Casebooks

RN Margaret Billington who dwelt w^th Thomas Billington of Bletchly first cosens nowe Dwelleth w^t M^r Vuedale came awaye for a payne of her hed ache back neck & newe at her hart ever since harvest never a daye well Novemb. the 12 die ☉ h. 12. 20. mi 1598 20 yeres old in p^rsenc her selfe.

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 Alce Iones 18 yeres old pale coloured at Alderton a mile beiond Grafton. 3 quarters of a yere greene sicknes came in her owne son this 16 of March die ♀ h. 12. 20. mi 1599.

RN Elisabeth Tomkine of Shippen 24. maried. her Child almost 3 quarters old. a great rising in her Chest: begining at {sic} th beneath the wast ready to stop her winde lyeth in the hollowe of the throate & cometh vp very hoate

RN Agnes Seely of litle Brickhill 70 yeres old amis this twellmonets by fits. sent her water by her sonne & Daughter. may this. 10. die ♃ h. 12. 20 1599.

RN Harry Barton of NorthCrowlye of the east end Aug. 20 die ☾ h. 12. 20. 1599. keepeth his bed very weake & sicke.

RN Rich. Goodwin of Weston Vnderwood  cordis passione quæ fere strangulat et in mortis periculū cōijcit. Decemb. 19 die ☿. h. 12. 20. p {sic} 1599

RN Iohn Risely of Rawnson mill. l 72 yeres old sick in L {sic} his body this 2 or 3 yeres about his \6 weekes./ he cōplayneth \of his navell/ it is sore & rūneth a|i|t reeseth at his navell leek an oake water. it looketh red & is rawe. he hath the cholick w^th all & y^t for this 7 yeres: maketh water very often. he thinketh his teeth to {stink} in his hed. & his feete to Double vnder him die ☿. h. 12. 15. 1598 he sent me a dish of oates he is a fuller. novemb. 8. 1598.

RN Clement Nash servant to Iohn Connyngham 22 yeres old tooke her first on tuesday night qu about 8 a clock at night a crick {sic} \ache/ in her baccke \& lims./ y^t maketh her stoope & goe Double. troubled w^th a great heate of her stomack y^t it maketh her lips to break out he {sic} first water made in y^e morning red. the next water of a reasonable good colour. the wench of a ruddy face well colourd & fat. quait {sic} remediū Decēb. 4. die ☾. h. 12. 15. mi. 1598. of Newport

RN Thomas Cooke of Whaddon kee Sept. 14 die ♀ h. 12 20 15. 1599.

RN a souldiers wife at fæny stratford at goodman kins very sicke. Sept 15 die ♄. h. 12. 15. 1599

RN Iohn Phylip of Bletcley very extreeme sick bound & very Costive the last phisick would not work w^th him as Doct^r Spark writeth me, nowe again sendeth to me. this 9 of Decēb^r die ♄. h. 12. 15. 1598. troubled w^th the wind cholicke

RN Robart Linford of I {sic} S^t Iones in Bedford. v^rbi divini p^rco. 60 yeres quā invalidus. p{u}la paralisi mortua laborat. septemb 28. die ♀. h. 12. 15 p {sic}. 1599.

Chambers son of St Maries in bedford

RN Dorothy Stoe of the forest of Whittlewoode. 32|4|. sick this twelmoneth. water ye {sic} yellow & good. white and gravelly in the bottome & before it was red not able to travell. pale coloured & corpulent in body & face. March 8 die ♃ h. 12. 15. 1599. h. 12. 55. very yellow water.¹