Casebooks

RN S^r Thomas Neavell \of Holte/ & his lady sent me a very fat lābe 2 cap & 3 couple of Rabbots May 30 ♀ h. 11. 40 ant m 1623.

an Ach in his instap & {sic} ankles by fits y^t at night he cā take no rest

boath of thē cōmend the oation of ther dyet drink purging

RN An Haman 56 of litle brickhill: sick ever sinc Christmas not hart sick but swollen in her body & in her legs & very stiffe sent to me by her husband. Martij 22. die ♃ ♄ {sic}. 1. 10. 1599. very costive & as if shee were st{oun}ge & cannot rise except shee be lifted. very cold & stiffe & short winded & leekely to die 1599.

RN William Berde 54 yers old of Potters Perye. sick on weddensday last keepeth his bed vp & downe can not rest. sent to me his sonne 26 of March die ☾ h. 8. 30. mi. ant m. 1599. sick at hart & stomack ill. very hot. a great stitch & cough & reaneth mutch fleune {sic}.

RN Agnes Harwood of Cosgrave 50 yeres payned in her legs & body. hoven in the neither side of her belly as it were an impostume very sicke w^thall & vomiteth vp every daye what serve {sic} shee taketh. sent to me this first of may. 8|h|or 8. 30|5|. p|a|nt m. 1599.

RN Will: Seere of haversham. 53 yeres old sitteth vp by the fier, very stiffe & hardly to {ground} onc in 24 houres complayneth of his body & lims & legs most in on of his sides all over his left syde ever sinc March last: first amisse not able to goe over the Dore threshall. sinc Alhalloutide. sent his wife to me Decēb. 21. die ♃. h. 12. 45. 1598. on of his legs the left wonderfully swelled. a very diseased body & hath had a greate cough.¹

RN Mres fayth Gybbes 50 sent to me againe the 5 of May. for a stiffnes in t & swelling & knobbes in t her wrest & inside of her wrests & hands, for a paine in her sinewes an {sic} an ache in her bones, hands & knees. altering from place to place. die ♄. h. 10. 30 m ant m. 1599.

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 North of whettemsteed 50 y Decēb 16 ♀ h. 2 30 p m 1625

{M}res Elis North {M}res North 50 y. North of Hearnes 52 y sent to me the 2 tyme Decēb 16. ♀ h. 2. 30 p 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 M^res Potter of willing sent for her husb. w^th out his consent at 10. 10. ant m 1599 1600 cannot sleepe his water betwixt yellow & red thick leeke puddle. his stomack hot & his tounge scab & broken out & his head cannot move but as he is turned.

RN G {sic} Ione Hatch of Simpson 53. payned in her hed & back & every where. & hath a great mist over her eyes. / sent to me for phisick was vp taketh her as an ague very Cold. & litle hot. Apr 27. die ♀ h. 3. ps m {sic}. 1599.

RN Parnell Brookes Kerke of Caucot 58. sicke a great well very ill in her bellye. & is a woman of a great body & is swollen & so hath beene this quarter of this yere. / sent to me by her Daughter. this second of maye h. 12. 40. 1599. twice maried.

RN Ione Vtton of fennystratton of 53. sent her water this 23 of may. die ☿ h. 9. 10. ant m. 1599.

Iohn Vtton her husb: for a payne in his backe stomack. feareth an impost.

RN Mres farrer of Harrold. 54. y Decēb. 22 y ☾ h. 12. 30 p m. 1606¹

RN M^r Georg Spencer of Coaple 50 y mutch distempered in his head by melancholy conceitꝭ to w^ch he yealdeth to overmutch Iuly 10 ♃ h. 11. 45 ant m 1623

RN Mres Susana lyster \of Chesten street /a myle beyond Tybbols\/ 55 y Aug 1623 or thereabout mutch payned div^rse tymes in her head back & sydes but most of all in her bellye often tyms moved to goe to stoole suddenly y^t she can not keepe it but is forced to let it goe sent to me A feb. 19 ♃ h. 10 ant m 1624

RN My Cosen Marsh the older sent me a kind letter to signify y^t after my clyster & blood letting she was well for 4 days & then payned as before in her hed & arme so greevously betwixt 4 & 5 p m cōnoly {sic} Sept 14. ♀ h. 5. 30 p m 1627 she sent to Cambridg to M^r Crane he gave her a pils|l| & also a clyster

had the horse leaches & they were {illeg} naught.

took my pils & Dyet drink & did well for the tyme

her Daughter fond mtch {sic} good by her playster Desyreth a nother & a recept of it

RN Rob: Goldsnynth {sic} decēb 31 h {sic} hor 11 ant m 1631 light headed mynd troubled M^r Marsh of Dunstable sent

had a pomāder & Did pull it of was well as long as he kept it

craveth anoth^r pomander

RN Goody Fisher sent for me to come to her Aug 18 die ♀. h. 10. who hath bene sick ever sinc satterd last. & still keepeth her bed. 1598. sick of the mother

RN Elisabeth Rowle Sowle of Lowton 50 yeres old sick first began to be sicke vppon the 3 of Octob. cam at night came t sent her husband to me shee hath bene full of ache a long time & hath kept her bed ever since Octob. 11 die ☿ h. 7. 45. 1598