Casebooks

RN A{g}|{n}| {sic} An Towers of {sic} wayting gentlewo{mā} on the old lady Digbe of 27 y Ian 22 ♃ h. 11 ant m 1624 a gryping on her body.

RN Mres Troughten sent her maydens wat^r by Iohn Byrd a sonday morning by 7 of the clocke. & I receaved vppō munday morning by 9

a stitch vnd^r her right syde.

RN Thomas Stridels of Newport a traveller & a tayler 21 y. Ian. 1. ☾. h. 3 1616. /cānot lye in his bed ta{kn}e by his syde w^th stitches\

RN Steaphen S^r Franc Dūcōbes servāt 54 y. Ian 8 ☾ h. 2. p m. 1620|i| /a cruell stitch on the right syde cānot sleepe\

RN Sara Willet M^r Edgertons servant 18 y. Ap 12 die ♄ h. 10 ant m. 1600 paynd in her bellye w^th a grypinge/

RN the father in law of M^r Beamon surg. of Pollixhill came to me for his wife. brought a bed 3 we{ekes} sinc. taken with the new ague extreme sick & feeble & troubled w^th stitches

RN Mes Elis Allen gentl attend. to my lady Lovet of Soulbery 27. y. mach {sic}. 28. h {sic} hor. 1. p m 1618 is marvelously griped in her armes & should

RN M^r write of \mynister.// {illeg}|of| Bedford. A {sic} 36 y Aug 30. ♃ h. 10. 20 ant m 162i a great payne gryping in his bellye

M^r Write of Bedford 36 y Aug. 30 ♃ h. 10 25 ant m 162i

RN Thomas Parker of hartwell. a butcher. 40 y Decēb {4}|5| ☾ hor 10. 15. ant m. 1603.¹

RN Steaph S^r Fr Dūcōbe serv Ian 12. h. 8 50 ant m 1621 /cānot sleepe Desp sick cōpl of a stitch of his right syde\

RN will for my mayd Doll for her sore stitch vnder her syde noveb 29 h {sic} hor 9 ant m 1623 /blood\

RN Isabell Clarke of Cosgrave 22 serv. to Robart Emerson sick ever sinc Chistide {sic}. 27 feb die ♂ h. 23. 16. 12. her courses stopt hevy vncōfortabl stomack stitch bottome of her belly.

RN Ione Longe of Astwood 20. y. taken yesterday in her bodye after a strange maner. y^t shee cannot make water greeepeth {sic} her bellye & cryeth w^th it & cannot sleepe. Septemb. 5. die ☿ h. 6. 45. ant m. 1599. /her fathers servant gote her w^th Child but her fath^r would not let him marry her./\

RN Wylliā Ashby of fænystratford servant 22 y Ian 7. ☾ h. 12 3|4|0 p m 1605.

cōplayneth every where backe gryped & belly & syde./

RN Robart Course of Emmerton 20 y a serv. Sept 20. ☉ h. 3 \30/ p m 1607 |ever sinc thursday would cough but is so payned vnder his left syde w^th a sore stitche|

RN Georg Steaphens of Tyddington 52 y feb 27 ♃ h. 12. 1623 the L Wentsworth Coo

sorely tormented w^th a bloody flix

back & belly mightely m {sic} griped¹

M^r Rollynson wrote for him

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 La{unl}et Whitefild of Woulverton 54 y maij 9 ☿ hor 6. 30 ant m 1604.

hed ill s {sic} cough of a long cōtinuanc 6 yeres full stomacke & stitches. backe S^r Henr long mā. maried /Here in p^rsenc as if he ayled nothing\

RN Mres An Lucas 21. y last novēb 22 last Iune 22. ♀ h 9 ant m. 1632 /feb. malig: a stitch on her left syde\ |a Tertian extree {sic} weake & feeble|

RN Ioane Steaphens ma\r/yed a w sinc tweltyde 19. y. Aug. 5 ☾ h. 10. 30 ant m. 1633 |of Grandborough| /Dove gave her a vomyt & let her blood in the left arme.\

a great payne & gryping in her stomack had thē 18 weekes sinc & 10 weekes sinc

quærit an sit gravida /head stomack & backe\