Casebooks

SRN They were marre|i|ed betw{ene} 9 & 10. Iune 12. ☿ a. m. 163{3}

RN younge goody f \An/ {sic}

An fild & An Richardson of hav^rshā. about 25 y boath vnder on ruffe rough. & came togeath^r to the same howse at on tyme fell in labour. Ian 15. h. circi^r 9 \p m/ noctur. sent  obstetrice. 1609

An fild \borne. 29 y. satterd afore candlemas w^c was at hand./ began her labour {as} on satterday night \Ian. 14./ h. 10. 30 p m 1609.

An Richards. began her labour. Ian 16. h. 12. 30 p {sic} med noctē/

RN M^r Bouth {hering} of {sic} h|y|^t his wife is mistaken in her c{ere}t tooked it impatiently & was troubled in his hed & could not rest well y^t night Octob 29 ♃ h. 5. 30 20 p m 1618. quærit^r de eius vxore quando deo volente parturit

RN The Lady West & the Lady de Lespencer sent for Mres Crosts to goe to her grandmotter Dup & not to come Home to thē for feare of relapse

& sent me 5^l for m^rs Crosts & the lady West a peece for her child.

quærit vtrū sit gravida

renēb {sic} to write to her & to the Bayly for his Child \the falling sicknes/ & to the lady Westmorland & to the lady delespencer et vtrū Her daughter lady Humes be gravida & in y^e behalfe of Mres Crosts. \is Costive always// her dyet \purging Drink/ wroght 3 or 4 tys {sic} a day

fearth astringent playsters will bynd it

I had 5^l of the lady Delespencer & a peece frō the old lady Westmorland for my Counsell for her child |Ap 13.|

M^res Crost was willed for feare of relapse to goe to her Grandmother Dup for a while I wished her to stay vntill the 8 of May 8.

RN Mres Neale sent to tell me y^t shee was wonderfully hoven boath before & aft^r her physick & greeped Ap 17 die ♃ h. 8 ant m. 1600

RN Mary Lillingston \a gentlewoman/ of Lidlington Ap. 19 die ♄ h 3. 30 p m 1600 anoth^r in her son mved {sic} it for the heate of her face & y^e pimpling of it. w^ch cōmeth when shee is w^th Child

RN Aug. 11 die ♀ h. 5. 30 m. ant m. 1598. it should seeme good for Mary Nichols to take phisik.

RN Elisabeth Honour of Woulverton about 26 maried this 2 or 3 yeres. shee is lunatick & hath not the vse of her wits. about 3 a clock in the after noone 26 of Septemb. die ♂ they cam to my howse but I was not at home they came agayne about 9. 15 in moring {sic} w^th her consent

RN Iohn Coles of 22 yeres old sick of a tertian ague water high Coloured fathr {sic} sent wheath^r it were good to let him blood this 2i of feb. 1599. die ☿ ♄ {sic}. 7. 30

RN M^r Coles sent againe for his sonne wheathr {sic} it were good to let him blood feb. 23. die ♀ h. 1599.

RN wheath^r shee be bewitched. Elisabeth Richardson.

RN M^r Doct^r Hacket  vxore Aug 25 ♃ hor 12. in merid 1603.

GJ Sibill Fisher of Cokenho 23|4| y August 1. ☾ ho 12 15 p. m. 1603

Light headed laug{illeg}|h|es, but at first tooke it w^th a weeping lookꝭ ghastly. \a/ fleering lookꝭ settꝭ her teeth. one night did nothing but sweare and curse /

Sibill Fisher she knowes not of her husbandꝭ cōming for her, knowes nobody they bynde her handꝭ and feete. when she is loose she is so strong that they cannot Deale w^th her. singꝭ idle songꝭ. Desyres to daunce. She had 2 midwives the first vnskilfull the 2 froward & would not meddle w^th her because she was not first sent her, suspected to be a witche, the woman well layd but a weeke after fell into these fittꝭ & at first speaking of her 2 midwyfe sayd. what doest thou there w^th thy blacke hen. & such like speeches

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GJ Sibill Fisher of Cokenho 24 y. August. 5 ♀ ho 2 p. m. 1603 vide August. j et Iulij 23.

RN Iohn Byrde for his broth^rs meaden Ian 14 h {sic} hor 2 p m 1604.

for aches in her huckle bone.

SF Iulian Broughtō of 28 yeares Vtrum sit grauida questo  maritū/ facte 1597 first may at 30 p 10 ☉ an’ m’

GJ Ric Gilpin 1604 Sept. 14 ♀ ho. 7 30 a m

GJ A yong man \One Howses sonne/ of B{o}|y|thon in Huntingdon shire 26 y. his water was brought sine Consensu feb: 1|2|0 ☿ ho. 2. 45 p m. 1605

Straungely tormented by witchcraft since shrovetuesday. g: Shelton the witch in prison.

RN This Iohn Spencer sent a boy but his father came to doe the message because he knewe me better. he stayde beneath a whole houre & better being told I was frō home h. 7. 50. ant m. 1602. Martij 30 ♂ hor. 7. 50 ant m 1602.

RN maij 15 h. 10. ant m. 1602. a smiths wife came for his wife y^t hath every days ague very shivering & then hot ever since shee was Delivered