Casebooks

RN Henry fish^r of Eastcot a serving mā to my lord Harrington 40 y febr 28 ♃ hor. 9. ant m 1605. crased in braine put out of service by his Mres for the love of a mayd.¹

he sent only to knowe when he should fynd me at home y^t he might come over vnto me./

RN Iohn Risely of Rawnson sent onc againe to me for my counsell his pain lieth now in his Cods {w^c} are swollen as big as ons hed & as hard as a borde he was wont to haue them swollen very big but then lasted but 5 houres & nowe swelled ever sinc weddensday he cannot eate sleepe or goe to ground. troubled w^th the wind Cholicke a paine in his backe st{illeg}ry Desirous to take a stro{illeg} but Doubteth he ca shall be able Decēb. filius  patre cū consensu. Decēb 30. die ♄. h. 10. \9. 45./ 1598 his water cold red & thi{ck}

RN fayth Gibbes of Wicken 46. amisse in her sinewes cannot gripe any thing w^th her hands so feeble & weake sometimes in hir feete & knees all swollen & keepe there naturall colour. of a good cōplex. & light harte. sent to me this 26 of Ap. h. 9. 30. ant m. 1599. a great paine in her armes. could not cut her meate.

RN The lady \An/ Butler for her m^r Oliver Butler 9 y next march bone {sic} 28 or 29 about 12 & on in the night. of Harolde sent to me for this child Ian 3 h {sic} hor 11. 45 ant m 1623 {sic}. extree {sic} weake & feeble & cā take no physick taken w^th strang fits plucking his \right/ syde & rūneth to his back being holden harde & an extree {sic} cough almost halfe a yere. & is pyned & cā not stand nor goe Ill tong suspected

RN Iohn Phylip sick ever sinc thursday being the 30 of Decēb \novemb/ sent to me agayne the 4 of Decemb sick very greevously in his hart & body he is swelled in his body from the belly vnto his hart. he is Costive & so hath cōtinued ever sinc thursday last & is very exceeding ill & weeke. Decēber. 4. \die ☾./ h: 9. 15. ant m. 1598 his hart \is good/ & his tonge talketh cheerf but his body swelled.

RN Iohn Risely of Rawnstyn 63|7|. {sic} 67. hath bene sick on weddensday last 6 weekes sound in body but bursten this 16 weekes. he was wont to be troubled w^th a wind Cholick. nowe last of l {sic} all w^th an issue on his navell eaten in an Inche deepe but nowe growen vp againe saving that it hath a litle hole in it w^c when they went to stoppe it put him in danger of death. sent his sonne to me he kepeth his bed nowe & then payned in his back & pricking & shooting in his navell {virs} an end. bleedeth every foote & wetteth a handkerchir. Decemb. 18. die ☾. h. 8. 40: mi. 1598. goeth ill to ground

RN William Berde 54 yers old of Potters Perye. sick on weddensday last keepeth his bed vp & downe can not rest. sent to me his sonne 26 of March die ☾ h. 8. 30. mi. ant m. 1599. sick at hart & stomack ill. very hot. a great stitch & cough & reaneth mutch fleune {sic}.

RN Thomas Gardner of Dunsanger of 62 yeres old y^t pissed blood & was mended by the herbꝭ y^t I sent him in a receipte. sinc y^t time had on Waly who hath w^th his Clisters Done him litle good but is swollen in his belly w^c is growen very harde. & mutch payned in his share & can make but a litle water halfe a sponefull at a time would knowe wheath^r leekly to die or live. went not to ground sinc munday last about 12 a clocke sent to me this 18 of Apr. die ☿. h. 7. ant m 1599 burneth in his yarde.

RN Agnes Harwood of Cosgrave 50 yeres payned in her legs & body. hoven in the neither side of her belly as it were an impostume very sicke w^thall & vomiteth vp every daye what serve {sic} shee taketh. sent to me this first of may. 8|h|or 8. 30|5|. p|a|nt m. 1599.

RN Mres fayth Gybbes 50 sent to me againe the 5 of May. for a stiffnes in t & swelling & knobbes in t her wrest & inside of her wrests & hands, for a paine in her sinewes an {sic} an ache in her bones, hands & knees. altering from place to place. die ♄. h. 10. 30 m ant m. 1599.

GJ M^r Mathew Claver of Foskett. sent his water w^th a letter April. 6. ☿ ho. 10. 6 a m. 1603 Wherin he Complayneth of a trembling hastynes and fulnes of his head & sences his body full of wynde, a great noyse in his left eare many tymes troubled w^th a stitche in the small of his backe. The mouth of his stomacke doth most annoy his head for w^ch he hath taken Conserve of Anthos

RN M^r Saynt Hill of Oxford in Corpꝯ chri College. Ap 26 ♂ h 11 ant m. 1631

a Cōsūp feared voydeth mutch flegme

M^r St Hill sent a letter touching his infirmitytee. a great a {certe} cough every night making his throat sore Ap 26 ♂ h. 11. 40 ant m 163i

M^r SaintHill of Corpꝯ Chri in Oxford 30 y Ap 26 ♂ h. 11 ant m 163i

M^r Sainthill of Corpꝯ Chri in Oxford 34 y Ap 26 16 ☿ ♂ h. 11 ant m 163i

RN Mary R Vattison a widowe 60 yeres old. mittit  consilio et  morbi remedio. / Iulij 19 th die ☿. h. 9. 12. m. /short winded & puffed vp in her cheste/\

RN M^r Page of Oxford a noice in his head it made him mad & w^th mutch a doe cured now craveth my helpe & counsell & would come over Ap 13 h {sic} hor 7. 15 ant m. 1622¹

RN Iohn Whitaker of Newport c{illeg}|u|tler of 40 yeres olde fell sick & came to a misfortune the 2 of octob. die ☾ ca sent to me for my counsell this 16 of october die ☾. h. 10. ant m 1598. he keepeth his bed ever sinc except he be lifted.

RN Raynold Davyes of the glover of Stonystratford sent his boy w^th his water keepeth his bed most of all but sometimes riseth vppon the 11 of novemb^r it took him first, but was very ill handled w^th it vppon die ☉ sent his boy to me for my consell this 16 of novemb die ♃ h. 8. ant m. 1598 he thincketh he took it w^th a bruise he took w^th the caring of hides a yere since. 40 yeres old.

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.

RN M^r Tyrringhās mead of Tyrringhā 24 y Ian. 13 ☉ h. 9. ant m 1605. suffocat matricis strange fits eith^r of moth^r or apop. litharg.¹

RN Davy Deery of Bydnā 17. y. may St Davyes day in y^e morning sent to me for his lamenes y^t last miklemas was so lame y^t n in all his body & lims & could not styr. & on warner w^th whō he Dwelled. the yere before & now he had mised to dwell w^th him yet Anoth^r gote him thenc & his former m^r Warner sayd he had bene as good he had dwelt w^th him & then grew lame & would not styr in or frō his bed. came to me monday was 3 weekes or a month for y^t had a purge & then he mended more & more & now is fallen into y^e bottome of his feete this senet & ankles & is very sore. pricketh & shooteth standing nothing to be sene may 6 {illeg} {sic} ♃ h. 10 30 ant m 1619

RN M^r Powell of London sent to M^r Cooke to have some thing to thicken his seed troubled w^th the gonorrea lyeth on his bed back els cānot sleepe is to may {sic} shortly wanteth virility & erection sweateth at night. Ian. 11 h. 8. 20 ant m 1623¹