Casebooks

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 An Samon of Betchington Mill. 43. sick ever sinc tuesday was sennet. sent by her husband this 19 of Aprill die ♃. h. 8. 12. mi ant m: 1599. cōplayneth of her stomack thenc goeth into her teethe. & so into her hed. her youngest Child. halfe a ye{re} old.

RN M^res Potter of willing sent for her husb. w^th out his consent at 10. 10. ant m 1599 1600 cannot sleepe his water betwixt yellow & red thick leeke puddle. his stomack hot & his tounge scab & broken out & his head cannot move but as he is turned.

RN M^res Spicer of lechāsted 27 of febr. 27 ♂ h. 1. 40 pm 1610.

for a bone in her throate

S^r Anthony Greneway of lechāstede febr 27 ♂ h. 1. 40 p m 1610 intreated me by a kind letter to come over vnto her but I excused myselfe & went not.

RN Iiddian Whelewes in Northāpton borne martch 11. but sent to me the 2 tyme march 22. ♃ h. 1. p m 162i

swoundeth not but cryeth vehemently       the palate of y^e mouth fallen

RN Goody A{i}g

Agnes Cowly was Delivered vppon weddensday morning {sic} of a little boy tuesday night. Sept 12 of Sept. of a boy who is tounge tyed. shee sent her sister to me to knowe where the signe is y^t her boyes this 14 of Sept. die ♃ b at h. 2. p 12. m. f|p|ost m fortassis vt linguā nervū abscinderet. 1598 hic puer natus nocte 10. 30. m. natus Setemb. {sic} 12. die ♂ h. 10. 30. ¹

RN An vtile erat linguam eius abscindere. 14 Sept die ♃. h. 2. 12. m. 159{8}

RN \my Lady/ Mres {sic} Digbye for her |chāber| meaden |Mary Travell| 24 y August 25 ♃ hor 11. ant m. 1603.

sore & lame afore shee hath her sicknes in her bones & hed the mumpes also.

Lady very fearfull & caused her mayd to send her wat^r

RN Mres Mary Dorle of lillingstone Dorle 18 y Ian. 14. ☿ h. 12 11. 30 ant m. 1607 in p^rsenc her selfe.

her fath^r sent her to have an Issue made in her necke.

RN Water Cheese of Stony stratford borne the last night being ☉ about betwixt 5 & six 20 weekes sinc. her disease & first fit tooke it feb 21 ♃ h 4. p m 1611. it did shake w^th the hands & wryteth {sic} y^e mouth & hed & clutcheth the hands & grypeth. & falleth. the first daye 2 fits. yesterday & this day may {sic} fits.

water good.

{sen}|{wro}|te to me febr. 25 ☾ h. 4. 15. p m 1611.

RN I was sent for by the Countes of Rutland to come to Stonystratford for her sonne my lord Rosse had a fit of chāping w^th his mouth & lips cha{r}ged but it bled but a while octob 25. ☿ h. 4 40 p m 16i5

RN mres Godwyn of Cardington 38 y {D}|A|pr 6 h {sic} hor. 12. 30 p m. 1622

\she was at london & tooke nothing/ her husb. sent a lett^r to sig y^t his wife tooke the f{ur}e of a Doct^r Bōhā. & is in a manr {sic} poys in her gūs & wors then before

RN Mres Marye Wentwort of Tyddington 9 y 16 of feb last h. 10 ant m but her the \young/ gentlewomā sent her water Aug 29. ♀ h. 9. 30 ant m 1623.

sinc Christmas last was troubled w^th a strong rheume y^t falleth into her eyes.

RN my lord Mordants litle child ten weekes on satt last it was borne the 19 of marh {sic} last betweene 10 & 11 in y^e morning. it was healthfull vntill weddensday last. may 25. h. 4. 30 ant m it was taken w^th a stretching out of the arms a galling of the eys & skryking & trēbling of all tes vppon may 26. it had 3 fits 2 in y^e morning. & on at noone. & hath an arising in y^e throte w^ch is seene & felt. & by holding downe by hand hath some ease & it riseth moore. the left syde of the throate. sent to me Iune 2. ♃ h. 8 ant m. 1625.

RN S^r Th Williams sent me a letter for his daughters coming march. 19. ☾ h. 1 p m. 1632. \is {come} to towne/ /head & stomack\

S^r. Gervase Clyfton of Clyfton Basset in Notinghamshire. 50. y. Febr. 16. ♄. h. 8. p. mer. 1633

S^r George Peckham & M^rs Throckmorton writte Letters in his Behalfe.

much pained in his head is of a sanguine Complexn

RN D lapworth wrote vnto me frō Oxford & sent for my tincture of Corall & pearle & there dosis|s|ses for on y^t bleedeth at the nose extremely. march 24 ♂. h. 6/ 5. 50 ant m 1612.

RN {I}ohn Evans of the Mynrys in London Iue {sic} 19 ♃ h. 6 p m. 1628

writeth for a gent mā

first vnfoldeth his owne greefe how he is wrōged & cosened of all y^t he hath & therby he his wife & childrē broght to great want & misery craveth my Counsell & instruction

Also writeth in the behalfe of a gentlemā y^t having taken an extreme cold & p^rsently an exceeding greefe for the Death of his wife & {th}erby cast Downe into sicknes & mutch melancholy of a sanguyne cōplexion his sicknes & melancholy is mutch abated & now his voice is almost Lost y^t he s cānot {sic} \on cānot/ spea heare on \him/ that speaketh {sic} \to speake/ a yard of

cōplayneth of something about the pit of his throate his voice is only low & weake but not troubled w^th any fault in noncing but cleere inough every where no physick but cōplayneth of the coldnes of his stomack & head & sone {sic} stoppage about the begying of his nose cold flegme & cold head & defect in hearing hath 2 great manyscripts of physick y^t he is Desyrous I should vse craveth vnder god my consayle for the frind his gentleman

RN M^r Henry Hanson sent vnto me Apr. 6. ☾ h. 1|3|. 12. 1607 to signify that his wife cā have no remedy for her tooth ach & that her pils wrought extremely as if shee should dye w^th them.

RN {Io}seph Marson sent Aug 18 ♀ h. 3. p m. 1615¹