Casebooks

RN Iohn Marshe of Barnet 50 y. distempered in mind ob {l} {sic} veneficiū. et {vutpō} immisse in domū eius. feb. 18 die ☾ h. 8. ant m. 1600. filius  patre /Lunatice\

RN Elisabeth Honour of Woulverton about 26 maried this 2 or 3 yeres. shee is lunatick & hath not the vse of her wits. about 3 a clock in the after noone 26 of Septemb. die ♂ they cam to my howse but I was not at home they came agayne about 9. 15 in moring {sic} w^th her consent

RN Ihone honour enquireth what is good for her disease of 36 yeres Aug. 9. die ☿ h. 5. 30. ant m. very fearfull

RN Susan Blundell toke her fit by some foolish vision & sight at what time she laughed & sawe Goody Greene & goody Nichols flinging of trenchers & when it tooke her as they say shee cryed out vppon Goody Barnwell. the 13 of Novemb. die ♄. h noctis circ 12 1596.

Susan Blundell

RN I gave Will. Rogars gratis a drā & halfe of pill corch{ra} in 3^d weight of helleb:/

he came againe & told me y^t the former wrought nothing at all w^th him. I gave him that gratis. to. his fath^r is so worldly & wretched. that he will give nothing to helpe him./

tempted of Sathan.

RN Ihone Hoddell of Newnton blossemf{or}|il|d 40 yeres old. Sept 28. die ♃. h. 11. 15. 1598 3 yeres sick. a quarter of an yere.

RN Elisab. honour of Woulverton septemb. 27. die ☿ hor. 9. 15 m ant m.. 1{illeg} 1598. I was then at hom{e} Lunatick.¹

RN M^r furyes servant of Louton very extreeme sick at hart cannot abide talk a water leek the yellowe iaundes. sent to me againe this 4 of Ian. die ♃ h. 8. 52. mi 1599. his former phisick wrought but litle. never vomited but to the ground his m^r {sic} thinketh he hath the yellow iaundish. Thomas Burgen. wery of his life

RN Old Will. Barret sent vnto me for him selfe who take a greefe for his son y^t is lately deted. Ian 4 die ♃ h. 10. {5} 53. 1599.

RN a young man very for his disease sent his frinde in his behalfe Ian. 15. die ☾ h 10. 30 ant m. 1599.

RN Ione Chivoll of Woulson for her stomacke & the chest cannot eate well. 67. t{rea}teth wind mutch taketh nothing but breade. sad heavy and vncōfortable. her water of a good Colour. but had a black sediment of melancholy. Maij 2. die ☿ h. 8. ant: m. 1599.

RN The surgions in Oxford began to cut M^r Thomas Longfilds head & afterward seered his scull & afterward Did Drill his skull that is poure vppō his skull some corrosives that so they may {sic} g|m|ight get out a bladder w^c they thought caused his madnes. but he the {sic} begā to cut his head the 5 of Decēb. die ☿ h p m 3. 30. mi. 1599. but he dyed the weddensday moneth after or the tuesday

RN Agnes lea 62. of lowton a hie coloured water & fits of an ague. hart sick. hath taken {sic} a great greefe. a widowe.

RN William’ Seabrook of Walton 40: zelotipia laborat. M^r Harvy of Crowly requestet|d| me to doe him good as touching his hearing. {v}d {ʒ}.  zelotip. phrenesi laborat: et vxorē p{uni}t.

RN Goodwife Hodskin about 8 a clock. 8. m. requested me to come Downe to her husband who raveth exceedingly 1598. Aug. 27. die ☉ h. 8. 6. 1598 he sent not his water.

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 M^r Farindon sent to me for my Counsell for his passion of his hart. very s {sic} vsuall & easely cured w^th every small sturring & continueth w^th him 3 dayes. & for the Correcting of the spleene w^ch is supposed by the docters to be the cause therof. becaus he feeleth him selfe not well in the spleen sent his letter. may the 8. die ♂ h. 7. 50 8. ant m. 1599.

RN Iudith Phylips of Newp 9 y. old. sept. 26 die ☿. h. 10. 2|3|0. ant m. 1599 every foote sicke. vomiteth & is fometh at the mouth & hath no rēmēbr: troubled in her wits. fearet {sic} falling sick{nes}

RN Iohn Dobbe of Whisson in Northāpton sheere. 55 yeres febr. 2i die ♃ h. 11. 30 ant m. 1600.

RN Ione freeman of Newp v 17 y. very sicke. sore at the hart & hath a thing arising in her throat ready to stop her winde & was almost dead last night & cryeth & taketh & sayth shee shall dye may the 15. die ♂ h. 11. 12. m. ant m. 1599. & of her thighes. every where a pricking of her {hart}