Casebooks

RN Iohn Dwelling at Bisseter a widows child a yere old & 2 weeks. sick halfe a yere & more & is very pore & mutch wasted away sent to me for y^t child Aug 17 {sic}. ☾ h. 5. p m. 1628

RN Agnys Evens: of this towne 2 y & a halfe a fortnight after the thursday fortnight a{fter} {sic} after whitsonday. Iuly 30 ♀. h. 10. 25. ant m 1619¹

RN Agnys Evens of {sic} the pedlers child nata 30 {sic} maij 30 ♃ h. 11. p m 1617¹

RN a womā of Newp brought a child of 4 weekes old Decēb 29 ♀ h. 12. 1626. sup on goody Bechā Did harme it

the child wasteth & cōsumeth & so did another of her child y^t dyed before

RN my lords child a yeer & a halfe Apr 28 ♂ h. 9. p m 1629 a great loosenes

Margaret Sandford the mother of y^e child had oyle of mace the loosenes still continueth wasteth & pyneth & craveth my Consayle agayne

RN Sara Henly of Bedford 6 \5. y./ y {sic} Aug 14 ♀ h. 8. 38 {sic} \40/. ant m 1618

It hath a great cough ever since mydsomer. & hath {reered} ever since. /wasted & pyned\ /no stōack cā take nothing but water only. for her drinke.\

RN Elis Walker of Densanger a yere old no vse of Lims cānot standed {sic} wasted may 9 ☾ h. 1. 20 p m 163i

RN M^r Henry yelverton 3 y. & a halfe cānot stand nor goe & gulpheth downe flegme more then heretofore & wasteth mutch w^th the flux of a cōtinuall rheume Ap. 28 ☾ h. 8. 20 ant m. 1628 |will skreame mutch:|

RN M^r Robert Iackmā of wing a yere {sic} the a yere sinc the 4 of Iune last 1631 being satt h 9. 30 ant m but it was brought to me Aug 18 h {sic} hor. 2. 25. p m. 1632

a drye cough that he cānot sleepe a big belly wasted in the flesh |was very fat & is nutch {sic} pynd by a nource y^t was w^th child| child was p^rsent /A Consūption feard\¹

RN Bartholomew Tomson \Ill halfe a yere/ of newp 9. y. almost ten taken a weeke sinc {sic} \thursdy night/ taken a thursday night next a month was brought to me Iuly. 1. ☾ h. 4. 30 p m 1633.

had a bruise by thrusting him A|ag|aynst a Deske & bled at the nose mutch & sinc hath bene pyned & wasted in his flesh

looketh very pale /the child was brought to me in a Cradle. worst at night\

RN Agnys Kent of Moulsoe almost 5 quarters borne on Palme sonday last was twelfmonth about some {sic} rising sent to me May 14. ☿. h. 5. p m. 1628.

It is pyned & cōsumed belly hard & voydeth wormes living 6. wasteth in the body. was nurced by goody Keburne. goody Keburne came into another nurces house & would needes suckle it, wheath^r the nurce would or no & sinc mutch amys & it swounded twice to day belly very hard flesh quite wasted was not well tended by goody Keburne face swelled buttocke black & blewe. cānot stand vppon the lyms the child p^rsent w^th goody Alton of Moulsoe it did batle well vnder this nurce vntill goody Keburne her former nurce would suckle it force tooke some surfet.