Casebooks

RN Margaret Page of Lathbury 35 yeres old. shee lieth in & was delivered of a child 3 weekes since wilbe muday {sic} next. shee lacketh her milk & can scarce digest her meate shee feareth lest shee is ill bespoken. shee hath had many losses of cattell &{c} Octob. 13. die ♀ h. 11. 15. 1598.

U[1628–31] Sara Ireland of wooburne. y. 22. d ♄. Nouemb: 15 h: 10 30 ant: m: 1628. brought in bed about a moneth since. mopish. eateth little can not sleepe.

RN Anthony Smith for his sons Daughter 4 yeres old very exceeding sleepy can eat nothing keepeth her bed looketh pale. cōplayneth of her hed & her mouth sore & cannot swallowe. Octob. 10|1| die ♂ ♄ {sic}. 11. 25|0|. 1598.

RN Rich Parret of Castle Throp 2 y & a halfe p m. 1604 hed ill a weake stomacke

RN The ladye freemās gentlewomā. at this time cānot take her drink but casteth it. no amendmēt.

RN M^r Iohn Amy on of the kings singer ma \q{uerister}/ maye {sic} yers 73 y Iuly. 7 ☾ h. 7. 25 ant m 1623 /cānot relish nor keepe his drink\

RW Iohn Amyas of Southhill in Bedford sheire. y. 65. d. ☾. h: 10. 40 ant. m: Feb. 28. 1620. ill sinc Tuesday \Fryday/ last. cannot vomite nor goe to the stoole. Eateth nothinge: drinketh sometimes. Cryeth out of his body; sleepeth not.

RW M^ris Elizabeth Tyrrell of Thornton. y. 8. d ☾. h: 2. 30 p: m: Novemb: 20. 1620.

by fits verie ill: sometimes eateth her meale well, at other times doth not. giveth goeth vp & downe verie melancholily

RN Miller of Brodwell 55. yeres Doth nothing els but vomit. & so hath done every day this yere nowe forsaketh his meate & keepeth his bed nowe this 3 days. March 20 die ♂ h. 2. 8 p m 1599

RN my lady Dentons mans wife maij 8 ☿ h. 12. 10. 12. ant m 1605. |Margaret Wincot 44 y|

hath taken her selfe to be w^th child sinc twelfetyde to Easter. but hath had a great many of her sicknesses & doe follow her ever since but she is as big as if shee were w^th child & shee thincketh y^t shee feeleth something styrr as if shee were w^th child. very sick frō 3 in y^e morning to 2 in y^e aft^r noone y^t she cā take no rest. neith^r a bed nor vp.

shee maketh & laboureth sometymes to vomite but brin{k}|g|eth vp nothing but wat^r eateth nothing but breath. shee is very dry.

Margaret wyncot 44 y. maij 8 ☿ h. 10. 12 ant m 1605.

RN Elis Ienings of London hath taken her vomyt & dyet drink w^ch wroght well w^th her. yet looketh pale & hath not her floures cānot eate flesh & yet hath a good stomack craveth my Directiōs vppon Monday next Iune 26 ♃ h. 4. 39 p m 1628

RN Iohn Rutland m|o|f Hav^rshā may 4. ☾. h. 9. 30 ant m 1629 /six weekes ill but a fortnight \more/ ill but excedding ill a weeke faynt weake cā not eate nor sleepe\

RN on weddensday 3 weekes before miklemas betwixt 8 & 9 in the forenoone sodenly taken in her mouth & face & in her lymms & so cōtinued a weeke & did neyther eate nor drinke

It will say I or no & call her broth^r Tom. Sept. 5 ☿ h. 8. 30 ant m. 1610.¹

RN M^res Katheron Honsdon M^r Gascoynes sister y. 22. cannot Digest her meate gnowen about the harte as it were w^th chest wormes. maried a fortnight afore miklemas. febr. 19 die ♂ ♄ {sic}. 1. 15 p m. 1600 /of Woulverton\

RN Will Maryot of Litle Linford mayed {sic} 4 child 35 y Iuly 26 ☾ h 7 ant m 1630

head ill cānot eate weak

RN Iohn Connyngham 7 yeres old satterday sennet after miklemas daye sick this 12 moneth. cōplayneth most of his hed & hath a weake stomack. was wonte to have white water leeke dregs of a tub. very thick of a pale & whitish Colour. a longe visage. Decēb. 4. h. 11. the child came hither.

RN Goody nuemā of fardingoe thre mils frō Banberye. 4{illeg}|6| y Sept 5. ☾. h. 3. 20 p m. 1608. amys a longe tyme troubled in her stomacke cānot Digest any meate but Doth cast her meate aft^r shee hath eaten it or els fyndeth no ease Doth keepe her bed./ they doe watch her.

RN Marmaduke Newnton of Whadddon 11. y. may 28 die ☿ h. 3. 30 p m. 1600.

head chest & body cā take no foode nor set vp.

RN M^r Anderton taken w^th a fore flatulent melanch. passion w^th a sore beating of his stomack ill after meate & after his first sleepe eating very litle at all tyme a bad Digest stomack full of wynd & choler was taken w^th a sore fit Decēb. 11 ♃ h. 12. 30 p m. 1629|8|. 1628.

RN M^r Nichols of Wing for on of his fellowes \Edwards Gardiner/ growen into y^e scurvy & dropsye y^t before a yere sinc was recovered only by scurvygras now growen swelled his legs thighes & belly are very mutch swelled his appetite de{i}ected & 70 y cā take no purge fat corp & well coloured Ap 6 h {sic} hor. 7. 25 ant m 16i6. |breath short|