Casebooks

SF Wilm Sympson of 18 yeres 1596 the 10 of Aprill ♄ An’ m’ at 20 p 8 diz him self sent the vrin’

RN Goodman Rive did send his water to Stanton to knowe where his disease did lay what it was & where he were beg leekly to amend Iulij 17. die ☾ h. 9. 25 mi. ant m

RN Goodman Blundell very sick sent his water to me by his wife Iulij 18 \20/ die ♃ h. 8. 45. mi. ant merid.

RN Goodman Rive sent his water vnto me Iuly 25 die ♂ h 6 ant m. he hath an exceeding sore throtte & mouth broken out & the skin gon.

RN Henricꝯ Mun misit aquā suā. {m} {sic} 30 Iulij 1598 die ☉ h 8. 53|0| ant m. wheathr {sic} he did mende or payre.

RN Lawrenc Whites wife of Caucot sent her water Aug. i^o die ♂ h. 9. ant m 1598.

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 Goodman Hodskin of litle Linford who fell sicke vppō mūday last 21. of Aug. but now sent to me for my counsell this 25 of Aug. die ♀ h. 7. 30. 1598.

RN Will Roughead sent his water vnto me cōplayning of his chest princip & of the lightnes of his head Sept. 6 die ☿ h. 6. 50 m. ant m. 1598.

RN Elisabeth Rowle Sowle of Lowton 50 yeres old sick first began to be sicke vppon the 3 of Octob. cam at night came t sent her husband to me shee hath bene full of ache a long time & hath kept her bed ever since Octob. 11 die ☿ h. 7. 45. 1598

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 Alce Bruer can not goe vpright but goeth Double vp by the fier hoven in the belly & payned in y^e bottome of her belly all|{aft^r}| a longe tine {sic}. sent Ih{one} Honour. Decēb. 15. die ♀. 11. 15. mi. 1598. worse when shee eateth any thinge.

RN Alce Denton of haversham 36. maried this 10 yeres 3 children last childe had a yere & more agoe feareth lest shee have taken a cold w^th a nurcing child an old Disease ever since shee was a servant a great payne at her harte, doth vomit ever sinc shee was maried {b} twice or thrice in a yere but very mutch this last weeke & never well vntill shee have it vp, els very sicke. a pert woman. sent to me by her husband this 17 of Decēb. die ☉. 9 – 18.. 1598.. best a bed.

RN Iohn Risely of Rawnstyn 63|7|. {sic} 67. hath bene sick on weddensday last 6 weekes sound in body but bursten this 16 weekes. he was wont to be troubled w^th a wind Cholick. nowe last of l {sic} all w^th an issue on his navell eaten in an Inche deepe but nowe growen vp againe saving that it hath a litle hole in it w^c when they went to stoppe it put him in danger of death. sent his sonne to me he kepeth his bed nowe & then payned in his back & pricking & shooting in his navell {virs} an end. bleedeth every foote & wetteth a handkerchir. Decemb. 18. die ☾. h. 8. 40: mi. 1598. goeth ill to ground

RN Iohn Rawlings of stocke golding. almost 80 yeres old sick ever sinc satterday night being the 16 of Decēb. die ant {conuctio}. sendeth to me for his Disease the 20 of Decēb. die ☿ h. 10. 15. 30.. 1598. refuseth his meate.

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

RN Goody West sent her water at 12. 15. Decēb. 22 die ♀ t {sic} at this time I sawe her not being busied /1598.\

RN Vrsula Thorpe of Stony stratford 34 sick sinc mihelmas cōplayneth most of her mouth. & of a canker therin & had a tente keepeth nowe her bed this sennet & so did not of{illeg} sent her water by her frind Decēb. 23. die ♄. h. 11. 15. 1598.

RN Ihone Dormer of havershā this fortnight sick w^c was the 2 of novemb. ☾ in ♉. came \sent/ her sonne for my counsell & remedy the 11. of november die ♄. hor. 8: 36. mi ant m 1598. 54 yeres old.

RN Margaret Nurce an auncient widowe the mother of Goody Nichels 68 at lente next not very well this halfe yere sent her Daught. novemb. the 28 die ♂ h. 11. 5. 1598. her water yellowish & a black sediment.