Casebooks

RN Mres Agnes Walth{orne} londinesis 32. Ian. 12 die ♀ hor 8 30 ant m. 1599. payned w^th a hardnes in her belly & stomack & lyeth betwixt her short ribbes it groweth bigger & bigger.

RN Goody Skevington of Newnton 45 y march. 25 ☾ h 2 p

Goody Skevington of newnton 46|5| y march. 25 ♀|☾| h. 2 p m 1633.

back & belly hard 3 weekes |7 child youngest 5 y.|

had thē 3 weekes sinc |vtrū sit grav.|

RN M^r Harlings of Norten Octob 5 ♀ hor. 12. 15. p m 1604.

for a swellinge about his cods hernia ventosa

GJ Bridgitt Boughton his daughter 16 y. For the like swelling in her belly. eodē tempore /

RN Mary Davyes nata Ian 23 ♀ \1509. 1595/ h. 6. 30 ant m sent to me octob 6 ☿ h. 3. 15 p m. 1624 to know wheather her of what her grate be \is/ caused her belly belly exceeding great yet as she thinketh not w^th child

RN Elis Thorpe but Elis Parrot 21 y of frenckford octob. 18 ♃ h. 12 1627

had a great belly 6. y. togeath^r & now sent to know vtrū sit gravida /yell {sic}\

RN Mres Margaret Sanderson 22 y Apr. 7 ♂ h. 4 45 p m 1629

vtrū sit gravida thought that she had bene quick a month agoe according to her the alteration of her body w^ch she hath found these 5 months body very big & is Doubtfull wheath^r she be w^th child hath bene & is very healthfull would take physick if not w^th child

RN D Spicer for his wife mayrd {sic} halfe a yere greate bellyed nescit an sit gravida ma|Iun|e 19 h {sic}. hor. 1. 40 p m 1624 /nescit an sit gravida\

RN M^r {sic} Charels Tutcher Charles at Stonystratford at the swan of 2 neckes. 45. sick this fortnight. sonewhat {sic} Costive shee doth bleede & is very mutch stuffed in her chest can scarce tak her winde. ready to sound a grosse & fat woman. sent a poer woman. Ian. 3. die ☿. h. 12. 9. mi. 1599. \at 1. p m /|twice & thrice a day bleedeth at y^e nose. half a pint at a time \every oth^r daye/|

Charels Touchers wife hath not had her termes this 6 yeres her stomack hoven & her hed ill & backe her wombe & chest stuffed short winded. hart ill water good. yellowe but thin. taken a greefe for payment of monyes for her husb. brother for s{ur}tiship. 200^li

RN Mres White of Caucot {5}|6|0 y march. 10 ☿ h. 4. 30 p m 1613 |quærit wheath^r she mend or noe.|¹

RN Elis leach of Caucot otherwise Caldecote 43. y. novēb. 8 ☿ h. 9. ant m 16i5 /43 y\ quærit an sit gravida necne. hath bene bigger & bigger. ever sinc mydsomer & is growen bigger & bigger as a womā great w^th child. & yet hath her termes every month hath a fewe. her brests leake. |very desyrous to know weath^r she have not a tȳpany bred on her|

RN Ione Gale of Bedford 35 y. march. 30 ☾. h. 2. p m 1618 quærit vtrū sit gravida termes stopt 7 weekes. is swelled in her chest.

RN Alce Richardson of stoakegolding 50 y Ap. 14 h {sic} hor. 9. 30 ant m 1627 swelled about her chest & legs a fortnight thought that she had bene w^th child 40 weekes vtrū sit gravida

RN Elis Clarke of S^t Peters in S^t Albons 38 y Iune 15 ♀ h. 1. 50 p m 1632

swollen about her chest. & left syde /vtrū gravida\

RN Iohn Spencer of W|S|^r Robartꝭ Spencers servant. Martij 30 ♂ hor. 8. 9. ant m. 1602. cōplayneth of his left syde & spleene & swelling of his legge.

quærit {illeg}|r|emediū  Aloysia faulkner 23 y. troubled w^th the greene sicknes hath taken many vomits but noone would worke w^th her craveth a vomit sick in y^e stomacke quærit an \an {sic} alce faukner/ virū diligit nec ne.¹

RN Iohn Warren sent to me for his neg & his wife disease big in her belly paynd in her backe & hath her floures orderly all day & night septemb 17 ♄ hor. 2. 25. p m 1603.

wat^r full of motes

quærit an sit gravida.

RN Agnes Smithe of 13 yeres old at last mikelmas it tooke her {9} of novemb. w^th a gydines in her hed & hart & so ceme Downe to her h {sic} belly hard came for my counsell this 27 of November 1598 die ☾ h. 8. 49. mi. ant m. mater cū filia quærit

RN vide Iane Wats of Havershā 2. & halfe about Barraabe {sic} daye b|w|ho bred child w^th great sicknes all her tyme vntill shee was delivered. & that child is always sicklye.

her litle child of 2 y a great belly. & navell & thirsty. Ian 29 ☿ h 3. 38 40 p m 1606

RN Martha Farre of Wavendon serv to M^r Deene 29. y Iuly 5. h {sic} hor. 11. ant m 1623 |breasts hard terms stopt 12 weekes Qu. an sit gravida|

SRN Goody Godfrey of Stony strattf{ord} for her Broers Child. 3. y eodē tempore.

belly swelled & hard, no stomack to its meate