Casebooks

RN Mres Iane came \for M^r francklin/ for pils for her selfe & M^r francis & for Clyster stuffe for 4 tymes elect & cōserve {illeg} {sic} of barb. L{un}l g{ayo}ph. an ℥jß of each for 3 tyms Ap 20 ♀ h. 5. 30 p m 1627

RN The {sic} lady Elis Mord for her selfe & oyle of scorpions for M^r lewys Ian i9 h. 9. 30 ant m 1611.

RN The lady An Curson. & Magd Curson ladyes of Adstocke. febr 28. h. 11 ant m. 1611. & S^r Iohn Cursons dyet drink.

RN The lady Earfild wrought \wrote/ for the ring {ctra} abortionē & wheather the gentlemā shall obtayne mres Sara novēb. 10 ♃ h. 5. 40 p m 1625

RN Mres King sent & M^r Anderton for my consayle & for a Ring or anything that is not purging Decēb 5. ♀ h. 5 30 p m. 1628.

RN Will Faukner of Tyddington by Stratford /on haven\ in Warick sheere 34 y a batch. novēb. 27 ♀ h. 11. 30 ant m 1629

RN The lady would ha{ve} 2 playsters for her child for y^e ague & to come over to her Daughter Elis.

Isable Good mā wrote in her behalf{e}

RN M^r Barry sent me a lett^r touching his wifes & his sisters physicks working octob 17 ♂ h. 2. 39 p m 16i5

& would have me to send thē something more as I sawe good he will send x days henc his mā to nep|w|port & then send it

RN I had a letters frō young \old/ S^r Robert & young S^r Rob. S^r Th.: Earffild & S^r water Leach Ap 1 \2/0 ♀ h. 2 p m 1632

frō old S^r Rob 6 rabbots & 2 litle troughts

They desyre me to goe w^th S^r Rob & his L into yorke sheere & S^r walter into Devonshire

S^r Thomas ak|c|knowledged|th| y^t my last pouder sent about a fortnight sinc hath recovered the fect{illeg} craveth the same powder.

RN Aug 8 ♃ h. 8. 20 p m. 1633

I receaved a letter frō mres Quck {sic} y^t the lady Magdalen by means of y^e lady {sic} \Countes/ her mother. hath bene forced to vs fast. & to keepe a fast but once the Countes hath made the lady Magd to keepe an exact dyet & fasting & hath abstaynd frō the vse of any p^rscribed by me & semeth to be mutch better for it

craveth a masse of my pils

the lady Magdalen was lately sick but now mutch amended.

The lady Alce well w^thout taking any physick

RN The lady Nevill tooke w^th her husb. the last dyet Drink & it wroght not vppon waterish humours as Did her first ab. 3 weekes before whitsontyde but Did gripe exceedingly & she Did|ot|h writ now for on y^t might worke more kindly on waterish hunours {sic} March 22 ☾ h. 6 p m 1624

sent me a draght of this dyet Drink to st {sic} tast. mach {sic} 20 h {h} {sic} 10. 30 ant m. 1624

RN D. Sheph of London. march 27. ♃ h. 6. 20 p m. 1606. lra  lras quærit

D Shephard of London & Sarah his wife march 27. ♃ h. 6. 25 p m 1606.

his wife for physick & to cause fruictfulnes

also wheath^r there fath^r will like of the mariadg betwixt her sist^r martha hall & Beniamyn Barloe boath tyes agreed but martha feareth least her fath^r wyll break it

the Doctor quæ plaga cæli cōmodior ad divitias acquerendas.

RN my ladye fortiscue of Saldon sent for a quart of bugloes wat^r decē{b} 20 ♀ h. 12. 1605.

& h|M|res francis fortiscue greene sicknes left syde cough

RN Receaved a lett^r the lady Mytton Iuly 20 ♀ h. 6 30 p m 1627 hath casted 3 weekes. would have a playster for the spleene

sent her things agaynst next fryday.

Mres mytton \my Cosen magd myt{ton}/ sent Iuly 20 ♀ h: 7 40 p m 1627

hath casteth 3 weekes Craveth my Consell & also a playst for y^e spleene

GJ M^r Adrian Fortescue and m^rs Mary Fortescue have taken thrice of their physicke and wrought well w^th them, the gentlewoman sicke the first taking, and well since, her stomack better, but her head as it was

M^r Adrian sicke w^th his physicke on monday last and tooke none since he sleepes not well, is growen weake and his waxen kernells remayne. / my Lady thinkꝭ that if he continue so it will bring him to a consumption She desyres to have some course for m^r willm Fortescue 10 y. w^ch hath also an Itche. Desyres to be satisfyed how this Itche comes whether by overheating the bloud w^th violent exercise. & whether they shall continue the rest of the physike.