Casebooks

RN Goody Keburne is speachles or cānot speake well & vtter her words plainly Sept 1 ☾ h. 6. 20 ant m 1628 /of Moulsoe\

RN Margeret Brace of Carington about 30 yeres old. Octob 6 die ♀ h 1|9|. \9/. 38. sick for this 3 weekes. 1598. speachles & almost Dead. about a fortnight a goe. & did bleed wonderfully

this woman sente vnto me by the vicar of Crowly but I would give her nothing vntill I had spoken w^th some y^t knew the state of the woman the vicar sent Iohn ball. the woman mended p^rsently vppon it.

RN Agnys Hop{illeg}|k|yns 33 of Sylson marid 6 child. Ian 16. ☾ hor 6 \30/ p m 1604. thursday night delivered of a child still borne. not knowing y^t shee was w^th child. speachles. voydeth mutch blood Downeward. swoundeth mutch.

RN Thomas Hall \56 y./ was taken in his speach & right syde 2 Martij ♂ h. 7. 3|2|0 ant m 1619 sodenly going about his worke

RN And Mary Robarse Robartꝭ at the same tyne {sic} her breath as sopped {sic} cānot speak an Impostume feared

RN Edward Gaynes Games of Newtowne neere Brecknocks 40 y Iuly 10 ♃ h 9. 20 ant m 1628. /vtrū recup. sermone et vsu linguæ\

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 Will Colmā sent me word that his stich was likely to kill him could not speak for it Decēb 25 ♃ h. 9 ant m 1617

is desyrous to be let blood

RN Elis Wyndmyll of Hanslop. 54 y Iune 28 ♄ 1. p m 1623. /Doth faulter in her speach\

RN Rich Brigs of Dunstable 61. Aug 6. ♀ h. 3. 20 p m 1619.

a lamenes & nūnes of his lyms speach fayleth many tymes & cānot speake & is very testy.¹

RN Sara Cox of Northhāpton. 20 y Aug. 19|8| ☉ \h {sic}/ h. 10 30 {sic} \11. 30/. p m 1610 sodenly stroken & fell in a swound. & was taken in her right syde, nor could speak ever after it. {wri}th her mouth. was very mery before {illeg}|th|is took her.

RN M^r Robert Ansloe 66 y feb 26 ☾ h. 4 30 p. m 1627 on thursday last he swonded ever sinc his right syde is dead & speaketh very badly¹

RN Robart Kinsweeke of Elstoe 54 y. taken in London taken on the right syde fyngers head & feete w^th a swelling. Apr. 25. vppon S^t Markes Day being satterday betwixt 6 & 7 in the morning. was first taken. Apr. 25. die ♄ hor 6. 30. ant m. 160i. betwixt 3 & 4 aft^r noone could not styrre & the sunday morning could not speake

he was blasted in a garden.¹

RN At this tyme was taken in his bed strangly & cānot speak offreth to cast voydeth mutch waterish & reddish water. |did bleed at nose|

RN a rising vp ready to choake her voydeth vp flegme & blood & swoundeth often sinc last night about nine & cānot speake feb 2. ☿ h. 9 p m 163i |body swelled| /speachles\ /An Impost feared\ |neav^r had child|

RN Margery Clark a midwife of Stony stratford sick at hart y^t shee cannot speake can scarce travell her thighes & legs doe swell. 51. a thick white puddle wat^r. March. 19. die ☾ h. 4. 20. m. p. m. 1599.

RN Mary Carecke fell sicke about maij 2. die ♄ hor. 10. p m. 1601. speach taken away suddenly.¹

RN Marke Gray of litle Brickle 16 y Iuly 16 ♀ h. 7. 15 p m 1619 /he is so sick y^t he canot speake\

RN Will Wakefild \serv mayd/ of Preston. 14 y march 12 ♀. h. 3. p m. 1624 /sickned a thursd last was sennet speach lost\

GJ Mary Gilbert of Broughton 23 y maried 3 y. never had Children May 9. ☾ ho 8 a m. 1603

She lay speechles 24 houres |last week| very weake keepes her bed a thicke high coloured water Her belly swelled thinkes her self to be w^th Child