Casebooks

RN Agnes Lawrenc 7 ye{res} old at Candlemas last troubled this twelfmonth of her ch{illeg}|e|st & hart cōplayneth cannot abid his {sic} stomack to be last shee pineth. her meate doth her litle good Sept. 20 {die} ☿. h. 9. 3|4|9. mi. for {ser}{illeg} also.

RN Robert Welborne 56 octob 21. ☾ h. 12. {illeg}|4|0 p m but came to me Ap. 3 ♃ h. 1. 50 p m 1623.

his stones wasted awaye.

of Bedford

M^r Luke faldoe now did write in his behalfe.

Ap 3. ♃ h. 1. 45 p m 1623 |sang cōplex.|

RN Dorcas Burges of new{p} 2 y octob. 11 ☾ h. 2. 39 p m. 1624 pyned in the body

RN S^r Iames Evingtons daught^r nata ☾ h. 7. 30 p m. feb 3. 16i5 very costive & always bound 3 or 4 days at a tyes {sic} & comoly {sic} 2 days not sick yet a bad stomacke & very leane

RN Nicholas marchol 4 y. may 19 ☿ h. 2. 20 p m 1630 a Consūpt. a great belly

RN M^r Will Bouth for M^r Davenport h a counseller & his kinsmā 2|d|ecēb. 12 ♃ h. 10 ant m. 1622 /thought to have a cōsūption & longs vlcered of Chessome.\ /he sent for balsanū {sic} sulph:\

RN Agnys Kent of Moulsoe almost 5 quarters borne on Palme sonday last was twelfmonth about some {sic} rising sent to me May 14. ☿. h. 5. p m. 1628.

It is pyned & cōsumed belly hard & voydeth wormes living 6. wasteth in the body. was nurced by goody Keburne. goody Keburne came into another nurces house & would needes suckle it, wheath^r the nurce would or no & sinc mutch amys & it swounded twice to day belly very hard flesh quite wasted was not well tended by goody Keburne face swelled buttocke black & blewe. cānot stand vppon the lyms the child p^rsent w^th goody Alton of Moulsoe it did batle well vnder this nurce vntill goody Keburne her former nurce would suckle it force tooke some surfet.

RN Iane Bachouse of Hansloppe 7 yeres old. sick this twelfmoneth. cōplayneth in her bodye aches in her lims. pined away. speaketh very hartely & eateth her meate well. hath a great laske for this 2 moneths Marche 12 die ☾ h. 8. 56. ant m. cōplayneth of her hart & brest 1599. her lims will hardly beare her.

RN Rob favell very weak g{athes} no strenght. & goeth crosse legs other wise not & his legs & body pyne Aug 1|2|0 ♀ h. 11 45 ant m 1624

3 y ch{rim}{illeg}|{s}| {sic} Christmas the sonday senet before Christmas h. 12. 30 in y^e morning very early

RN Loode Nichols of Stony stratford of 3 yeres come maudlingtyde can make no water. gave great skyking & looketh very pale & white & eateth greadily. Did vomit but that stayed. the belly full of blisters. f{illeg} father sent to me this 8 of may die ♂ h. 5. 55. p m. 1599.

RN Iohn Malins a yere & a quarter lacking a fortnight as it were pined in all her lims & bodye hed a poer bare creature. cannot sleepe not at any time in a moneth or fortnight but crye and Drinke mater adduxit se{cū} filiolā veret^r ne sit maleficio v^l veneficio afflictus. Decēb. 7. die ♃ hor. 3. 30. mi. 1598 very short winded.

RN My Cosen Tyrlington sent me 12 rings cost 18^s 6^d Iuly 3 ♃ h. 6. p. m. 1628

sayth his wife is inwardly very hot, but cold outwardly faynt weake wasteth in her body weak in her back feareth y^t shd shall not live longe & hopeth to see me/

RN Katherin Dunkley. of Hartwell 2 y. & a quarter could have gone about. & now it cānot goe. back & belly mutch swelled. & is stroken & cōsumeth. march 20 h {sic} hor 10 39 ant m 1624.

RN The lady \An/ Butler for her m^r Oliver Butler 9 y next march bone {sic} 28 or 29 about 12 & on in the night. of Harolde sent to me for this child Ian 3 h {sic} hor 11. 45 ant m 1623 {sic}. extree {sic} weake & feeble & cā take no physick taken w^th strang fits plucking his \right/ syde & rūneth to his back being holden harde & an extree {sic} cough almost halfe a yere. & is pyned & cā not stand nor goe Ill tong suspected

RN Agnes Tappe 4 y old of Astwood feb. 16. die ♄ h. 1. p m 1600. cryeth of her belly pynd & consumed. Elisabeth Burdge suspected¹

RW A Childe of Cranfeilde y: 1. d. ☾ h. 4. post merid. Ap may. 1. 1615. voyded iij wormes vpward & iij downeward: he belly swelled & {illeg} The Child was brought in p^rsence. was much altered wheras before it was of a sanguine complection: it was now very bleake & wan.

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\

RN M^r Robert Iackmā of wing a yere {sic} the a yere sinc the 4 of Iune last 1631 being satt h 9. 30 ant m but it was brought to me Aug 18 h {sic} hor. 2. 25. p m. 1632

a drye cough that he cānot sleepe a big belly wasted in the flesh |was very fat & is nutch {sic} pynd by a nource y^t was w^th child| child was p^rsent /A Consūption feard\¹

RN mary Goyn of Hanslop 2 y & a halfe may 20 h {sic} hor. 3. 30 \4./ p m 1626

the child p^rsent w^th a great big belly all pyned in y^e lym̄s. hips.¹

RN M^r Boath for M^r Mānering who feareth a Consūption. my lord Kees purse bearer Ap 15 ♃ h 6 p m 1624

To have pils of the extrat of sulph. for the cough of the longs

he desyreth to have 2 Doses of pils but to have more ruberbe in them. & an ex|bals|ome of br{u}pstone for the longues.