Casebooks

RN D Iames of Oxford st|ran|gly {sic} \straungly/ taken w^th a palsye on the left syde of the face hand & leg taken at church & great red blatches in t|H|is fac & bodye & his ey swelling & f|H|is face a yere before & sinc he contenting certen sup witches & on being acquitted he felt his strange stitch on his s {sic} left syde by fits he supposeth y^t the womā susp for a witch but quitted by the Iudges did hurte him the 24 of feb. ☾ sep a □ ♄ ap ☌ ♂ y^t night at sup first taken. had his first fit after he talked w^th m^r Rob. Conye. feb 18. in y^e after noone his first fit but his worst fit the 24 of feb when the sup witch was acquitted/

M^res Iames mentioned M^r Doctor Iames |of oxford| Ap. 20 ♃ h. 3. 20 p m. 1620 /she related all at this tyme/\

RN Margaret Billington who dwelt w^th Thomas Billington of Bletchly first cosens nowe Dwelleth w^t M^r Vuedale came awaye for a payne of her hed ache back neck & newe at her hart ever since harvest never a daye well Novemb. the 12 die ☉ h. 12. 20. mi 1598 20 yeres old in p^rsenc her selfe.

RN Rich. yeatꝭ of Cliften Rayles of 50 yeres old hath kept his bed ever since {D} {sic} March last yere lieth in his right arme & left foote & in his backe & syde. may 5. die ♄ h. 12. {11}|30|. m. water whitish & thin & full of scales & motes \& black melancholye/ but thrice vp. ever since

RW Elizabeth Bradshow of woodstocke. {y}. 11. d. ♀ h: 0. 25 p:m: Aprill. 28. 1620. a sore cheeke, w^ch is verie hard to {hea}le; when it is healed, then her head {bre}aketh out: hath done so these 8 or 9 yeres. RN |she was p^rsent. 7 yeres ill. a p^rty sclender wench.| RW

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 Thom. Rive sent to me to come vp to him 1598. Iuly 11 die ♂. h. 12. 45.

|Thomas Rive| 1598 |Iulij 11. die ♂ h 12 {sic}| h. 12. 9. mi. p merid. in ipsa merid  Tho. Rive. he is payned all over head harte chest he is very drye.

 Th. Rive vtru vivet v^l no.

RN Elisabeth Good of Bletchly 3 y. August 26 ♃ hor. 1. 48. p m. 1602. in p^rsentia belly & syde.

RN R N coōplay of his hart burning & sowre stomack Aug 3. ♄ hor. 6. ant m /1605.\

RN Katherine Grene /25\ first taken w^th \it tooke/ an arising frō her stomack ready to stop her wynd Martij 7. ☿ h. 11. p m 162i |is so sick y^t she cā take no rest.|

It tooke her in her hart & left sy right & short ribs pricking like needles. |suckleth a child halfe a yere old|

RN Cicely foster of hanslop 43 y may 20 ☾. h. 4. 39 ant m 1622 had no child this 20 y was swelled in her legs a quarter of a yere & now quite gone vpward & her belly is mutch swelled & her thigh & mutch gryped about her navell and casteth for this halfe yere y^t w^ch she taketh most cōmonly & keepeth her bed this fortnight desyreth but my prayers./

RN mary Goyn of Hanslop 2 y & a halfe may 20 h {sic} hor. 3. 30 \4./ p m 1626

the child p^rsent w^th a great big belly all pyned in y^e lym̄s. hips.¹

RN Th Lam|n|e of Lowton 36 y Ap. 12 ☾. h. {4} 50 p m. 1624.

lame frō the pyne of his shouder {sic} to his wrests on boath armes. was p^rsent in his owne son¹

RN for marg. Iaunson 20 y. for her speene {sic} & head & weake stomac

RN R N. valde ægrotabat corde capite et stomacho. quæritu^r causā. Sept. 11. die ☾. h. 3. 53 m. post m. 1598 apoplexia et verti

RN M^r Clavers Daught^r 14. y. novēb^r 21 ☾ hor 12. 15. p m 1603.

shewed me her sore leg w^ch breaketh out into 3 places in whyte waterish flashes.

what were good to heale it.

RN mary field of Shitlington a yere old a weeke before {illeg} {sic} our lady day in lent ☉ night betwixt 12 & {1}. p m 1618. march 15 ☉ h. 12. 1. p m {illeg}|8|. /brow full of tetters & scurfy Itch.\

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 My Cosen M^r Rich: Wright of Southworke sent me 2 litle firkings & ba\r/lis on full of blue \ordinary/ figs thoth^r of reasons of the sonne. feb 21 ♃ 1633

he wrote y^t his wife my neece Clare is sorely troubled w^th a rising vp to her throate ready to stop her wynd & is payned in her hips & knees & was frighted w^th the sight of that fearfull fire

RN This may 24 ♄ h{or} I felt a payne in {my} right kne 1606

RN Mary Robinson may 2i die ☿ h. 12. 40 ant m. 1600 in her owne son. sayth some body teareth her body & harte