Casebooks

RN Goody Reede of Broughton 63. yeres old sick very extreme sick on satterday last leekely to have dien being the 7. of octob. & then recovered again & fell sick agayne vppon tuesday after. being the 10 of Octob. sent to me vppon thursday being the 12 of octob. it taketh all above the gyrdell first in the shoulders to the brest & so to the hart her sydes wher it so lyeth as that on may tak out thenc as shee thinketh 1598. h die ♃ h. 8. 30. mi. 1598.

Goody Reade

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.

RN Goody foster sent to me Ian. 3. die ☿. 10. 3|1|5. \30./ mi. ant m. troubled at her hart & chest her water full of black scales & blacke humoures.

RN Margery Hopkins 34 sent her water at the 29 of March. ♃ h 6. ant m. 1599 stoma{ck} & backe./

RN Mres Susana lyster \of Chesten street /a myle beyond Tybbols\/ 55 y Aug 1623 or thereabout mutch payned div^rse tymes in her head back & sydes but most of all in her bellye often tyms moved to goe to stoole suddenly y^t she can not keepe it but is forced to let it goe sent to me A feb. 19 ♃ h. 10 ant m 1624

RN M^r {sic} Charels Tutcher Charles at Stonystratford at the swan of 2 neckes. 45. sick this fortnight. sonewhat {sic} Costive shee doth bleede & is very mutch stuffed in her chest can scarce tak her winde. ready to sound a grosse & fat woman. sent a poer woman. Ian. 3. die ☿. h. 12. 9. mi. 1599. \at 1. p m /|twice & thrice a day bleedeth at y^e nose. half a pint at a time \every oth^r daye/|

Charels Touchers wife hath not had her termes this 6 yeres her stomack hoven & her hed ill & backe her wombe & chest stuffed short winded. hart ill water good. yellowe but thin. taken a greefe for payment of monyes for her husb. brother for s{ur}tiship. 200^li

RN my Cosen Marsh Did {sic} sent me fruit agaynst Christmas Decēb 12 h {sic} hor 10 30 ant m 1629

Is very well

hath bene very well in her head all this sōmer & now in this cold raw weath^r a litle payned in her face w^th a red stroke in her forhead & in her nose.

RN Agnys Rolte of bony. t {sic} 73. Iune 17. die ♂ h. 12. 1600 head & stomacke eodē tempore \{ringing}/ Iane Rolts Dau servant brought me his M^res wat^r qui quærit^r an sit gravida /

RN Goody Dormer \before goody Swapson/ of Hav^rshā the mydwife 50. y: f was stroken w^th a Cowe & had her thigh bone broken in two 28 feb. ♃ h. 7. 30 ant m. 1628.

She sent to me mart. 1: h {sic} hor. 9. 25 ant m 1628.

RN Mres Androwes of Broug{h}ton sent to me the 20 of feb. die ♂ h. 10. 30. ant 1599 payned in her hed all to the nose. litle courses or none. swelleth in her bodye

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 Ione Norman of 15 yeres old sick this weeke. keepeth her bed & nowe is vp. sent her water w^ch is very yellowe. & thicke cōplayneth most of her left brest & harte. may the 7. die ☾. h. 8. 30 ant m. 1599.

RN Alce fisher of Hanslop. about 80. sicke to morow wilbe sennet. nowe kepeth her bed. sent to me this for her hed & left syde may this Maij 11: die ♀. h. 11: 8 mi ant m. 1599

RN Ione Vtton of fennystratton of 53. sent her water this 23 of may. die ☿ h. 9. 10. ant m. 1599.

Iohn Vtton her husb: for a payne in his backe stomack. feareth an impost.

RN at this time Mary Pen of Straford sent me her water. w^ch was full of motes & scales & had gravell in the bottome. her former phisick I gave her wrought vpward. hath a great gydines at in her heade hart feeble bellye.

RN Mres Dorothy Mannering M^r Edmunds Daughter maried to the vicar of Winsloe. payned overthwarte her backe & left syde w^th a brushe fall ever sinc miklemas sent to me. feb. 1. die ♀ ♄ {sic}. 10. 42|50| ant m. 1600. maried halfe a yere.

RN At the same tyme Goody Markum of our towne sente to mee for physick for her hed & lyms

RN Isbell Bartrom of Stadgdon 23 y De a meaden Decēb. 28 ☿ hor. 12. 1603. hart back

RN Goody Malins sent vnto me for her child to come to see it & to pray for it for shee doubted it would dye Aug 4. ♂ hor. 7. 15. ant m 160i was full of the pockes in throate mouth & eyes¹

RN Mres francis Digbye S^r Evarets sister nata the tuesday before the 30 of novēb^r. before 7 in y^e morning /1588.\ send for my Directions may 1. hhor {sic} 4. 40 p m 1619. /vnmayed {sic}\ |30 y|

mutch troubled w^th melanch pass apt to weep w^thout any iust case.

nata Octob 29 ♂ h. 7. ant m 1588. a great heavynes in y^e stomacke & a beating & trembling at the hart. w^th a |continuall| payne at her hart at y^t tyme of all on her left syde