Casebooks

RN Iane Smithe 30 yeres old sc of haversham sick this sennet. scoureth mutch this 2 days. Dry, will nothing mouth sore water high coloured. well blooded woman Novemb. 30. die ♃ h. 9. 1598. h. 9. 18. m. ant m. 1598. a stitch vnder her right side. shee sucketh her child mutch payne in her hed & cannot sleepe.

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 Malins a yere & a quarter lacking a fortnight as it were pined in all her lims & bodye hed a poer bare creature. cannot sleepe not at any time in a moneth or fortnight but crye and Drinke mater adduxit se{cū} filiolā veret^r ne sit maleficio v^l veneficio afflictus. Decēb. 7. die ♃ hor. 3. 30. mi. 1598 very short winded.

RN Frauncis Marshall of Newport very strangly can scarce speake, only maketh signes for water to coole her her mouth is furred white w^th extreeme heate taketh her Drinke by a quill. first bound but y^t I gave her vnbound her nowe in a laske & extreeme hot & drye Decēb. 12. die ♂ h. 9. 30. mi ant m 1598. troubled in her sleepe.

s {sic} husband  vxore sine cōsensu

RN Alce Richardson of 15 yeres for a swelling vnder her throte & the side of her cheeke Martij 9 her nose very sore & her hed & stomack hot. Martij 9. die ♀ h. 9. 48 1599. in her owne son a p^rty bloody coloured wench

RN Elisabeth Honour of Newp 40. never well sinc Christmas. troubled w^th the mothr {sic}. and hath not her course ready to stop her winde & casteth vp all her meate. payned at her harte. 13 of Marche. die ♂ ♄ {sic}. 7. 45. ant m. 1599.

RN Alce mariot \servant/ 13 of March die ♂ h. 9. 30. ant m. for her payne hed & burning w{illeg} scalding watr {sic} 1599. hed & hart. cold windy stomack

RN Elisabeth Emmerton of Nash 2i yeres sick this sennet full of paine every where round about her back & lins {sic} & into her hands. 15 of March. die ♃. h. 9. 49. 1599. shee camot {sic} tak any rest day or night light headed

RN Robart Pē{illeg}merton of Rudgden in the County of Northāpton. 57. keepeth his chamber. this moneth. troubled w^th a reume & fleume in his chest. March 17 die ♄. h. 7. 15. ant m. 1599. tussi magna laborat costive hot in the stomack.

RN Dormar for his wife at Woulverton. 24 yeres old ho payned this 18 of March die ☉ h. 9. 30. mi. ant m.

Isbell Dormer of Woulverton 28. sick this quart^r of this yere in her stomack & harte & her right side & right arm supposing y^t her liver is growing to her side. die ☾. h. 9. 2|3|0. 1599. shee doth swound w^th it worst at mornings.

RN Iane Osburne of Olny. at Ap. 2. die ☾. h. 10. {illeg}|53|. ant m. 1599.

Iane Osburne of Olny of 35. for a sore back & hart best in the her bed. & nowe taketh her by fits. & burning & sweating. & aches y^t it maketh her sweate shee feareth lest it be her sicknes y^t lyeth at her harte. goeth hard to ground. her child half a yere old. had not her courses nev^r sinc shee was last w^th child & soe shee is nev^r vseth to have thē but frō child to Child. looketh yellowe. Apr. 2. die ☾ h. 10. 52. m. ant m.

RN Edward Newnton sick this 14 weekꝭ of Stony stratford a weaver hart & everywhere sick pined & yet eatet skin & bone. & yet will eate any thing. 60 yeres old. faynt. hard bound {illeg}|y|et onc in 24 houres. feareth lest he be b{edr}ed a drie coughe. this 8 yeres. Aprill 3 die ♂ h. 10. 1599. reareth fleme, in a cōsumption. hart hele & stronge.

E Newton.

RN Rich: Ellys of Hansl: of 46. {f} {sic} of his stomack thenc into his throate & hed. so in his throate y^t scarc can swallow his spittle: Apr. 6. die ♀. h. 12. 30. 1599. cannot sleepe. as if his {sic} hed an impostume {bin} a bladder broake. meticulosꝯ. cold behind his hed.

RN Robart Kent of Walton 2 yeres old. on friday afore Christmas. about 11. 30. mi. consumed to nothing had a bunch vppon his thiges {sic} broken out & pined any face the best t of him. Ap. 9. die ☾. h. 10. 25|30|. mi 1599. cannot stande. nor goe very well. it doth cough. Katherine Parkins gave thē hard wordes.

RN Agnes Vnderwood payned w^th a heaving in her body can scarce take her winde hath an ache in her hips & legs. & loynes. 60 yrs old. a kinde of yellowish water. Apr. 23 die ☾ h. 3. 30. mi p m. 1599

RN Rich. Ellys of Hansl. 46: t Apr 24 die ♂ h. 8. 15. ant m. 1599. troubled w^th cordis calore stomachi ardore. ariditate Linguæ et a stomacho ascendit ad caput illud male afficit affligit

RN Thomas Impy of Marst{illeg}|on|e Morten 43 for a lame hand swelled y^t he can lift it vp to his hed. 24 of Apr. {di}e ♂ h. 11. 15. ant m. 1599. {taken} w^th a surfet of wet & cold. y^t fell into his armes.

RN George Illing of Newport had a great fall frō a howse his huckbone out of ioynt not able to goe a great paine about his harte. Apr. 25 die ☿ h. 10. 30. m ant m. 1599. his meateth {sic} cometh vp. his hart greeped.

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 Goody Ashburnoure very sorely pained in her head light headed & swelled in her face very red. can take no sleepe nor rest. sent to me. may 4. die ♀. h. 5. 48. mi ant m 1599 hath not had her couses {sic} this two yeres. bledeth nowe & then at the nose.