th child w^thin this twelfemonthe. nescit an sit gravida