Casebooks

RN Ellen Barber of Olny 52. yeres. sick ever sinc shroftide. looketh {loook} yellowe hath ab {illeg} {sic} abundanc of her courses red every day in heapes, & white vppon thē. meanly powre Downe every fortnight. in great abundance. came the same day shee had them. at 3i of March die ♄. h. 2. p m. 1599

RN Mary Deane of Walton. 25 yeres sicke the ever since friday was sennet. 2 of may die ♂|☿| h. 2. p m. 1599. had never her Courses nor noe showe of them, since the last Child a yere & better.

RN my Tenant Goody Wyndmill 30 y Iuly 10 h {sic} hor. 10. 30 ant m 1619 |extree {sic} sick in childbead|

Goody windmill 30 y Iuly 10 h {sic} hor 10 30 ant m 1619

RN The Lady Susā S^r Mich Longevils h {sic} wife extreme sick in child byrth 30 y decēb 8. ♀ h. 1. p m 1620

RN Mres vuedales meade sickly hath not her courses. supposed \by M^r Vuedale/ to be w^th child w^th & by her {L} \{Kinsmā}/ that last was question made. Novemb. 12 die ☉ h. 8. 15. 1598.

RN Alce Mashe of 20|2| y sicke in child bed requesteth me to sende her somewhat hed chest. hart. Decēb^r. 19 die ☿ h. 11. 45. 50. ant m 1599. casteth vp every thing a greene womā newly brogt abed fetcheth her wind thick

RN M^r Hatch U[1622–4] \Latch/ RN for his child a yere old la {sic} the last day of febr last Mach {sic}. 3. ☿ h. 11. ant m 1624

the gentlewomā y^t giveth her suck hath for these 3 weeks had her courses w^ch doe yet continue & make her sickly & know not wheath^r she had a mischanc doe feare her sucking to hurt the child would know my opinion & what dyet drink Mres Elis: might take & what w|p|hysick & wheath^r they should bing {sic} Downe the child

RN Isabell Clarke of Cosgrave 22 serv. to Robart Emerson sick ever sinc Chistide {sic}. 27 feb die ♂ h. 23. 16. 12. her courses stopt hevy vncōfortabl stomack stitch bottome of her belly.

RN Elisabeth Purden of puddington 36 y. sicke hath had her sicknes to mitch {sic}. faynt & feeble. y^t w^ch cōmeth frō her very blacke flowers wat^r to muth {sic} thin coloured. paynd head & sydes & hath menses immodices/

RN In labour evꝭ sinc 3 |yesterday| on monday h. 3. ant m. sinc 12 y^t afternoone the child styrreth not

Is in great payne & very sick Iune 20 ☾ \☉/ h. 15. 1630

RN my lady came \Maunsell/ showed me her wat^r Ian 24 ♀ h 10. 30 ant m. 1606. who was at my lady Chaynes howse at Drayton 35 y. a long visage leane & yellowish full of melanch. long sick & casteth every foote mutch reds. &|w|^ch trouble her mutch. & cōtinew long also whitꝭ but the {sic} weaken not yet have cōtinewed longe w^ch come 3 days before the red. casteth mutch faynt & feeble mutch wynd costive /Lady Maunsell. 35 y.\

RN Dorothy Dēnet 19 y. of husband Crawly had nev^r her flowers was wonderfully peaned her head & stomacke & nowe in the bottome of her belly ever sinc the phisick I gave her god be praysed for it. came agayne for more physick Ian. 30 die ☿ h. 9. 30. ant m. 1600 with a greeping maketh her very sick

RN Alce Course of Emmerton 25. y. sick & cōplayneth of her hed. & chest & so into her leg. seldome hath her courses. hed & leg {mes} 2{5} of Ap. die ☿ h. 11. 30. ant m. 1599.

RN Ian. 20 die ♄ hor 8 I went to see a sick woma swollen in her legs & thighes for that shee hath not her courses. hed ach 1599.

RN Elisabeth Hockni Toppe of Hanslop 30 y. sick ever sinc Ash wenday {sic} at hart a greeping every where hed. & stomack. payned every where doubteth wheath^r shee be w^th Child or no hath not her courses /after her sleepe in a faynt {snort}\

RN M^r {sic} Charels Tutcher Charles at Stonystratford at the swan of 2 neckes. 45. sick this fortnight. sonewhat {sic} Costive shee doth bleede & is very mutch stuffed in her chest can scarce tak her winde. ready to sound a grosse & fat woman. sent a poer woman. Ian. 3. die ☿. h. 12. 9. mi. 1599. \at 1. p m /|twice & thrice a day bleedeth at y^e nose. half a pint at a time \every oth^r daye/|

Charels Touchers wife hath not had her termes this 6 yeres her stomack hoven & her hed ill & backe her wombe & chest stuffed short winded. hart ill water good. yellowe but thin. taken a greefe for payment of monyes for her husb. brother for s{ur}tiship. 200^li

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/