Casebooks

RN Mres Elis: Cob of Fensom 36 y may 19. ♃ h. 1. p {sic} 1631 had. 13. child hath buryed 6 & hath seaven. living was p^rsent head, left syde, chest ill:

Is very weake

a great fayntnes in her stomack & legs as she goeth. feareth consūption a burning in her back

RN Oliver Whiting of Bedford troubled w^th an ach in huckbone left side taketh it to be a sciatica. & thenc to his back & inside of his share came w^th a cold or a listing as he thincketh more hot & then cold. 60 yeres old. came him selfe the 28 of feb. die ☿ h. 10. 3 20|i5| ant m. 1599. Spencers broth^r in lawe & farnewels brother.

RN Ihone Smith came to me for a remedy & for my counsell demaunding of me wheath^r it were good to let her bloode. for shee is payned in boath of her armes. backe y^t shee ca scarce remove her cloathes being a bed. 1598 Apr. 22. die ♄. h. 8. 6. mi. a swimming in the heade

RN my lady came \Maunsell/ showed me her wat^r Ian 24 ♀ h 10. 30 ant m. 1606. who was at my lady Chaynes howse at Drayton 35 y. a long visage leane & yellowish full of melanch. long sick & casteth every foote mutch reds. &|w|^ch trouble her mutch. & cōtinew long also whitꝭ but the {sic} weaken not yet have cōtinewed longe w^ch come 3 days before the red. casteth mutch faynt & feeble mutch wynd costive /Lady Maunsell. 35 y.\

RN Mary farrow of Earles Barton was 14 y last twelfday last the morne after on satterday morning in y^e morning before day came to me for her right hand broken out like a great bloody sore & vnder her armes w^th bunches thighes & hips w^th many issues all looke red & bloody hād swelleth mutch may 5 ♂ h. 11. ant m 1618.

was full of bleatch being a child & was noynted & neaver sinc well.

kings evill hath bene w^th the king but smal amendmēt

RN About 3 M^r Caroll came to me vttering his secreatꝭ

ever sinc mikle alhalloutyde y^t he bought a purchas neaver well but feeleth him selfe very faynt & drye & exceeding thirsty in his stomacke & mouth & on the end of his tongue./ & as he Drinketh maketh water continually after drinking |cānot follow any busynes./|

Costive onc in 2 or 3 days./

RN R. N. quærit morbū et morbi causā. Aug. 17. die ♃ h 4 |5.| 50 hor. 5. 50 m.  colica et lapide et strang: 1598. et ilioꝝ dolorē cruciatū ex vento intruso a greeping of the guts

RN Iohn Beech not farre frō Luton came to me from my house at Linford to London to ta|l|ke w^th me & to have my counsell Apr 18. ☾ hor. 11. 30. ant m. 1603.¹

RN Mres Leate came to my house sick in mynd Decēb^r 3. h {sic} hor. 5. p m 1603.¹

RN May 17. h {sic} hor 6 a|p| m 1606.

a mā came to me for a bruise w^th a cart & syde & legs swelled to know wheath^r good to let him blood.

RN M^r Edmunde franklin march 11. ♂ h. 3. 30 p m 1617 /in p^rsenc {he} {sic} melanch hypocōd. a mighty troubled brayne\

RN Elis: Ashwell of lāparte in northāpton sheere 6 myles from northāpton. 28 y August 19 ♃ h. 4. 30 p m. 1619. |was p^rsent|¹

RN Alce Richardson of 15 yeres for a swelling vnder her throte & the side of her cheeke Martij 9 her nose very sore & her hed & stomack hot. Martij 9. die ♀ h. 9. 48 1599. in her owne son a p^rty bloody coloured wench

RN Dorothy Dēnet 19 y. of husband Crawly had nev^r her flowers was wonderfully peaned her head & stomacke & nowe in the bottome of her belly ever sinc the phisick I gave her god be praysed for it. came agayne for more physick Ian. 30 die ☿ h. 9. 30. ant m. 1600 with a greeping maketh her very sick

RN Ian. 20 die ♄ hor 8 I went to see a sick woma swollen in her legs & thighes for that shee hath not her courses. hed ach 1599.

RN Mary Smith the widow{s} Daught 40 y maij 8 ☿ h. 6. 25. ant m 1605 came to know wheath^r shee were not to be let blood for her aches in her armes Hucklebone y^t she cā scarce goe had not her termes this 3 yeres.

rūneth into the outsyde of her feete.

RN Mres Crowlye of Asp Harlington. 26 y last the first of ma{rch} last ♃. h. 9 ant m \10/ at night came her selfe to me the 26 of Apr. ☿ h. 9. 4|5|0 ant m. 1609. temped {sic} sodenly to stab any her selfe or others.¹

Mres Crowly of Harlington Apr 26. ☿ h. 10. ant m 1609.

RN Mres foster {illeg}|o|f newp 23 y march. 18 ☾ h. 4 p m. 1622 /a huzzing in head like rayne w^th a gydynes a bad back flushing heat on the left syde of her head\

RN S^r Iames Evington my nephew came to see h me & to conferre w^th me about his sicknes & cold may 5 ♂ h. 8 2|3|0 ant m. 1629 /left syde of his face hot spots red\¹

RN Will. Grene venit ad me quærens morbū 1597 Martij 8. die ♂ h. 12. 30 m. after noone he had a sore legg wounded & broken w^th a coggle. his principall disease his leg is swollen & ranckled.