Casebooks

RN Iohn Becham of 6 yeres old or 7. about wheate harvest or first lad{ye} this child is troubled w^th a Cough & hoping so sore y^t it forceth him to cast vp his meate. he hath a good stomack to eate & digest his meate but his cough fetcheth all vp againe from the bottome of his belly. pater  filio sine consensu. November 28 die ♂ h. 9. 1598.

RN Rich Kerby Miller of Newport 60 \56/ yeres old. long & grevously sick {filiu}s  patre \{servus}  Domino/ cū euꝯ {sic} consensu it hath held this 4 yeres by fits but this quarter of this yere held him sorely & keepeth home some days his bed in his fit & then abroad. a payne in his hart w^th a sighing black coloured very fat of his face but w^th this sicknes shrunk in his bodye & legs. M^r yarrow for him novemb. {sic} 1 Decēb. die ♀ h. 10. 15. 1598¹

RN Iohn vmny of Petsoe 6|5|5 yeres old. sick a longe time but most ill sinc last ☉. sundaye. holdeth him & grypeth him at his hart & soe frō his hart goeth to his left side & brest. N|D|ecemb. 1. die ♀ h. 11. 35|9|. mi. 1598 vxor  coniuge Alces brother in lawe. my. 1598 he keepeth his bed

RN Thomas Marchell of Newport 34 yeres old. (Frauncis Marchell of Newport \24. yeres old./ very sicke ever sinc tuesday night at 8 & 30 mi p m. tooke her sicknes nowe & then vp but cannot stay vp. Decemb. 1 die ♀ h. 4 45. 1598. cū consensu serva  domina.

RN Iohn Connyngham 7 yeres old satterday sennet after miklemas daye sick this 12 moneth. cōplayneth most of his hed & hath a weake stomack. was wonte to have white water leeke dregs of a tub. very thick of a pale & whitish Colour. a longe visage. Decēb. 4. h. 11. the child came hither.

RN Frauncis Marshall 27 yeres old sick ever sinc munday the 27 of Novemb |but| enquireth this 5 of Decēb being die ♂ h. 8. 45. ant m. 1598. sine consensu

RN Iudith Anslye for her payn in the hed & stomack & ch loketh very yallowe & all by cause her courses have h {sic} bene stopped on her Decēb. 7. die ♃. h. 2. p m. 1598. mater  filia.

RN Thomas Dudly nowe 5 yeres old next miklemas natus erat Sept 15. die ☉ h 1. p m. hath his health well & eateth his meate. about harvest last began to have a rising in his throte ready to stop his wind & speach in always when he beginneth to sleepe then it hath held him sinc miklemas the last time it tooke him it bete him on friday last. going to sleepe. ready to skreame & skrike in the fit.

RN Elisabeth Miller of Newport Millers wom|th|er {sic} very sick keepeth her bed her daught^r came 68|6| yeres. Decēb. 12 die ♂ h. 10. 18. ant m 1598. hed & hart Costive went not to ground this sēnet

RN An Cloude of Newport 35 yeres old sickned the 12 of Decemb came to me the 20 of decēb. die ☿ h. 1. 50. 1598. maritꝯ  vxore. fell into a traunc vppon satterd night & so continued vntill sunday night & revived again

RN vrsula Thorpe of Stony stratford keepeth the bull. hipwell vnkle vnto Thorpe 32 yeres old sick ever sinc mikelmas goeth abroade. Dece {sic} sent by M^r Oliv^r Barker. for his wife sister is her moth^r in frendship & kindred Doubteth wheath^r shee be bewitched & hath a canker in her tongue & tented shee hath an ill stomacke & spitteth putrifyed bloode. Decēb^r. 2i. die ♃. h. 9. 15. ant m. 1598.

RN Elisab. West. {illeg}|3|0 yers old. sick this 5 weeks took her first w^th an ach hath bene longe sicke hath cought w^th a watching at Stanton & w^th a thought ready to stop her wind & her Daughter y^t moved y^t question w^thout her Consent. Dec 2i. die ♃. h. 4. p m. riseth w^th a wind & she is swollen

RN her daughter came to me at 3 a clocke Decēb. 22. die ♀ h. 3 p m. 1598.

RN Iames Beckly for his wife Alce Beckly. 51 |of Cranfild| sick ever sinc candlemas was Twelmoneth tthe {sic} 20 of feb. die ♂ h. 2. 18. mi 1599

RN Alce Masun{n} of Woulverton 14 yeres old. took her vppō wendesay {sic} the 2i of febr: betwixt 2. & 1: shee nothinge but shaketh & soundeth as they think w^th an impostume. die ☿. 21. of feb. 1599. came her moth^r moved her quest. the 24 of feb die ♄. p m. 6. 38. 1599

RN he came againe as I willed him this 25 of feb. at 6. 35. 1599. h.

RN Iohn Evens of Eaten in Bletcly parish. for his moth^r Ellen Evens. 60 yeres old. 26 of feb. die ☾. h. 11. 15. 1599. ever sinc miklemas sick.

RN Thomas Marcholl for his daughter in law Alce Mason w^thout her consent who is straingly handled Iane Warren suspected to bespeake it. 27 of feb. die ♂ h. 9. 7. 1599. Dorothy Sumner. suspected.

SF Ihon Powell a child of 3 quarters old 1597 the 7 feb ☾ pm’ at 4 Diz the child p^rsent.

SF Richard Lax of 8 yers of Lamb 1597 the 8 feb. ♂ An’ m’ at 20 p 9 Diz 2^a questo the mother for the child