Casebooks

RN vrsula Thorpe of Stony stratford keepeth the bull. hipwell vnkle vnto Thorpe 32 yeres old sick ever sinc mikelmas goeth abroade. Dece {sic} sent by M^r Oliv^r Barker. for his wife sister is her moth^r in frendship & kindred Doubteth wheath^r shee be bewitched & hath a canker in her tongue & tented shee hath an ill stomacke & spitteth putrifyed bloode. Decēb^r. 2i. die ♃. h. 9. 15. ant m. 1598.

SF Ihon Ellis of i6 yeres of Chattam Detford/ the mother for the Sonn’. 1596 the first of May ♄. post m’ at 2 10 p 2 Diz. the poulters wif at the cradel M^rs lockly cam w^t her she dwelt at plimouth

SF Thomas Masey {sic} \mercy/ butcher 1596 the 27 of Septm ☾ p m’ at 30 p 2 Diz the wif for the husband

RN Rich Kerby Miller of Newport 60 \56/ yeres old. long & grevously sick {filiu}s  patre \{servus}  Domino/ cū euꝯ {sic} consensu it hath held this 4 yeres by fits but this quarter of this yere held him sorely & keepeth home some days his bed in his fit & then abroad. a payne in his hart w^th a sighing black coloured very fat of his face but w^th this sicknes shrunk in his bodye & legs. M^r yarrow for him novemb. {sic} 1 Decēb. die ♀ h. 10. 15. 1598¹

RN Elisabeth Rigot 18 y. servant to Cowly the Butcher sick this fortnight cōplayneth most of her hed keepeth her bed ever sinc satterday her master sent w^thout her privity the 27 of feb. die ♂ h. 8. 20 1599.

RN Thomas Eling of Newport for his wife Elisabeth for Eling a baker. 29. y. 5 weeks sicke had no child not this 3 yeres. keepeth her bed. Septemb. 7 die ♀ h. 8. 12. mi. ant m. 1599.