Casebooks

RN Mres Prestmā of newp 36 y may 10 ☉ h. 7 39 ant m 1629

gone w^th child 10 weekes cānot retyane her child It cometh away by cels & peaces

craveth no physick but a Cord

RN Goody Hāmon of Whaddon. Iane 3 ♂ h. 10 30 ant m 1632 |feeleth some live thing feareth she is haunted|

RN Soror Sandye petit quæ sit causa cur ita male se habeat. Iuly 20. die ☉ h. 11. 45. ant m. 1600

RN Elisabeth Whooton of Sherington vnmaried crasy ever sinc miklemas but took her & handled her very greevously the 16 of novemb. & enquired of me the {sic} a remedye the 23 of novemb die ♃. h 9. 30. mi. 1598. pater  filia cū eius consensu

RN Ellen Ellet of piddington 55|47| y febr 26. ♄ hor. 11 ant m. 1603. cryeth wonderfully when shee is styrred.

RW M^r Pitkin of stackden. y. {sic} d. ♄. h: 2. p: m: Martij. 18. 1620. vtrum fascinata sit necne. feeleth some thinge stirre within her.

RN At this Mres Brough sent her for on to let her blood being extreeme handled

RN Mres Savadge of Deltford 42 y May Iune 22 ♀ hor 2. 25. p m 1604. a litle frō london |moopish.| her husb. for her: sine consensu & Mres Mansbridge of London sterile

RN Mres Stainton of Woburne 56 y sept. Octob 9 ☾ h. 12. 16i5

somewhat mended god be thancked.

every night sorely handled. /new ague\

U[1622–4] S^r Thomæ Midletons literæ Redduntur: M^o Richardo Napiero. a{p} Linford. 1624. d. ♃. h. 8. p. Feb. 19 RN /signifying to my lady Earffild that His lady was querysh.\ U[1622–4]

RN It tooke her first on this day senet before sonne setting h 7 p m Iuly 5 ♃ h 7 p m 1632.

RN Mres Doro {sic} Dorothie was baptized 7 of Iuly 1613 19 y old sent novēb 2 h {sic} hor 12 1633 /a maryed womā 3 y. neaver had child. her husb: hath a dropsy she looketh well & hath a good coulor.\

M^r Thomas Norwoods Daughter in law of wythybrooke octob. 31 hath taken a course of physick vnder an Apothecary in Coventry alnost {sic} a yere & is no way mended but weaker

her stomack almost quite gone & wanteth sleepe

hath often vomyted blood but more of late & cōmonly after meate hath a stupidity & lightnes of head her stomack always payned w^th an Inward soarenes w^ch payne doth now descend vnto the back, hyps, thighs, & legs w^th an extraordinary swelling. begyning \taking his begȳing/ at the chest

RN Mres Mary Maryot tak{en} extraordinaryly Ap. 7 8 |7. 30|. p m 1629

that fit end{ed} 4 houres he{nc} 8. or 10 fits in y^t space.

RN An Gale nurceth M^r Th Godward her landladyes youngest sone halfe a yere old hath Drouped ev of about a fortnight ever sinc she chid w^th Ellen Warnar. next house to her. noveb. 26. ☾ h. 10. 15 ant m. 162i

did dwell w^th her./¹

RN my Cosen Sara brought her water troubled in her head Iuly 9 ♀ h. 7. 30 ant m 1624

RN Ma\r/\r/y {sic} Ellys /of Hardmead\ \serv to Rob./ y^t onc dwelt in this towne 32 y march. 5. ☿ {h} 1. 30 p. m. 1628.

stroken in the fild milking on the knee on th{urs}day last at nig{ht} h. 5. 30 p m 1628

but came to me March. 5. ☿ h. 1. 30 p m 1628

RN Susan Blundell 1597. feb. 12 die ♄. h in med. noct. 12. 30. m. was evilly handled of her disease. & it first toke her. in the night ready to choake her. /she became as a naturall chaingling. before she dyed & died in y^t sort\¹

RN Marg Scot of Potters Perry 24. y. Sept. 9. ♀ h. 10. 45 ant m. 1614 tormēted in her belly

GJ M^res Hill of Lidlington 30 y. feb. 26 ♀ ho. 10. 35 a m. 1608

She had a maid came from Brickhill w^ch fell sicke in her house feares the infection heavy hearted.

RN Mres Alice Iēmings of Offley. S^r Rich Spencers Daught^r for her child. of halfe a yere old {o}|D|\o/rothy Iennings Ap 3. ♃ h. 10 ant m. 1617

I receaved a letter

1 first pe{r}ydays left behind

2 how the pouder is to be vsed

3 wheath^r Dragon water be to be vsed

4 the cap & w of pa & wheath^r it may be left of.

5 to send her oliban’ ℥ij sterny ℥ß. /starteth in her sleepe\

wheath^r to forbeare the sucke. suckes well sleepes well is sol{u}{s}