Casebooks

RN Mres Sara Byrd of Maldon 25 y. March. 15 ☾ h. 10. 30 ant m 1619 maryed a fortnight after mydsomer last. maryed to an old mā of 60 y she thought she was conceaved & went away w^thout shift

hath them often. & now hath thē 4 days but not mutch. apt to swound & is in case as on breding

RN Isbell Butterfeld of Saveford. 33: her yongest 2 yeres old. for a payne in the pit of her belly & backe but most in her belly came her selfe. May 9. die ☿. h. 12. 1599. faynt & feeble. ever sinc our lady Day knoweth not wheath^r w^th Child or noe.

RN a young womā of Broughton about 23 y Ap 2 ☉ h 6 3{0} ant m 1620 /Elis Gaskyn Ione Gascoyne\ very feeble & wea{ke} cānot be brought a bed her child thought to be d{ead} /not maryed\

RN Elis Nealer of Hurtgdon {sic} sheere of Wootton 18 y octob. 9. ☾ h. 12. 1620 /of Afforddarcye\

quærit vtū {sic} gravida qꝛ cessar 15 weekes. very weake stomack but weake.

RN Mary Smyth of Stawton 20 myles 30 y Ap 27. ♂ h. 10. 15 ant m 1619 her head shaketh a fortnight or 3 \shaking/ palsy. mother backe thighꝭ as if they should be torne but her head exceding cold.

head cold

vryne very good. a very good stomacke yet very faynt. mutch troubled w^th wynd 2 y. sinc had a boy. hath thought her selfe twice to be w^th child w^thin this twelfemonthe. nescit an sit gravida

RN Agnys Chivoll of Milton 28 y novemb 29. ☿ 11. ant m 16i5 6 y mayed {sic} ve\r/y shortwyded {m} {sic} quærit an sit gravida /very shortwyded & faynt & ill coloured\

RN An freemā of woodstock. 35 y Aug 5. ☉ h 8 ant m. 1632 vtrū gravida vertig patit^r /now very well & so is by fits\ /the womā p^rsent\

TG johne Q\u/arry of Laiton {illeg} Febr. 12 ☿ h. 2. 3{illeg} \3/ {p M 1634} {illeg}|H|ath beene sicke {illeg} taketh her by f{its} {illeg} complaineth m{illeg} quærit utru{m} {sit grauida} is very we{ake}

RN Mes Hull of Moulsoe 19. y. may 21 ♂ h. 1. 30 \2/ p m 1622. very weake ill this quarter of a yere. /mayed {sic} 2 y. no child\ |quærit an sit gravida had thē not sinc milklemas but onc|

RN M^r Powell came to me him selfe magnā debilitatem renū et impotētiā quādā v^l {saltē} mag de{fecttū sentiens} quæ{remꝯ} vtrū p^rstet ei matrim contrahere cū quadā Iulij 12 h 9. ant m 1623

M^r Powell of London M^r Cookes frind Iuly 12 h {sic} hor 9 ant m 1623.

RN Mres Throughton of Hanslop. i|o|f Totnell end 26 y. sent vnto me for her ague febr. 17 ♃ hor. 2. 10 p m 1603. et quærit vtrū sit gravida shee swounded about 5|6| of y^e clocke afternoone.

supposeth her selfe gone 2 weekes very faynt & weake & thincketh shee shall Dye. very godly & religious

RN Ellen Routh of Dunstable 47 y Sept 8 h {sic} hor 11 ant m 1632.

a gydines in her head¹

quærit vtrū gravida or where she may be let blood

RN Mres Mary Troughton of hanslop. 28|3| y maried of Totnell end febr 17. ♃ hor 2. 10 p m 1603. quærit vtrū sit gravida.

had an ague & vseth mutch to swound in all her sicknes as all the sisters doe

RN Mres Elis: Clarke of {illeg}|Y|e {illeg}|r||l|{illeg}|v|erton 26 y Ian 4. ♂ h. 3. p m. 1619 1620. is blynd supposeth her selfe to be quick w^th child |vryne good but full of slymy dregs| a shooting of & rūning vp & downe of certen humours & it maketh her to swound sinc. S^t Steaph. days twice /a day sinc swoundeth\ gone in a swound

RN my Cosen Reeve before Warren 36 y Ian. 16 ♃ h. 7. 20 p m 1623

vtrū gravida of 26 weeks ipsa vix credit vryne thick red & aguish. feeleth a kind of moving but not sutch as heretofore lanke weake sick & very ill h. 7. 20 p m 1623

RN Mary wren of Hanslop payned in her h belly & backe. feareth lest shee be w^th Childe. hath not had her termes not sinc the last Childe very faynte & feeble. maij 2. die {illeg}|☿| h. 2. 45. mi. p m. 1599.

GJ Dorothy Piggott of Lenborough 22 y. almost a yeere maried Faynt and weake a payne in her backe and rising in her stomack

quærit vtꝝ sit gravida

RN Margery Hickford his wife 43 y. Iuly 16 h {sic} hor 7. 25 ant m 1608 hed a swying in her hed back ill/

margery Hickford of fæny stratford. 43 y Iu{ly} 16. h {sic}. hor 7. 28 ant m 1608. |quærit an si{t} gravida|

RN M^res Iane Rolte 25 y old. for a gyddines in her head a payne in her stomacke ceding frō sorrowe & greefe. her husb. a counseller. 7 child: may i9 die ☾ h. 8. 45. ant m. 1600 /vtrū sit gravida\