Casebooks

RN Clement Nash servant to Iohn Connyngham 22 yeres old tooke her first on tuesday night qu about 8 a clock at night a crick {sic} \ache/ in her baccke \& lims./ y^t maketh her stoope & goe Double. troubled w^th a great heate of her stomack y^t it maketh her lips to break out he {sic} first water made in y^e morning red. the next water of a reasonable good colour. the wench of a ruddy face well colourd & fat. quait {sic} remediū Decēb. 4. die ☾. h. 12. 15. mi. 1598. of Newport

RN Sara musgrove \of/ Bletsoe 20 y maryed 2 y. march. 29. ♀ h. 12 20 p m. 1605. troubled w^th fancyes very fearfull in her mynd to loose her wits troubled in her sleepe cānot rest metuit veneficiū full of melanch cholicke

RN Goodman \Edward/ Banes of Newport 52. for a payne & ache in his knees & to his back & so to his head & the flesh about the knees is cōsumed. hot ther{s}about but cold in his feete & & benūmed about his thighes & hath scarc any feele in them. not able to goe. lyeth about the sinewes veines & hām strings & not in the flesh. the 20 of March. die ♃ h. 12. 20/ 1600

RN Margaret Billington who dwelt w^th Thomas Billington of Bletchly first cosens nowe Dwelleth w^t M^r Vuedale came awaye for a payne of her hed ache back neck & newe at her hart ever since harvest never a daye well Novemb. the 12 die ☉ h. 12. 20. mi 1598 20 yeres old in p^rsenc her selfe.

RN Elisabeth Tomkine of Shippen 24. maried. her Child almost 3 quarters old. a great rising in her Chest: begining at {sic} th beneath the wast ready to stop her winde lyeth in the hollowe of the throate & cometh vp very hoate

RN Alce Dobs of great Billinge 40 y. Iuly 15. ♀. h. 12. 25. p m 1608 /in p^rsenc\¹

RN Thomas Arnoll of Amptill 28. y. sept febr: 22. h {sic} hor 12 15 p. m. 1617. a batch. a burning feaver Chest ill. spitteth blood. sometymes cānot sleepe

RN a Chambermayd {sic} \wayting gentlewomā./ of my lady Dormers sick a senet w^th a double tertiā. at seaven in y^e morning & the next day at 12: cold an hour & child & afterward long hot y^t she hath litle intermission 22 y mar Apr faynteth & swondeth this day voyded choler cānot abyde to be styred. Ap 1. ♂ h. 12. 20 p m 1617 |M^r Nichols|

RN Ellen Goodyn. of woburne \or/ at flitton 17. Iune 10 ☿ h. 12. 20 p m. 1618

RN Mary Hooten of Lathburye 29 y Decēb 27. ☿ h. 12. \20/ p m 1620

stomack head & throate eyes drye & yet spitteth

RN a womā of Stonystratford for an Impost in her eare & crāpe in her eye & syde of her fa{ce} & dead palsye in her cheeke octob 30 ♂ h. 12. 20 ant m 1627

Robt Sum̄erly of Doddington 2. y. March 13. ☿. h. 12. 20. p m 1633

simple & mopish, flesh fallen from y^e wast downeward, weak at Knees, & cannot stand. was Sick \at/ a q^rter olde, & was neu^r well since. feareth some ill to\u/ngue. Gadwife Purny Susp.

GJ Dorothy Piggott of Lenborough 22 y. almost a yeere maried Faynt and weake a payne in her backe and rising in her stomack

quærit vtꝝ sit gravida

RN Michaell musgrave of Bletcsoe 24 y march. 28|9| ♀ h. 12. 20 p m 1605.

RN Penelope Mason of Soldrop in y^e cōty of bedford 43 y. maij 6. ☾ hor. 12. 28 an|p| m 1605.¹

RN Iohn Cooke of Shenly 45 y Octob 24. ♀ h. 12. 20 ant m 1606. left leg hurte w^th a horse. had an Ague fell into it. aketh sorely

RN Doctor Swaddon for his wife of great Horwood 50 y novēb 1. ♄ hor 12 15. p m 1606

sent her wat^r a|&| a lett^r strangly visited w^th ach sometymes in her left shoulder sometymes in her backe & tormēted in belly & stomack his his {sic} request is y^t I would come to him

RN Mres Carpent^r of Parsnā 40 y Iuly. 12 ♂ h. 12. 15 p m 1608: strangly taken & vexed w^th a tertian ague had onc an Impostume cut out of her syde by Dr Ashworthe

RN tooke a fall march 7 ♃ h 9. 45 ant m 162i very faynt & ready to swond. a greevous payne all over.

RN Elisab: Parret of Potto{illeg}|r|. 34. y. Iune 4 ☾ h. 12 20 p m. 1632. |nata Ap 19. 1599|¹