Casebooks

RN S^r Francis Ventrys wrote a most kind letter boath concerning his owne love & desyres to take physick of me for his head & other infirmityes as also for his neighb page of Sheaford craveth pils

march 26 ☾ h. 2. 20 p m 162i

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 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 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 Docter Hacket sent me a lett^r t{ly in} his owne behalfe & the behalfe of his neighb. Sibthorpe Octob 7. ☿. h. 8. 30 p m {sic} 1607

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 Doctor Swaddon for his wife of great Horwood 50 y novēb 1. ♄ hor 12 15. p m 1606

sent her wat^r a|&| a lett^r strangly visited w^th ach sometymes in her left shoulder sometymes in her backe & tormēted in belly & stomack his his {sic} request is y^t I would come to him

RN M^r Mauds of Byfild 55 \52/ y Novēb 28. ☾ h. 10. 45 ant m. 163i |octob 2. was 52 y| /the son of that towne.\

troubled w^th the stone in the kydneys in most vehement maner growen very weake & a fayntnes of the hart. |not at chuch {sic} 5 frydays|

hath taken pils & other physick frō other Doctos.

sickned weddens was a month.

Mres Walcot wrote to me in h{er}|is| behalfe |vncōfort & very weake.|

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 Mres Bla|i|nkinsop of litle Horwood extreme sicke w^th the puge {sic} feb. 18 ♃ h 11. ant m 1608 a lett^r sent me to send her some cōfortable thing.

RN The lady power of Beverley 50 y. ☿ h. 4. 30 p m 1624

fell sick yes {sic} of a great stitch fear a plurisy.

sent for me to come to thē.

RN Goody Fisher sent her water to me to know what was good for her Aug. 14. die ☾ h. 7. 45 shee is troubled w^th the mother & was wont to swound w^th it very often. at 7. 30. 20.¹

Goody fisher head back.

RN M^r {sic} Austin Drevils wife {sic} \Ihone Deverell/ some 48 \53/ yeres old. p {sic} cannot tak her winde nor left vp her armes. in her stomack & bones. nothing left but skin & bloode. water good of colour. sent vnto me from the forest of Whitwood 27 of Marche die ♂ h. 8. 50. mi. ant m. 1599

RN Mres Boughton aft^r she had receaved my loseng sent her water being very sick to have my cōse{ll} Septēb. 19 h {sic} hor 8 ant m 1612

RN Grace Child greevously tormented at Roos w^ch made thē send for me to come to pray by her & for her novēb 30 S^t And day ♂ h. 7. 38 ant m 16i9

RN Georg Steaphens of Tyddington 52 y feb 27 ♃ h. 12. 1623 the L Wentsworth Coo

sorely tormented w^th a bloody flix

back & belly mightely m {sic} griped¹

M^r Rollynson wrote for him

RN Mres Pescot sent a letter to me touching certen ptyes susp to doe her hane {sic} May 17 ☾ h. 1. 30 p m. 1624

Mres Prescot was w^th goody M^res Kendall who did excuse her selfe &|b|efore she dyed & did put it on her daughter in law that mayed {sic} her sonne called Ellenor Cooke now wife of francis Typsley confessed y^t her daughter sent for a mā to cure her mischiefe but they did not fourme it. still is tormented almost in all tꝭ of her bodye yet not sicke so y^t she is afrayd y^t all her adversayes {sic} are not rooted out. this \last/ womā hath a Daughter y^t was w^th the old womā before she dyed called Anne Typsley. always tormented at hart feareth a cōsūption & craveth my consayle & helpe vnder god.

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