Casebooks

RN Edward parkins grosse & corpulent 5{0}|6| y Octob 20 h {sic} hor 10. 1604. a bad digestion. a child 4 y. old.

RN Will: Miller of Brodwell: cōplayneth of the roling & tūbling of his belly mawe as he thinketh on his stomacke. & every day he vomiteth vp his meate & cannot digest it his meate yet he findeth som ease after he hath vomited it vp: he is best when he eateth nothing but fasteth. he is best in y^e aforenoone. Aug. 24 die ♃ h. 6. 24. mi.

RN Thomas field a day labourer of Willing 52. y. Decēb^r 21. die ♀ ♄ {sic}. 8. 50. ant m. 1599. ever sinc sunday keepeth his bed eateth nothing but drinketh

RN mary Bouskill of litlington 50 y. Iulij 11. ☿ {illeg}|h| 2. 40 p m 1604 in her stomack cānot relish any thing

RW M^r Hillersden of Ampthill \little/ parke. d. ☿ h: 0. 20. p: m: Martij. 8. 1620. A putrid quotidian: sometimes hot & sometimes cold: eateth little.

RN Cutbert Pippin of Corbe 50 y Aug 5 ♀ h. 7|6| 30 ant m 163i |cānot eate nor sleepe at all yet not hart sicke|

RN Miller of Brodwell 55. yeres Doth nothing els but vomit. & so hath done every day this yere nowe forsaketh his meate & keepeth his bed nowe this 3 days. March 20 die ♂ h. 2. 8 p m 1599

RN Mres Byrd went in a coach & did send to talke w^th me & came to my house sept 27. feareth a Iandish & is feaverish every day & cānot eate.

RN M^r Everet. of Totternoe 57 y Ap. 26 h {sic} hor 9. 30 ant m. 1623 /a cold stuffing cānot reare nor relish meate nor drink & but litle & is costive\

RN Anthony Clarke of Cotnell 50 yeres March. 11 die ♂ h. 11. 45. ant m. 1600 back & right syde not able to turne in his bed. nor take any thinge.

RN Wylliā Harryson of Astwood 50 y sept 12 ☾ hor 9. ant m. 1603 for a swelling in his necke & throate w^th a great burning. cānot swallow any thing

RN The Carier of Hanslop goody filds brother. 54 y Ian. 19. ♀ h. 4. 30 p m 1621.

a burning feaver

very faynt & weake cānot eate sodenly taken

RN Will Hopkins of Steaphington 54 y May 24 h {sic} hor 11. 30 ant m 1623 |head & right syde cānot eate nor sleep|

RN Will Lawe of Cotten end 58 y feb 25. ☾ very weake & flesh worne cā eate litle h 16 \stomack ☾/ h 11 ant m 1628 Casteth

RN Iohn Kingstone of serv to the Lord of Lincolne Ap: 12 ♀ h. 2 15 p m 1633. |57 y|

Lame in the soales & ankles of boath feete mutch swelled & red 3 y. |a Dropsy feared| but lately more this halfe yere full of payne

sometymes cā eate litle for 2 or 3 days

I receaved from my Lord of Lincolnes steward a most kind letter.

RN Isbell Dorman of CastleThrop. 15 |50| yeres old. growing on her this 3 yeres cometh on her w^th a flushing heate y^t on drop followeth anoth^r {lyi}eth in her bones & hart & every place. Dareth not to eate her meate. Apr. 2. die ☾. h. 11. 10 m. ant m. 1599.

RW M^r Edward Birckberd of Astwell \y. 50./ d. ☉. h 10. Feb: 3. 1622. had of late a swellinge in his thighes & leggs, w^ch was taken away by physicke purginge: since that his stomacke is gone: is verie weake: troubled w^th a cough & drouth: cannot sleepe. RN a great difficulty of breath./ cānot rise out of his bed nor stand v nor restRW

RN Edw. Birckberd a spec serv vnto S^r George Sherly M^r Colins houshold physition.

SRN Iohn Nash of Hattfeild 54. y. Decemb. 12. ☾. h. 2. 45. p. m. 1631

hath a great Cough often vomitts Blood body very sollouble sickned the 5 this month ☾. cannot slee{pe} nor eate

Vryne very high & red RN /exceeding weake & feeble\ SRN

SRN My Cozon Clare wright of Southwarke London. 50. y. Decemƀ 21. ♄ {sic}. h. 11. a. m. 1634.

hath kept her bed this sennight a weake bad digestion. her meate rises sometymes like hard egs w^ch causes a great payne both in stomack & backe.

she can eate little or nothing she desires to haue something to strengthen her stomack. /much troubled with a stitch in her right side with a continuall payne in her stomack.\

RN Goodman Honour of Newport for his wife who hath bene longe sick & is nowe very exceeding ill h {sic} as her husband telleth me. hanc male suspicant^r de veneficio

Elisabeth Buckingham. Otherwise Honour about 50. a great pulling in her left syde w^c maketh her to Crye/

shee is not able to styrre no meate will tary w^th her. shee goeth not onc in a sennet to ground very costive & mutch bounde. 27 of Decēb. die ☿ h. 8. 45. ant m. 1598. /complayneth of her hart chest left arme.\