Casebooks

RN M^r \Edward/ Plūmer of Holcot 50 y. 40 y feb 12 h {sic} hor 3. \20/ p m 1620

about cristmas face & hands mutch swelled as big as two stomack weake cā scarc keepe any thing. I {se}aled blood onc sinc y^t mutch payned in his head & mēbers at the end of making water it prickes & throbs w^th extreme payne

feareth an vlcer for it is as matter y^t cōmeth frō him & maketh it often. 4 tymes in an houre it hindereth slepe.

RN Mary Clarke of newp vtū {sic} the kings evill hath litle kernels vnder her chin & hath a reddish rūing issue vnder the chin 2 months felt payne in her hed eyes & every where |a yere| about & feble in her legs yet hath thē well Iune 24 ♂ h 6 p m 1628.

RN Ioane Leavins of Imly 22 y a wench Decēb 23. ☿ h. 5 \4. 40/. p. m 1629¹

her secreat places burne exceedingly & swell w^th sutch payne y^t she cā hardly make water & yet maketh very litle

hath a Droutch y^t nothing well quench her thirst

hath a hot & a dry liver & a cold stomack

craveth a cooling playster for her liver hath 2 dig

wheath^r she shall vse her cels of pouder every day or oth^r day cānot make water/

RW Henry Sheepheard. of Sympson. y. 60. d. ☾ h. 11. 30 ant: m: Feb. 28. 1620. hath beene sicke ever since Christmas. is swelled in his body: & his belly hard: legs swelled & hath a little issue in each of them: hath kept his bed these two dayes. Eateth his meate prettily well: is rather loose then costive

RN Suddenly taken in his \right/ arme the vse taken away payned in the throate swelled w^th a cough & taken w^th strong & strang fits & is very hot in his fits w^ch continue above halfe a day feb. 17 ☉ h. 12. p m. 1628

RN The faukners wife to S^r Rob          of Parsnā Sept 15 h {sic} hor. 1. p m 1627 wheather festured sore & sw in her left arme broken & rūning & swellings about her face & neck all soft taken by hard labour of a child he {sic} wheath^r it be the kings evill as is supposed or a fistula

RN Goodmā: Cardwell. of this towne march. 11 ☾ h. 6 30 ant m 1622 ¹ /long troubled in his hed mopish & foolish & very vnruly & overthwart\²

RW M^ris Godwine of Cardington. y. 39. d. ♂ h: 9. 40 ant: m: Feb: 29. 1620. hath had a cold 3 weekꝭ: & a great cough: w^ch settled to her right |left| side: but is removed frō thence: Cryeth out of her heart: & sayth it swimmeth in water: is much plexed & troubled. cannot sleepe nor take rest for 4 nights now togither. her stomacke is so ill that she can not take anie thinge but posset ale & broths.

RN Constanc Markes of North Crowly. 22 y febr. 24. h {sic} hor. 9. 30 ant m 162i

hath thē not well normally heretofore but not sinc Whitsondtyde had thē. pyneth cōsumeth cougheth a gydynes a long sore scouring |back ill|

RN Katherine Grene /25\ first taken w^th \it tooke/ an arising frō her stomack ready to stop her wynd Martij 7. ☿ h. 11. p m 162i |is so sick y^t she cā take no rest.|

It tooke her in her hart & left sy right & short ribs pricking like needles. |suckleth a child halfe a yere old|

RN M^r Iohn Faldoe of Goldington 30 y Ap 18 ☿ h. 11 ant m 162i

1 for his cōsupt {sic} feared stitches on his left syde. 2 his cough. 3 cold sweatꝭ. 4 his costivenes.

RW Iames West of Banbury {y}. 45. d. ♂ h: 6. ant: merid: {S}ept: 25. 1621. extreamely {to}rtured in his backe, belly & {sid}es with paine. his stomacke {ve}rie hot & windie

RN Shonet Wardley of Odyll. 50 y march. 19 ♂ h 2 p m 1622. feeleth a prickling in sundry tꝭ of her body suddenly & by fits every day. & is mutch payned in her brow mouth & a noyce in her eares/. they sper not in there body. catle.

RN Iohn Bolton of Byssetour 33 y Ap. 2. ♂ h. 11 ant m 1622 troubled in mynd w^th ill thoughtꝭ. & is very light headed & cānot sleepe a yere. had pils & was let blood last yere. the Divell Doth rū in his mynd./ |goody plowright susp.|

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

RN Mres fowler of Hardmead 46 y novēb. 13 h {sic} hor. 11. 15 ant m 1624 mynd troubled

craveth o^r prayers

RN Mres Anderson her letter London may 6 ♀ h. 11 25 1625

wheath^r leaches are good for her {illeg}|b|y tyes & what good to vse for the extrme {sic} heat in her hands & coldnes of her feete 3 what to quench her great drouth & thirste. 4 to make her sleepe

Is cōtinually Drye would know my iudg touching her fortune

RN old \yonge/ Mres \Iane/ B{illeg}|er|ry {sic} \Berry/ of of Cranfild {sic} \of Raunson/ m 22 y vnmayed {sic}. May 30 ♂ h. 9 ant m 1620 had a fall a yere sinc frō a horse ill by fits. head & lims & somewhat lame.

RN Iohn Allen of lowton. 27 y mayed {sic} Iune 9 ♀ h. 8|9| ant m 1620 hands swelled arnes {sic} & should payed {sic}

RN M^r Stowe \the Surgion/ for an Inv{ete}rate headach & mela{nch} pyneth & a great rhe{ume} May 25. ♀ h. 2. p m 162i