Casebooks

RN Marg Cowly of this towne 5. y & a quater {sic} Iulye 12 ♃ h 12 6 p m 1627 chest & backe |full of blood| /belly b|c|hest & backe\

RN Ione Rus{illeg}|s|ell of S^t {illeg}|y|eedes 7 y Ap 27 {illeg}|h| {sic} hor. 6 p m 1622. |sick sinc Christmas last.| /belly & chest.\ /he rageth by fits\

RW Henry Coople of sto 8 |nine| churches. y. 6. d. ♄. h: 11. 12. ant: m: Sept: 3. 1625. complayneth of his belly

RW Rich: Wells of Woodhill y. 3. d. ♃ h: 1. p: m: Feb: 24. 1620. much payned in the belly, loose bodyed. belly swelleth sometimes: & sometimes in the fit the \priuie/ members are drawne vp into the bodie.

RN Williā Wheeler of Woulv^rton 3 y Decēb 6 ♃ h. 11 ant m 1627 cōp of his belly vryne very good

RW M^ris Phębe Longeuill of woulu^rton y. 8. d. ☿. h: 8. 15. ant: m: Feb: 23. 1620. payned in her backe & head cannot {illeg}|c|oughe: much payned in her sides: is very costiue. eateth & drinketh very little.

RN Katherin Dunkley. of Hartwell 2 y. & a quarter could have gone about. & now it cānot goe. back & belly mutch swelled. & is stroken & cōsumeth. march 20 h {sic} hor 10 39 ant m 1624.

RN Dorcas Burges of new{p} 2 y octob. 11 ☾ h. 2. 39 p m. 1624 pyned in the body

RN Mres Eliz child to the lord of Sunderland a yere & a halfe Ap. 24. ♀ 2. p m 1629

hath a cough & a great loose{nes} & eateth litle

quærit^r vtrū laborat Dentibꝯ ventre v^l vermbis {sic} metuit vermes stomach

RN M^r Stocken stroken suddayne w^th the palsye on the left syde Depriving him of all motion & feele like a dead leg for hand or leg. Decēb 17 ♃ h. 10|9|. 40 ant m 1629 as he was rising hath no feele but hath good vnderstanding¹

RN Marg. Dixye \Maxye/ tooke away & kii|c|kd|e|d of the sticks of frō the firre {sic} march 12 ♀ h. 10. 45. ant m. 1624 /9 weekes sinc yest tormented\¹

old goody Dixye susp. this womā brought a few sticks & put it on the fire & burned

RN M^r Thomas Wentworth hæros patris Dni. Lord Wentworth natus Ian. 16 h {sic} hor 7. 54 ant m 162 1613 /{Re}ctif  Animodar./ mutch payned on the side & subiect to plurisyes\

RW Richard Coles \Sharpe/ of this towne y. 4. d. ☾ h. 2. p: m: Nouemb: 27. 1620.

troubled w^tha paine in his backe. something cometh ouer him hee sayth at night about 8 of the clocke. screameth & scratcheth when the fit cometh: w^ch is always about 8 of the clocke at the night.

RW Williā West of Westen. y. 4. d. ♄. h. 9. 30. ant: m: Sept. 17 1625. burneth hot. head & belly a highe troubled water.

RN Lettice Shermā of Woulv^rton 23 y march 29 ♃ h. 8 9. ant m. 162i

she came heather w^th her mother. strang fits then swoūding in her bed as the falling sicknes or mother.

RN Rob favell very weak g{athes} no strenght. & goeth crosse legs other wise not & his legs & body pyne Aug 1|2|0 ♀ h. 11 45 ant m 1624

3 y ch{rim}{illeg}|{s}| {sic} Christmas the sonday senet before Christmas h. 12. 30 in y^e morning very early

RW Mary Bonner of Flitton y. 9. d. ☿ h: 0. Ianuar: 23. 1622. much swelled in her head & face: & her belly sometimes. scoureth much

RN M^r Rob. Longevill at litle Billing 4 y next nydsomer {sic}. may. 23. {illeg}|♃|. h. 11. ant m 1622. had the measles. cane {sic} out on his face & body. well.

but the child is ill. & feaverish & costive sinc sonday.

RN Agnys Kent of Moulsoe almost 5 quarters borne on Palme sonday last was twelfmonth about some {sic} rising sent to me May 14. ☿. h. 5. p m. 1628.

It is pyned & cōsumed belly hard & voydeth wormes living 6. wasteth in the body. was nurced by goody Keburne. goody Keburne came into another nurces house & would needes suckle it, wheath^r the nurce would or no & sinc mutch amys & it swounded twice to day belly very hard flesh quite wasted was not well tended by goody Keburne face swelled buttocke black & blewe. cānot stand vppon the lyms the child p^rsent w^th goody Alton of Moulsoe it did batle well vnder this nurce vntill goody Keburne her former nurce would suckle it force tooke some surfet.