Casebooks

RN Mres Dorle sent to know the disease of Margery Marye & An. Dorle. Apr 8. an ☿ h. 10 45 ant m 1607.

wheath^r good to heale \vp/ her Issue & to take a vomit or &|a| {sic} \a/ purge D Chanell wylleth her & to heale vp her Issu.

RN I receaved a letter from Mres Shatbolt & the lady Aug. 11. ☉ h. 5. 30 p m 1633

Mres Shatbolt who is to goe into the Contry craveth a letter onc a fortnight & adviseth me to Dirct my lett^r to on M^r Darnell the Apothecary in Souper Lane though but onc a fortnight.

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 a litle gyrle 14 y very sick head & stomack my lady gave her aloes & syrope of roses & a vomyt w^th {sic} wrought eight 12 tymes & yet is not mended craveth my consell

RN Goody Blea did send being in great misery w^th her leg. to Have it lanced it all soft over. & swelleth more at night thē otherwise & is well by fits. Ian 16. ☾|♄| hor. 8. 25 ant m 1613

Iohn Byrd was sent for & he thought it to be a waterish & a wyndy {hu}mour wynd w^th an ague better on day & worse another by fits & vncertenly

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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RN the mydwife of newport came to me for Mres Garner of litle Linford Ian. 3 ☉ hor 9 ant m 1602.

RN Francis Coo of Wicken 24 y Iune 22 ♂ h. 6. 20 ant m 1630 |Katherin Perce. the mydwife|

RN Iohn Byrd came to me to knowe wheath^r it were good that moore should take his wife to cure Octob. 8 ☿ h. 9. 30. ant m 1606

RN M^r Tylliare of St Albons A{pothec} quarit vtrū h {sic} moth^r in lawe be w{illeg}|bew|orded & how longe to live Decēb. 2. ☾ h. 9 ant m. 1605.

RN M^res fountayne a gentlewomā by Alebery 36 y feb. 4. ♃ 2. p m. 1608 |for her disease in the stomacke| |at this tyme Mres Midlemore brought her water to the D Ash who sayde she had rotten kidneys|

RN Goody Byrd for marye Robinson y^t hath had many throwes & now slacker & wheath^r her tyme be now or Decēb. 22. ♃ h. 12. 1608.

thinketh she {wanteth} a moneth of the tyme the mydwife quærit consiliū meū

the child dead

RN Cicely of Stony stratford 40 y. marche 17. ♂ h. 8 ant m 1612

on Thomas lie y^t dwelleth not

m^r lea sent for opiū ʒii on Thomas lye y^t dwelleth not far frō. Stony stratford hath taken in hand to heale this mad womā Cicely of Stonystratf{ord}

RN M^r Askum enquireth wheath^r his Daught^r mres May {sic} Askum who hath bene troubled w^th mopishnes. for 3 yers space ever about frō alhalloutyde & the wynter season vntill the begynning of march & then vseth to mend in the spring & so hath done y two yers togeath^r but this year having taking purges & letten blood by on Dallyfeld about Cadlemas {sic} now is grown worse then before & still is not mended as now at this spring as she was wont heretofore A. enquireth wheath^r she will mend & by what {me} {sic} meaes {sic} May 2 ♂ h. 6. pm 1620 /19 y old.\ /of livord in Hany parsh {sic} in Barksheere.\ |vtū {sic} curabilis nec ne pater  filio {sic} sine consensu.|

RW Peircie Crouch of Toceter y: 33 \33/ d. ☾. h: 2. p: m: Nouemb. 20. 1620. Burneth verie much in her stomacke \bodie/ & mouth. hath had much physicke frō M^r Iames yet not the better. was also let blood. can take no rest. had a Clyster lately. ill a moneth. keepe her bed a fortnight

RN The Lady Longeville new come to Billen about on weddensday last sent h a letter to me Iuly 26 ♀. h. 2. p m 1622

how her courses be broken downe & y^t her hedach is nothing so bad as it was wont.

RW M^ris Haruie of London. d. ☿ |h:| 7. p: m: Nouemb: 20. 1622. RN /wheath^r D Dolbee shall doe her good\ RW

RN Mres Chatterton sent for a dyet Drīk Octob. 16 ♀ h. 5. 25. p m 1607 /the bishop of lincolnes wife.\

shee wrote y^t my lady Dive had healed her sore leg. & how y^t lady cōmended me vnto her & wished her to follow my Direction. & to have a dyet drinke/

RN Mres Doro {sic} Dorothie was baptized 7 of Iuly 1613 19 y old sent novēb 2 h {sic} hor 12 1633 /a maryed womā 3 y. neaver had child. her husb: hath a dropsy she looketh well & hath a good coulor.\

M^r Thomas Norwoods Daughter in law of wythybrooke octob. 31 hath taken a course of physick vnder an Apothecary in Coventry alnost {sic} a yere & is no way mended but weaker

her stomack almost quite gone & wanteth sleepe

hath often vomyted blood but more of late & cōmonly after meate hath a stupidity & lightnes of head her stomack always payned w^th an Inward soarenes w^ch payne doth now descend vnto the back, hyps, thighs, & legs w^th an extraordinary swelling. begyning \taking his begȳing/ at the chest