Casebooks

RN Goody Reede of Broughton 63. yeres old sick very extreme sick on satterday last leekely to have dien being the 7. of octob. & then recovered again & fell sick agayne vppon tuesday after. being the 10 of Octob. sent to me vppon thursday being the 12 of octob. it taketh all above the gyrdell first in the shoulders to the brest & so to the hart her sydes wher it so lyeth as that on may tak out thenc as shee thinketh 1598. h die ♃ h. 8. 30. mi. 1598.

Goody Reade

RN her daught^r moved for her selfe for her back & hart long that shee hath not her courses but onc this twelf monthe.

RN Ione Norman of 15 yeres old sick this weeke. keepeth her bed & nowe is vp. sent her water w^ch is very yellowe. & thicke cōplayneth most of her left brest & harte. may the 7. die ☾. h. 8. 30 ant m. 1599.

RN Dorothy Mathewe of Buckinghā vnmaried 23. yeres Aug. 14 die ☾ h. 8 \3/ craveth a remedy for her back & hart w^th w^c shee hath bene troubled this 3 yeres & head ache. 1598.¹

for Dorithy Mathewe 1598.

at 8. 39. mi. ant m Aug. 14. die ☾ h. 8. 39 m ant m/

RN Mary Butcher of Weston Vnderwood 40 yeres. 5 yeres w^th out a Child. sick this 20. yeres a greefe in her stomack. styrreth abroad w^th it. Apr. 3. die ♂ h. 8. 30. ant m. 1599.

RN Isbell Smithe of Calverton payned in the belly & backe almost 3 y old. pat^r  filia metuit vermes. feb. 19. die ♂ h. {illeg}|8|. 30 ant m. 1600.

RN Iohn Risely of Rawnstyn 63|7|. {sic} 67. hath bene sick on weddensday last 6 weekes sound in body but bursten this 16 weekes. he was wont to be troubled w^th a wind Cholick. nowe last of l {sic} all w^th an issue on his navell eaten in an Inche deepe but nowe growen vp againe saving that it hath a litle hole in it w^c when they went to stoppe it put him in danger of death. sent his sonne to me he kepeth his bed nowe & then payned in his back & pricking & shooting in his navell {virs} an end. bleedeth every foote & wetteth a handkerchir. Decemb. 18. die ☾. h. 8. 40: mi. 1598. goeth ill to ground

RN William Berde 54 yers old of Potters Perye. sick on weddensday last keepeth his bed vp & downe can not rest. sent to me his sonne 26 of March die ☾ h. 8. 30. mi. ant m. 1599. sick at hart & stomack ill. very hot. a great stitch & cough & reaneth mutch fleune {sic}.

RN Agnes Harwood of Cosgrave 50 yeres payned in her legs & body. hoven in the neither side of her belly as it were an impostume very sicke w^thall & vomiteth vp every daye what serve {sic} shee taketh. sent to me this first of may. 8|h|or 8. 30|5|. p|a|nt m. 1599.

RN An Davy of Stonystratford of 32. sick almost a weeke a payne in the stomack & at the hart a burning heate in her stomack May. the 23. die ☿ h. 8. 30. ant m. 1599.

RN Thomas Brightwell of bowbrickle 35 y. payned in the bottome of his belly very sore. Ian. 28 die ☾ h. 8. 30 1600.

RN An Bourton of Olny 26 yeres old. sick the ever sinc Lent tooke her in her hed hart & backe maried this 7 yeres had but on Child but y^t god hath taken to his mercy. {s} {sic} it holdeth her nowe as an ague shaking her every day. & hat sweateth & is very hot after the shaking & hath as it were a thing lūbring in her chest very corpulent faynt & very feeble. hath a very painfull cough ready to Drawe vp hart & hall w^th it & fetcheth blood very short winded. fetcheth vp fleume & water as cleare as a bell. Ap. 25 die ☿. h. 8. 30. mi ant m. 1599. hath a very sore ague every day y^t maketh her sweate exceedingly. hath not had this moneth her Courses sinc shee voyded a litle porreng^r of clompered bloode/

RN Harry Iaunson of Buckinggham {sic} at the signe of the cock 30 y. Sept 5 die ☿ h. 8. 30 ant m 1599. sick a weeke head & backe

RN Alce Phylip of Eaton 60 yeres old sick sinc St Steaphens day at night. betwixt 9 & 10 at night. sent to me being very weake this 1 of Ian 1599. troubled w^th a stitche vnder her side.

RN Ellen Robarts at 8. 30 mi a stitch on her side & goeth downe to her flancke ready to stop her winde.

RN Iohn Thorpe of Newport mutch troubled w^th an itch & bleach of a waterish humour. taken w^th a surfet as he imagineth a hot stomack & troubled w^th a salte or a sweete re{eume} y^t he spitteth a qua pint of water {illeg}|a|t a time. most cōplayneth of an itch. water very good some white flecks & cloudes. Apr. 4. die ☾ h. 8. 30. ant m 1599.

RN Iohn Brookes 24 yeres a batcheler: servant to goodmā Sympson spitteth bloode & hath a hie colour payned vnder his side hath a cough. feareth a plurisye. Apr. 23 die ☾ h. 8. 30. m. p m {sic}. 1599 a very good water but very mutche.

RN M^r Potter of Willing of 60. cōplayneth of a payne at his harte & the winde lyeth there. may the 12. die ♄. h. 8. 30. ant m. 1599. cannot sleepe nor rest.

RN Christian Cooke of 11 y old. taken w^th a swelling in her knee & so ascendeth to her harte & to her armes w^th a pricking as it were needles.

RN Agnes Miller of 45. yeres old hath had an old Desier Disease as shee thincketh of the winde cholick ready to stop there winde lieth at her harte this every daye of the weeke. the rūning. of the reanes

August the 12 die ♄ h. post m ant m. 8. 34 mi for Agnes Miller who hath bene troubled w^th the rūning of her reanes & so also her husb: for the space of this 4 yeares & her mother w^th the winde cholick. whiles she had her termes shee was a sound woman but sinc never having thē shee hath bene mutch distempered w^th the rūning of the reanes