Casebooks

GJ Williā Armefield of Lathbury 30 y. feb. 10. ☿ ho. 9. 5. a m. 1608 Amisse this sevenight holdꝭ him in his chest and head. coughes his flesh trembles.

GJ M^res Hill of Lidlington 30 y. feb. 26 ♀ ho. 10. 35 a m. 1608

She had a maid came from Brickhill w^ch fell sicke in her house feares the infection heavy hearted.

GJ Agnes Smith of Tickford 32 y Aprill 7. ♃ ho. 11. 50 a m. 1608

A Child a yeere old at Christmas She hath bene full of lamen{illeg}|e|s and ache this moneth Hucklebone and goes downe to her anckles & toes on the right side.

GJ Thomas Kent of more end 28 y Iuly 21 ♃ ho. 7. 45 a. m. 1608 swelled in his left arme and fingers. both leggꝭ and feet and in great payne./

vide Iuly. 18.

U[1611–2] Iane Gawdry of whitchurch ætat. 42|5|: May 16. ♃ hor: 11. 40: ant. m. 1611. short breathd. hoarse sorenes & griping about the heart and brest./

RW M^ris Phębe Longeuill of woulu^rton y. 8. d. ☿. h: 8. 15. ant: m: Feb: 23. 1620. payned in her backe & head cannot {illeg}|c|oughe: much payned in her sides: is very costiue. eateth & drinketh very little.

RW M^ris Anne Cronwell of sympson. y. 5|4|4. d. ☾ h: 6. 30. ant: m: Feb: 28. 1620. vomiteth much: all things seeme bitter vnto her. hath beene {verie} soluble lately. sleepeth {verie} vnquietly. ill a fortnight. keepeth ¹

RW Iohn Amyas of Southhill in Bedford sheire. y. 65. d. ☾. h: 10. 40 ant. m: Feb. 28. 1620. ill sinc Tuesday \Fryday/ last. cannot vomite nor goe to the stoole. Eateth nothinge: drinketh sometimes. Cryeth out of his body; sleepeth not.

RW M^ris Iane Parkins of Dunstable y. 26. d. ♀ h: 10 ant: m: Martij 10. 1620. much afflicted in bodie & minde: troubled with melancholie

RW M^ris Clarke of Perry. y. 35. d. ♄ h: 10. 25. ant: m: Aprill 15. 1620. troubled with a wheesinge; feareth a Consumption: payned in her backe & legs: ill 4 yeeres.

GJ Iulij 12. ☾ ho: 12. 20. p. m. I went to see m^rs Byrd and Came there ho. 1. p m her phisicke that she tooke yesterday gave her 17 stooles. she is sicke still very hott a payne at her right side feareth the yellow Iaundise.

RW M^ris Elizabeth Tyrrell of Thornton. y. 8. d ☾. h: 2. 30 p: m: Novemb: 20. 1620.

by fits verie ill: sometimes eateth her meale well, at other times doth not. giveth goeth vp & downe verie melancholily

The Lady Naper of Luton Hoe 84. y Apr. 8. ♃. h. 4. 15. p. m. 1630

hath the Goute swellinge her hande, & is runninge into her foote, desires a Poultish

desires a playster of Onecrociū.

Dorothy Harrison of Cranfeild 24. y. Decemb. 19. ☾. h. 1. 50. p m. 1631.

much troubled w^th her back. cannot sleepe well, is taken w^th a great paine in her right side, w^ch w^th coughinge strikes vp to her eyes. hath beene thus troubled neare 4. y. but more nowe this winter then before. her yongest Childe 4. y. olde. desireth to know whether she bee w^th Childe or not

TG Mary longstaff of La{illeg}|t|hbury. affectu uterino laborans et febri stomacho, capite et membrorum doloribus.¹

M^r. Edmund Vaughan of Corp. Chri Col. Oxon. Febr. 23. ♃ h. 2. p m. 1632

vrina valde bona

Desires to know whether his infirmity come from his Liuer or Brest or otherwise

pained in his Brest; rayseth euery morneing a litle Bloud w^th his flegme, desires to know from whence it proceedes.

M^r Edmund Vaghan of C. C. C. Oxon. Apr. 11. ☿. h. 9. p m. 1632

Hee tooke not the vomite y^t was sent. 1 because hee is very vnapt to vomite; 2 because his neck is longe & brest somewhat straite; 3 because vomiteinge once by chance by reason of Tobacco blowne into his mouth it brought vp Bloud w^th it, & hath beene y^e cause of all his infirmity. 4 hee suspecteth his Lunges, for w^ch hee thinkes vomiteing is very hurtfull.

Took his purge w^ch gaue him 12 occasions. Hee desireth a Course to bee vsed for his Brest & Lunges.

SRN Iohn Perkins of Aven Dorset 42. Ian. 27. ☾

troubled with mellancholly in his head. cannot sleep.

vryne good. desires somet{hing} to do him good.

TG Ann windmille of Hassom 32 y. Febr. 5 ☿ h. 11. 15 Ma{t}. 1634. m|sh|e was brought a bed on friday laste with a sa{illeg} she is full of stitches about her heart backe & armes, & can hardly fech her breath. cannot sleepe

TG Thomas Brownes wife of Rance {illeg}|3|2 y. March 25 ♂ h. 7 p M. 1634 hath a heate & swelling which first begann in her face & now runneth from one member into anothersuspecteth wichcraft. hath beene troubled this 12 moneth.