Casebooks

RN Alce Buttyphant of Chichly borne a fortnight a fore Miklemas day on {sic} a tuesday on wedensday even about an houre or 2 after sonset pater  filio {sic} came to me almost dead on sct Thomas eve. troubled w^th the Chin cough. Decemb 30. die ♄. h. 1. 53. 1598 w^th a hooping ready to stoppe her wind now it falleth into a bleeding at the nose

RN Agnys Lane of Lowton was here w^th me three quarters old Ap 14 ☾ h. 2. p. m. 1623 /had a great cough hard belly pyned & consumed\

GJ M^r Adrian Fortescue and m^rs Mary Fortescue have taken thrice of their physicke and wrought well w^th them, the gentlewoman sicke the first taking, and well since, her stomack better, but her head as it was

M^r Adrian sicke w^th his physicke on monday last and tooke none since he sleepes not well, is growen weake and his waxen kernells remayne. / my Lady thinkꝭ that if he continue so it will bring him to a consumption She desyres to have some course for m^r willm Fortescue 10 y. w^ch hath also an Itche. Desyres to be satisfyed how this Itche comes whether by overheating the bloud w^th violent exercise. & whether they shall continue the rest of the physike.

RN March. 13. ♂ in y^e morning about 7 fell into a convulsive swonding fits & had 4 sore fits

RN M^res Genings litle infant of halfe a yere old troubled w^th a {sic} an extme {sic} cough y^t maketh the child to swound many tyes in a day y^t it seemd dead for on houre Ap. 1. ♂ h. 5 p m 1617.

RN Mathew Emmerson of Newp: m 12 weekes old 3 3 old {sic} may 17 ♃ h. 3. 30 p m. 162i

refuseth milke & scourethe this sennet

RN Will Butcher of North Crowly 3 quart old Aug 26. ☾. h. 5. p m. 1622 casteth & scoureth.

RN francis latch fell into her fits of convulsion feb 25. ☿. h: 8. 30 p m. 1624U[1622–4]

M^r. Henry Gascoyne of Houghton Conquest an Infant. Febr. 11. ♄. h. 12. 30. p m 1632¹

RN Robart Lucas of Adstock almost an yere old doth skrike wonderfully. & is ill handled mutch Costive & it payneth him mutch when he goeth to stoole Octob. 19 die ♀ h. 12. 30 1599.

RN Thomas Malins the child of Will Malins not well sinc Christ. costive skremes skriketh & cryeth y^t they cannot still him. very costive. exceeding hot. 17 weekes old. Ian. 16. die ☿ h. 2. 30 p m. 1600

RN Lawrenc white 3 we 3 quarters old. camot {sic} goe to ground is very sicke Sept. 7. die ♀ h. 5. 30 p m. 1599.

RN Elis Butler of Litlington halfe a yere old Ian. 5 h {sic} ho 1. 45 p m 1605. a great cough & cold & swoundeth

RN Will: Packe of Bedford halfe a yere old 3 days before miklemas tuesday night betwixt 12 & on came hither Apr. 10 ☿. h. 2. p m. 16i{6} {sic} 16i6 /con{v}uls. & swoūdeth {e}pilepsy feared./\

RW Margaret stocker at Rowes. y. 3 quarters. d. ♃. h: 7. 12. p: m: Maij 4. 1620. much bound in h{is}|{er}| body.

RN Iohn feary of Bozzet 17 weekes old the morrow after May day in the morning about betwixt 3 & 4 at the {illeg}|d|ay breake./ his father came for him. August 29. ♂ h. 12. 40 p m 1620. ill almost ever sinc he was borne mutch troubled w^th heate for a month & cā not rest in his cradle.

RN Mary King of Brōmā 23 weekes old to morowe Ian 19. ☿ h. 1 p. m. 1625 p^r {sic} the child p^rsent {illeg} {sic} convulsion blacke in y^e face & {fain}ting

RN a womā of Newp brought a child of 4 weekes old Decēb 29 ♀ h. 12. 1626. sup on goody Bechā Did harme it

the child wasteth & cōsumeth & so did another of her child y^t dyed before

RN M^r Lawrenc of luton for my brother Robarts sonne halfe a yere old feb 4. h. ♀ hor 12. 20. p m. 1603. fallen againe into his accustomed fits

RN Iohn freemā halfe a yere old march 14|5|. ☿. h. 4. 25 p m 1609

troubled w^th often swounding.