Casebooks

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 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 Robart Kent of Walton 2 yeres old. on friday afore Christmas. about 11. 30. mi. consumed to nothing had a bunch vppon his thiges {sic} broken out & pined any face the best t of him. Ap. 9. die ☾. h. 10. 25|30|. mi 1599. cannot stande. nor goe very well. it doth cough. Katherine Parkins gave thē hard wordes.

RN Mres \Iane/ fisher of Bedford 36 y may 12 ☾ h. 1. p m 1617 |faynt shortwyded. ill afte meat stomacke heavy /leden.\ termes but few |a husking cough||

RN Goodmā|dy| Nueman of Brodwell. of 45 yeres of age found mutch ease by y^t w^c phisick w^c was given her & wrought vpward & downeward w^th her & shee was very prety well after it for 2 or 3 days. &|b|ut st the thirde day after it tooke her agayne & she is mutch troubled w^th the winde cholick & w^th a hot & drye stomacke. & sent her daugh{t}{er} agayne to me. Aug. 26. die ♄ h. 12. 30. 1598.

RN Nicholas yerbe of Potters Perry 25 y a batcheler on y^t dwelt w^th Rive of o^r towne 6 weekes henc novēb. 27 ♂ h. 10. 50 ant m 1604.¹

RN Temperanc Negous \of Dunton in Bedfordsheere/ 30 y Ap 27 ♂ h. 9. 3{8} ant m 1619

thursd next a m{oneth} brought a bed & is full of mela{nch} despayring & off{ering} to drown her selfe was so a y{ere} sinc & mended {w^th} y^t I sent her gods name be p{raysed} for it

faynt & weake

cōpl of her belly {& a} gryping

Doubteth of gods g{race}

Temperanc Negous of Dunton by Bedford 30 y Ap 27 ♂ h. 9. 39 ant m 1619

RN Iohn Bechinel of Walten. 60 y. payned in the reanes of his back & left syde leeke a harde cake it rūneth vp into armes & shoulders. w^th pricking & heate. Novemb 8 die ♄ 11. 46|5{0}| ant m. 1600

M^r Edmund Vaghan of C. C. C. Oxon. Apr. 11. ☿. h. 9. p m. 1632

Hee tooke not the vomite y^t was sent. 1 because hee is very vnapt to vomite; 2 because his neck is longe & brest somewhat straite; 3 because vomiteinge once by chance by reason of Tobacco blowne into his mouth it brought vp Bloud w^th it, & hath beene y^e cause of all his infirmity. 4 hee suspecteth his Lunges, for w^ch hee thinkes vomiteing is very hurtfull.

Took his purge w^ch gaue him 12 occasions. Hee desireth a Course to bee vsed for his Brest & Lunges.

RN Rich: Cowly of Tinswicke 30 y Apr. 30 y a batch Apr ♂ h. 9 ant m 1605.¹

RN Alce Hamm

Alce Hāmont of whaddon 23. y. Iulij. 2. ♂ h. 6. 15 ant m 1605.¹

RN Katheron Dudly of Woulson 53. for the paine in her belly taketh it to be the Cholick. if shee cast shee is well. & doe w^th all avoyd wind. came to me againe for my counsell 27 of Marche die ♂ h. 8. ant m. 1599.

RN Henry lea 29 y of bechampton. his phisick did not worke Decēb^r 13 die ♃ h. 11. pater sine consensu filij paynd in his eye & head. & his {rhee} rheume & ey rūneth. ant m. 1599.

RN ¹Robart Malins was extreem sick on 1590 die ♀ \♂/ being the 17|8| \17/ of Sept \Novemb./ at 2 a clock & 30. mi. post merid. ex veneno vti putab. quo tempore me accersebat vti audivi. he foomed at the mouth.

RN Thomas Rudgwey. 48 yeres old a creeple w^c goeth w^th a croutche 1597. Oct. 21. die ♀ h. 1. 20. mi. quærit morbi causā hæc fig. tentationis causa et delusoria my iudg y^t I gave him was true for he had taken a fall frō a horse & had b\r/used his bowels

RN Agnys Rawlins of Stoake Hāmon 32 y Ap 4. ♀ h. 11. ant m 1617 not sick vryne indiff 3 fig. white Dregs. hart heavy |troubled in her mynd tempted hart heavy| sent Ap 4. ☾ sep a □ h {sic} ap ☌ ♂. yesterday about 6. \♃/ h. 6. p. m 1617

RN Mary Bridges of Wicken 15 y. full of aches in her lims & bones & cannot abyde any to touch her is caried to bed. bye her other sister Iude Bridges lyeth as on in a traunce & will laugh at them. febr. 29 die ♀ ♄ {sic} 9. 30 y. {sic} ant m. 1600.

RN An Colemā of litle Brickhill 44 y Ian 1{illeg}|8| ☾ h. 10 12. 1619 /strangly handled w^th fits y^e mother suspecteth witchery\

RN Mres \mary/ Saunders¹ of welford hard by Cole Ashbee 24 myles henc Ap 40. y. Ap 28 ☿ h. 3. 30 p m 1630

she Desyreth her old dyet drinke w^ch I sent her. and a purg gaynst melanch.²

{s} {sic} & a playster for ther splene

SF margaret milmay 31 yers 1601 the xj of may ☾ an m’ at 45 p 7 diz Vtrun {sic} viuit aut mortur {sic} aut si Curab lok the 5 of may