Casebooks

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 {I}ohn Evans of the Mynrys in London Iue {sic} 19 ♃ h. 6 p m. 1628

writeth for a gent mā

first vnfoldeth his owne greefe how he is wrōged & cosened of all y^t he hath & therby he his wife & childrē broght to great want & misery craveth my Counsell & instruction

Also writeth in the behalfe of a gentlemā y^t having taken an extreme cold & p^rsently an exceeding greefe for the Death of his wife & {th}erby cast Downe into sicknes & mutch melancholy of a sanguyne cōplexion his sicknes & melancholy is mutch abated & now his voice is almost Lost y^t he s cānot {sic} \on cānot/ spea heare on \him/ that speaketh {sic} \to speake/ a yard of

cōplayneth of something about the pit of his throate his voice is only low & weake but not troubled w^th any fault in noncing but cleere inough every where no physick but cōplayneth of the coldnes of his stomack & head & sone {sic} stoppage about the begying of his nose cold flegme & cold head & defect in hearing hath 2 great manyscripts of physick y^t he is Desyrous I should vse craveth vnder god my consayle for the frind his gentleman

RW Ioane Parkinson of Pirton in Hartfordsheire. y. 20. d. ♂. h: 3. 30. p: m: Maij. 1^o. 1627. moopish this tweluemoneth, distracted of her witts: fell ill first vpon a beatinge by her dame: no sence or vnderstandinge at all, nor a word frō her can be gotten vnlesse they anger her, & then she bids a rat on them they trouble her. hath them well. eateth vnreasonably m^r Hamond wrote for her in her behalfe a lustie wench

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 The lady Butler touching her child y^t is well amended of his fits ye{d}|t| weake & not able to goe feets & legs swell still & cānot sleepe a weeke togeath^r till after a eleaven in y^e morning |marh {sic} 13 h {sic} h 12 30 p m 1624| sent for her neighb vrsula Clarke 50 y March 13 h {sic} hor. 12. 30 p m 1624

RN my deere Cosen she Marsh sent vnto me Iuly 17. ♂ h. 5. p m. 1627. /deus benedicat Cognatæ meæ\

\no good of y^e oyntnent {sic}/ her head ill & mutch payned, the vayns in her tēples swelled & arme so weake y^t she cānot vse it & the vaynes be sore to her foote

extremely payned

desyrous to have williā Rufhead to let her blood

would have something to incease {sic} good blood

desyrous to know when to send her coach.

RN Mres Brograve of Braffyn in Hartfordsheere hard by Putchkinge 40|5| y feb. 22 ♃ h. 2. p m 162i

hed gydie full of melancholy would know what tyme best for physick & wheath^r she should come over. & craveth my prayers

would have to be cast & made the 24 of feb some S of ♄. a f{ur} & more here after

w^th a note of there vertues & what certenty of there effects & ve oatus would know the best tyes {sic} for S of ♃ & & the worst tyes {sic} a fit tyme to come vnto me

RN M^r Woullyston Ap 4 ♃ h 7 p m 1622

a purg dyet drink the {lees} of the mother & convulsion are all turned vp to the brayne mopish will not give on word leane /sine consensu.\

he sendeth only for stuffe to make a dyet drink to be delivered vnto Mres mockete at Barnet./

RN M^r Page of Oxford a noice in his head it made him mad & w^th mutch a doe cured now craveth my helpe & counsell & would come over Ap 13 h {sic} hor 7. 15 ant m. 1622¹

RN Rich: Lucas of G Nortot a yeomans sonne 30 27 of Ap 27. 1595. about 12. ☉ at noone sent march. 3. ☿ h. 5. 39 p m. 1624. /mayed {sic} 2 yeres. on child a twelfmoth {sic} old\

3 quart of a yere ill in his head mynd braye {sic} & head troubled mopish & fe{l} careles of his busynes. |Worst at the full of y^e moone 3 days before or after/|

boath the fathers obst{in}at of & on in y^ere maage {sic} pater sine cōsensu. et vxor cū Consensu sed nō filius wheath^r they should bring him heather.

RN M^r Powell of London sent to M^r Cooke to have some thing to thicken his seed troubled w^th the gonorrea lyeth on his bed back els cānot sleepe is to may {sic} shortly wanteth virility & erection sweateth at night. Ian. 11 h. 8. 20 ant m 1623¹

RN my Cosen Warren \Reeve/ sent me a letter Ian 25 h {sic} hor 3 \25/ p m 1623 last weeke voyded vp blood 3 tymes. to the quantity of halfe a pynt is very ill feaversh {sic} weake & feeble & cānot slepe

desyrous of some cordiall & of my advice

RN Mres Anderson her letter London may 6 ♀ h. 11 25 1625

wheath^r leaches are good for her {illeg}|b|y tyes & what good to vse for the extrme {sic} heat in her hands & coldnes of her feete 3 what to quench her great drouth & thirste. 4 to make her sleepe

Is cōtinually Drye would know my iudg touching her fortune

RN my lord Mordants litle child ten weekes on satt last it was borne the 19 of marh {sic} last betweene 10 & 11 in y^e morning. it was healthfull vntill weddensday last. may 25. h. 4. 30 ant m it was taken w^th a stretching out of the arms a galling of the eys & skryking & trēbling of all tes vppon may 26. it had 3 fits 2 in y^e morning. & on at noone. & hath an arising in y^e throte w^ch is seene & felt. & by holding downe by hand hath some ease & it riseth moore. the left syde of the throate. sent to me Iune 2. ♃ h. 8 ant m. 1625.

RN The lady Twisden of London 51. y. may 27 h {sic} hor. 1 p. m 1626

by her sleeping & scouring she hath nutch {sic} mended sinc S^r will wrote Last y^t is thursday last.

yet the last night was more troublesome then before

this Day cōplayneth of a sournes rising out of her stomake supposeth y^t a vomyt would doe her good yet dare not to adventur it by reason of her weaknes & scowring. w^ch we dare not to stay seing the goodnes of it yet fyndeth no aptnes to cast but a soure belching

desyreth a nother box of the pils 10 and an answ to his lett & to this.

The lady Twisden of London may 27 h 1. p m 1626

very weake & feeble yet sitteth vp & eateth p^rty well. scoureth mtch {sic} hath a soure belching yet no aptnes to cast.

would know wheath^r fit to give her a vomyt considering her \great/ weaknes & sither her scouring Doth her so mutch good craveth an answere to his forme & to this Letter also.

wheath^r any other course for mending of the sourenes will not helpe w^th out a vomyt.

RN Mres Muskot of Earles Barton 40 y octob 13 14 ☉ h 3 30 p m 1627 |a burning feaver|

paynd w^th a payne about her belly & navell. back weake vseth to high mtch

1 her vomyt wght {sic} well \2/ had a Cordiall

would know wheath^r she should be let blood

vide Octob. 11.

I receaved a nother lett^r frō Mres Neale in her behalfe

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 The old lady Ienning Bulbeck of y^e Strand 69 y octob 8: ☿ h. 8. 25 p m 1623. |sent her water indiff. head eys eyes waterish & reddish. & bloodshotten|

RN Mres Leate sent her {sic} \a letter in the behalfe of her/ daughter Iane who hath for this twelfemonthe bene troubled w^th a swelling about her gr{y}|o|yne sometys appearing & sometyms not but gone first white & 2 months since burning red & hard almost as big as an egge

she layd to it a litle wax & butter & now & then a poultis of milke & a weddensday last was senet it broke about the 12 of Ap desyrous to have my counsell the 20^th of Apr h. 5. 30 pm 1620 It is broken & did run & voyd filthy \yellow/ stuffe

RN S^r Robart Napeir the elder sent for physick for his stone cholick & bloody water & wyndynes of his belly Aprill 13. ☿ h. 6. 30 ant m. 1625. |stone Cholick|