Casebooks

RN Cicely of Stony stratford 40 y. marche 17. ♂ h. 8 ant m 1612

on Thomas lie y^t dwelleth not

m^r lea sent for opiū ʒii on Thomas lye y^t dwelleth not far frō. Stony stratford hath taken in hand to heale this mad womā Cicely of Stonystratf{ord}

RN Mres Leate for her Daughter mes Harvey Aug. 8. ♃ h. 5. 30 p m 1622

desyreth to have some more pils & vomyt lozenges. & any other diretion {sic} & to be w^th me for a fortnight at ny {sic} house

RN Iane Wingate of 20 y Ap 2 {sic} ♃ h. 10 ant m 1623. of Harlington

RN S^r Th. Compton sent for a clyster Ap 11 ♀ h. 2. 30 p m 1623

apt to hit & to strike & to fight

RN The lady Dyer Apr. 10 h {sic} hor. 11. ant m 1624

brought her sonne {an} {hay}{re} w^th her, & her daugh{ter}

RN on M^r Eastworth a yorkesheermā should have broght me Mres Kays letter for the taking of physick agaynst melanch but forgot it & the token of gold in it & left it behind him in yorke sheere but will send it if he cā March 17. h {sic} hor. 8. 30 ant m. 1627 |vide March 13.|

RN M^r Hull of Magdalen college Iune 19 ♂ h. 8. ant m 1627 /he craveth my helpe\

RN Mres Chatterton sent for physick Ian 19 h {sic} hor 6. 25 p m. 1605. full of melancholy¹

RN Francis Hopkins of Fosket by Toceter 32 y octob. 15 ☾ h. 10. 40 ant m 1632

he came for a dyet Drink w^ch I mised

RN Mres \mary/ Saunders¹ of welford hard by Cole Ashbee 24 myles henc Ap 40. y. Ap 28 ☿ h. 3. 30 p m 1630

she Desyreth her old dyet drinke w^ch I sent her. and a purg gaynst melanch.²

{s} {sic} & a playster for ther splene

RN Goody Bigge of luton 26 y maryed Ian 25 ☉ h. 4 {illeg}|3|5 p m 1607.¹

she sent my Cosen Geo\r/ge for physick.

RN my S^r Henry Longevill & his lady desyreth to take some thing agaynst melancholy & heavynes of mynd. & hart march 13 ♂ h. 9. 30 ant m 162i

RN Rob: Goldsnynth {sic} decēb 31 h {sic} hor 11 ant m 1631 light headed mynd troubled M^r Marsh of Dunstable sent

had a pomāder & Did pull it of was well as long as he kept it

craveth anoth^r pomander

SRN Iohn Perkins of Aven Dorset 42. Ian. 27. ☾

troubled with mellancholly in his head. cannot sleep.

vryne good. desires somet{hing} to do him good.

RN The Lady Hāmer at the same tyme ill in her brayne

The Lady Hānner light headed & mutch Distressed w^th ill thoughts. Ian 20 ☿ h. 11 ant m 1630

Desyreth something to quiet her brayne

RN a young mā \30 y/ that M^r March of Dunstable sent for tempted in mynd march. 14 {♀} h. 11. ant m 1628 /of Dunstable\

RN Mres leate of london not well in her mynd march Apr. 2. ♀ h. 1. 40 p m. 1613. /Daug Mres Harvey for her mother cū cōsensu matris.\

sent me a litle barle of sucket pynth languisheth desyreth me to write to her mother some cōfortable letter. & to give her some physick if I shall like therof.

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

RN Mres Podder \the younger/ of Potters Perry 30|3| y Ap 30 ♃ h 11. 30 p m {sic} 1618.

hath not had the right course of her body these 3 yers.

feareth a cōsumption |& what is good to kepe her frō it|

vyyn {sic} very good.

would have a purge for her selfe & her husb. who feareth his father disease careth not for meate is Iealous of his wife being very honest & chast. & is sometyes {sic} lunatick & mad 4 y. & a halfe every 3 or 4 days.

he thincketh y^t he is bewitched w^th on a womā y^t gave his mother physick./

& M^r Pedders w{at^r} Ap 30 ♃ h.

RN M^r Always gentlewomā troubled w^th tēptations very desyrous of a purge Octob 13. an old gentlewomā.