Casebooks

RN Old Sūner of Woulv^rton Decēb. 27 ♀. h. 8. 30. ant m. 1611 80 y

fortnigt amis frō lame frō the short ribs t|d|owne to his knes & cā take no rest but is mightely tormented as on y^t were taken.

RN Iohn Windmill of Yardly Gubbin a twelmoneth old & as mutch as candelmas the sunday after candlemas. came & brought her Child y^t was payned in the body & had divers fi strange fits. but before it tooke it had a fit of an ague before it. not v this beating & panting began on friday night w^th a quivering & shakings of the belly & armes Apr. 10. die ♂ h. 7. ant m. 1599 goeth had|r|d to grounde cryeth

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

RN Twydy Smyth of Stony stratford

this figure is set for Twydy Smithe

Twydy Smith of 22 of \Stony/ Strafford lame this two yeres stuffed in her body & heavy. at 4. 15. p m. 1599. in her lims. & whites \hath/ a white wheish water & very thick

RN Iohn Ione Burten of Olney for her diseased chest 44. yeres. lame in her back. fallen downe into her legs. a great hoven in her belly body back w^th cold & a trembling ach in her back.

RN Mary Bruer of this towne 36 y feb. 4. ☾ h. 9 ant m 1628

Is lame in all her body & her |left| kne swelled & foot & is lame in it cōplayneth of her backe & syde & is desyrous to be let blood great w^th child quickened at S^t Thomas

GJ M^r Mathew Claver of Foskett. sent his water w^th a letter April. 6. ☿ ho. 10. 6 a m. 1603 Wherin he Complayneth of a trembling hastynes and fulnes of his head & sences his body full of wynde, a great noyse in his left eare many tymes troubled w^th a stitche in the small of his backe. The mouth of his stomacke doth most annoy his head for w^ch he hath taken Conserve of Anthos

RN for a poer womā of Sherington y^t hath bene long sick & swollen in her body face legs cānot goe August 30 ♂ hor 10. 45. ant m 1603

RN Old Goody Barnwell hoven in body & hath a sincking in her feete & her lims stiffe & have no feeling. very Costive. may. the 18 16 die ☿. h. 11. 30. ant m. 1599.

RN Will Young of Illing beyond S^t yeedes 58 y novēb. 9 ♂ h. 3. p m 1619.

an aguish thick red water. / sick the thursd before S^t Nich his day. a twelfemonth something smyt him on the chest le{illeg}|n|ing {sic} \leaning/ agaynst a tree by w^th mutch gryping in his belly a swelling in his body sometymes hot & sometymes cold w^th a nūmnes in his legs y^t he cānot goe for it. loose body. cānot eate nor drinke by fits.

is vp every day more or les.

Is so swelled in his body y^t he cā scarce get his cleathes togeath^r by fits his legs

RN Alce Ashby Goodman of Woufton of {the} Greene about a 30 y. maried this 12 yeres. her iongest almost 3 y old. sca{illeg} feb. 19 die ♂ ♄ {sic}. 2. p m. 1600. a trembling & quaking & all about her body cōsumeth & pineth faynt & feeble

RN Mres Elis: Reare of Easton 20 y novēb 2. ☿ h. 4|5| 3 p m 1608

The lady zancher for a sad pensive harte. & melanch. & purples in her bodye./

The lady Staffard for heare fallen & piling eyes red hands & melancholy

The lady Dormer farmer a soden feare after her sleepe a trembling.

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/\