Casebooks

RN Iohn Weatherhed of Olny for a Child of 3 yeres old. it cannot stand nor goe s{e}|i|nc this twelmoneth taken in his lims. cannot abide to stand but then Cryeth loveth to sit eateth his meate well. pater  filio. Martij 10. die ♄. ♄ {sic}. 1. 1599. It was borne 1597. Martij 25 die ♀ at 1. 30. p m 1597.

RN Ione Huish of Pot Cleydon 40. y. very Lame. for this quart^r of an yeare y^t shee camot {sic} styre about. Sept 9 die ☉ h. 5. 45. p m 1599

RN a father came for his Daught^r y^t hath a ded palsy 21 Ap. die ♄ 12. 35 p m. 1599

RN Robart Linford of I {sic} S^t Iones in Bedford. v^rbi divini p^rco. 60 yeres quā invalidus. p{u}la paralisi mortua laborat. septemb 28. die ♀. h. 12. 15 p {sic}. 1599.

Chambers son of St Maries in bedford

RN Elisabeth Turuy of husb. Crawly borne the 27 of may h. die ♄ hor. 2 in the morninge. 1598. Cannot goe nor stande is leek a thing frighted & skriked. n{illeg}|do|th not fall nor swond pineth & consumeth

RN Mres Vines took her sicknes at Piddington 30 of maye die ♂ h. betwixt 9. & 10 walking at night in her orcharde. & it tooke away her speache & brought a palsy in her side & armes. shee had no vse of her lims. 1598. die ♂ h. 9. 30 mi. p m maij 30. 1598.¹

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 Iudith B{unn}e fatherles & mothrles 12 yeres. lame ever since this fortnight. frō the knees Downewarde. Apr. 24 die ♂ h. 8. 53. ant m 1599. a good water full full {sic} of scals & motes.

RN Will. Chester 4 yeres old a very hath not the vse of his lims. / Ap. 26 die ♃ h. 2. 30. m p m. 1599. a sober gentle Child.

RN Ione Coxs. of Nash. of 70 yeres old. sick this fortnigh {sic} greeved in her hips as a bloode & cannot rest had a shaking & greeveth mutch w^th it. a widow woman nev^r had Child.

RN M^res Mary Ber Burye of Cranfeild cane {sic} p sona may the 14 die ☾ h. 3. 15. p m. 1599. |of 52. y.| she was wont to fall downe as if shee had a dead palsye.

RN Agnis Brouten of Wellingborowe. 23. y. amisse {illeg}|t|his 5 yeres. chest & thenc ariseth to her head & maketh her hands & head & as it were dead y^t shee hath no vse & feeling & knoweth nothing. Octob. 4 die ♃ h. 2. 15. p {sic}. 1599. ariseth w^th a water on her stomacke /

RN Williā Disny of Simpson 60 y. for a palsy in his left hand. Octob. 15 die ☾ h. 3. 30. p m. 1599

RN Williā Hedge of Lechamsteede Ian. die ♂ h. 10. 45 ant m. 52 y. 1600 Lame in on of his legs.

RN Alce Kent. 25 Ap. die ☿ h. 1. p m. 1599.

Alce Kent of Walton. 2i. miklemas. sick at her hart w^th a quaking & a trembling. & hath taken greefe w^th a Child of hers y^t was burnd in the face & cannot be healed. b{ut} pineth & cōsumeth Apr. 25 die ☿ h. 12. 55. 1599.

RN Zachary Ketch of lathbury 10 yeres old sickned the 10 of novemb. die ♀ about noune came for my counsell. 23 of Novemb. die ♃ h. 12. 30|5|. 1598. he can hardly speak or stande.

RN Alce Masun{n} of Woulverton 14 yeres old. took her vppō wendesay {sic} the 2i of febr: betwixt 2. & 1: shee nothinge but shaketh & soundeth as they think w^th an impostume. die ☿. 21. of feb. 1599. came her moth^r moved her quest. the 24 of feb die ♄. p m. 6. 38. 1599

RN Mary Travell of Gothurste 20 yeres old not very sick but worse then she was maried 2 or 3 yeres since troubled at the hart y^t shee cannot goe no children sent this 28 of feb die ☿. h. 9. 15|6|. mi. 1599.

RN Iohn Ione Burten of Olney for her diseased chest 44. yeres. lame in her back. fallen downe into her legs. a great hoven in her belly body back w^th cold & a trembling ach in her back.

RN M^r Will: Co{l|e|}lles Colles of Parke berrye of 58 troubled sick this i6 yeres & hath had the Counsell of the most exte phisitions troubled w^th a windy cause as he sayth cōming from his backe by a great heate & obstruction from my liver. also w^th a bad stomacke elevating winde into my hed. w^ch causeth gydines or streming in my head w^ch cometh as he thinketh by the ascending vp of bad & melancholy humours & w^th a shaking in my left hand mightely as it were the palsye but always very hotte. nowe of late w^th the brevity of wind in my stomacke & chest & lately w^th a mūmnes {sic} & tinckling in my hands. lips & sydes & face. this 15 of may. die ♂ h. 4. 45. p m. 1599.