Casebooks

RN Thomas Whippā of Bletcheley 6 y old Ap. 30 die ☿ h. 9. 1600

great & harde bellyed & picketh the nose. belly ache.

RN Mres Leate sent her {sic} \a letter in the behalfe of her/ daughter Iane who hath for this twelfemonthe bene troubled w^th a swelling about her gr{y}|o|yne sometys appearing & sometyms not but gone first white & 2 months since burning red & hard almost as big as an egge

she layd to it a litle wax & butter & now & then a poultis of milke & a weddensday last was senet it broke about the 12 of Ap desyrous to have my counsell the 20^th of Apr h. 5. 30 pm 1620 It is broken & did run & voyd filthy \yellow/ stuffe

RN M^r D Iernyn of Lincolne shere sent to me for his wife Daughter 16 y for a swelling in her breasts & a a {sic} hardnes w^th all a yere & bett^r & increaseth Iune 27 ☾ 6. p. m. 163i

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 my lady Kniveton for her \eldest/ sonne M^r Androw Aug 30 ♀ h. 4. 30 p m 1622 |full of spots & knobs a hoarsnes|

RN at this time for Arthur Blundels swelling

RN Rich Ellys of hanslop 8|9| y. old Christop Ellys his sone novemb. 20 ♄ hor. 3. p m. 1602. for a swelling vnder his left arme w^ch looketh blie {sic}.

RN George Ampes 8 y. of kempson. Iuly 20 ☾ hor. 9. 35 ant m. 160i¹

RN Mres farren made mention of a servant mayden y^t was mutch swelled Apr 6 h 12 30 p m 1605

RN May 21. I was sent for to goo to my lord Cōpton for his ma Taylor y^t was swelled & I went in the after noone about 2 p m 16i0

RN M^r Byrd sent his water to my house in my absence Octob 4 ☾ hor 10. 30 ant m 1602. I came home about xj.

full of swelling & aches in his lyms.

RN vide Iane Wats of Havershā 2. & halfe about Barraabe {sic} daye b|w|ho bred child w^th great sicknes all her tyme vntill shee was delivered. & that child is always sicklye.

her litle child of 2 y a great belly. & navell & thirsty. Ian 29 ☿ h 3. 38 40 p m 1606

SRN Goody Godfrey of Stony strattf{ord} for her Broers Child. 3. y eodē tempore.

belly swelled & hard, no stomack to its meate

RN Edward Wale of Kempson 14 y. Apr. 26 ♀ h. 11. 25 ant m 1605 in p^rsence lame in his right leg & swelled y^t he cānot goe nor stande.

RN Agnys Lane of Lowton was here w^th me three quarters old Ap 14 ☾ h. 2. p. m. 1623 /had a great cough hard belly pyned & consumed\

RN Iohn Kingstone of serv to the Lord of Lincolne Ap: 12 ♀ h. 2 15 p m 1633. |57 y|

Lame in the soales & ankles of boath feete mutch swelled & red 3 y. |a Dropsy feared| but lately more this halfe yere full of payne

sometymes cā eate litle for 2 or 3 days

I receaved from my Lord of Lincolnes steward a most kind letter.

RN Mres Neale sent to tell me y^t shee was wonderfully hoven boath before & aft^r her physick & greeped Ap 17 die ♃ h. 8 ant m. 1600

RN Ione Hull of newport 2 y novemb 24. ♃ hor 1. 15 p m 1603. great belly

RN Richard Rawlings of Brodwell. {illeg} {sic} 9 |9.| {sic} yeres Deceb. 3. ♃ hor. 3. 15 p m 1601 hath a great swelling in his body.

RN for his wife Mres Mary Lelam 27. y.

swelled about the throat w^thin these 3 days