Casebooks

RN M^r farren for his boy y^t cā scarce heare 8 y Iune 20. h {sic} hor. 9 ant m 1612

RN My mā Will: Telleth me y^t M^r vnderhill hath quite lost his hearing h. 11. 30 ant m 1620

RN Grace Massy of Thropstone 6 y. Iune 9. ♀ h. 2. \30/ p m 1620

for a deafnes some 4 yeres at the least. |6 y. 3 quarter. bone {sic} on a thursday h 4. ant m a fortnight before Miklemas.| /was p^rsent.\

RN Old M^r Edwards \his daughter in lawe/ for his oldest Dead sons Daughter 34 y march 28 ☿ h. 7. 45. ant m 1621 |at Henlowe|

a widow mutch troubled in her hearing |in Bedfordsheere|

RN Williā Tomson of hav^rshā 13 12 y {illeg} {sic} full last the morrow after magdalyn day on a soneday about ten of the clocke deafe & cā speake many words & hath litle vnderstanding & cā heare if they speake lowde./

☉ Iulij 23. h. 10 ant m 1609

RN Will Tomsons mother for her deafe sone wheath^r to be cured May 23 ♃ h. 8. 30 ant m. 1622

RN The vicomtesse of S^t Albion: march 15 ♃ h. 7. 30 p m 1627 I receaved her letter march.

will not myt the Doctors to make an Issue vntill I give my Consent |v He is exceedīgly amended & cā Impe {sic} & leape god be thacked {sic} But yet cānot heare|¹

she will not myt his Doctors to give him any more Cordials because they dead his stoak but Kitchin physick by w^ch he is nutch {sic} anended {sic} & growen stronger eateth well & sleepeth well cā Impe {sic} & leape w^th out harme & his eyes very cleere & well sighted & better then before

but his hearing is nutch {sic} decayed as when she sent vnto me last

They resolved last monday to have made an Issue but she would not myt thē ☾ then in ♊ & app to the □ of ☿ & p □ {illeg} ♄

S^r Iohn Vnderhil for his deafnes

S^r Iohn vnderhill for his extreme Deafnes

RN Ihone Blea the Daught^r of Thomas Blea the younger. nata. 1594 the 10 of Septemb. die ♂ at 4 a clock 15 m \in aurora./ post mediā noctē. quæ nata est et muta et surda.

Ihone Blea 1594 sept. 10. die martis at h. 4. m. 15 in auror.¹

Ihones Bleas nativit. die ♂. h. 4. 15.²

RN Ihone |Ione.| Blea nata 1594 Septemb. 10. die ♂ h. 4^ta m. 15. morning muta et surda. in Great Linford

RN Rich Wren \Ringe/ of Cranfild 4 y Ap 3 ☾ h. 2. 45 p m. 1620 /p^rsent\

Child^rmas day 4 y the 28 of Decēb about mydnight lame deafe dūbe borne

RN This weaknes of head tooke him on the 12 of febr ☾ h. 5. 30 ant m. 1627 |starke deafe|

RN Ione Stacy 8 y canot heare swelled about the face & cheeke & throate. Ap 7. die ♂ hor. 2 p m. 160i

RN Ralfe french of milton 6 y at lady last in lent ☉ h. the friday before lady daye h. 3. 30. \4./ p m deafe in his left eare & cryed of his hed could take no rest hath had some rūning at his left eare./.

RN William Tomkins \9 y cānot feed him selfe toucheth his hands & legs ev^r sinc Easter./ Francis Tomkins 17 y {sic} |7 y| a boye Marg. Tomkins 14. y.

Williā Tomkins was stroken suddenly. lame in all his lims & cā speake but a litle y^t on cā scarce vnderstand & when he goeth he rūneth as on y^t should light on his head all halloutyde the weddensday after Alhalloutyde was 4 y. hath bene thick of hearing a weeke & curst w^th all.

his right arme as stiffe as a stake came all to me at onc Iuly 25 h {sic} hor. 12. 40 p m 1629 All of thē p^rsent

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