Casebooks

RN Elisabeth Hartwell of Astwood onc M^rs Vuedales servant. 25 y. vnmaried. hath clums of bloode in her mouthe 15 of Sept die ♄ h. 1. 15 p m. 1599¹

keepeth her bed ever since satterday last. some feare it to be a plurisy some an impost very hot & sweateth mutch It is of ♂ in ♋ & ☉ in ♎. they thought shee would have died.

her wat^r of a good colour he thick hath motes heares & dust. costive |her water was to hie coloured. & had black humours|

I gave her Diaturb. ʒj. a lytle rubarb. 3 of scam. decoct. ℥j. deco endive ℥j.

gratis./

RN Dickens wife of \litle/ Linford

GJ Willm Miller 1602 feb 17 ☿ ho. 10. 15 a m

RN Mary Va{ne}ts of Newporte 13 y. Aug 6. 5. ♃ hor. 9. gryped as. {sic} ant m 1602 gryped in her belly as if her sydes should be pulled a sunder.

RN Iohn Hopkins of our towne 13|4| y. August 5 ♃ hor. 3. 40. p m. 1602.

his eyes rūne w^th water cānot see w^th candlelight.

It is

GJ Richard Dobs of Risedon 50 y Iuly 11 ☾ ho. 11 a m. 1603

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 An Wright of litlington 23. y a mead martij 15 ♃ hor. 12. 30. ant m 16004 {sic}.

last yere shee came for her infirmity hath taken greefe for on shee loveth.

RN Alce Britten of Sherington 27. y maried her yongest 2 y. old martij 15 ♃ hor. 1: 45 p m 1604 |quærit an sit gravida. vel habeat hydropidi 1. 45|

this Alce Britten counteth y^t shee hath gone w^thin 2 or 3 days of her tyme y^t 3 quart^rs of an yere great bellyed her swelling came about about christmas very healthfull.

RN Elis foscue 64 y maij 1: ♃ h 8 15 ant m 1606

Wheath^r best for her to mary or noe./

Henry fosc her sone 33. what shalbe come of him

he shall doe well in tyme for some office.

wyll fosc 36 y he shall do reasonable well by some office

Thomas felton 44 y sone of Elis fosc

he wyll not live long

but will dye some 2 yeres henc

GJ My Lady Farmo^r sent her vrine Ian: 21 ♃ ho. 10. 45 a m. 1608

A payne in her left kidney.

RN vrine hath fat swyming in the top. feareth a cōsūption because shee waxeth leane not sick would have my opinion but I was not at home asketh wheath^r asses milke be not go{od/}

lady farmer h 10. 45 Ian. 21 ♃ ho 10 45 ant m 1608

she would know wheath^r she may not stay to the springe

RN Mrres {sic} Denys leate did crye so{rely} Aug 23. h. 9. 30 ant m 1609

Mres Denys Leate tooke a clyster of diacathol ℥jß Ierap. sere an ʒj olei cām ℥ij mellis rosali ℥ij Aug 22 out of tem at night.

RN M^res Stones Daughter borne 11 y. sinc S^t Androws day novēb 30. ☿ h. 4 ant m 1603.

/mres Stones Daughter borne at Rudgmont Decēb. 1. ☿ h. 4. ant m. 1602.\ this child was often in daūger to be Drowned

& when she was a leaven yers old fortnight before Christmas going to wash reasons & reaching after a skillet w^ch fell out of her hand she fell into a pond & was p^rsently Drowned/

RN Wheath^r his frind \28 y old/ shall mary or not & about what tyme & if he mary wheather likely to be a crosse then a blessing Iuly 28 ♃ h. 4. 50 p m 1614

he shalbe 38 y old when he mayred|th| {sic} w^ch seeneth {sic} to be about 4 yeres henc for he is now the last 4 of Iune iust 34 yeres old./

he shall mary about 3. yeres henc by gods grace. & have an honest loving womā w^th whome he shall doe well.

RN M^r Bishop of Wing Decēb. 14 \12/ ☾ h. 9. 40 ant m. 1614.

M^r Bishop of Wing {sick} 60 y Decēb 12. ☾ h. 9. 50 ant m 1614

RN My Lady Tēple Aug 29 h {sic} hor. 12. 25 p {m} 1618

RN Sara Bur Brugis 3 y feb 23 {sic}. ☿. h. 12. 30 p m 1626

cōplayneth of her belly borne Iuly 22 ☉|☾| h. 15|7| {sic} |17| a|p| m 1622

RN It is of ♃ dns 6 et dns 6 a 5^t{a}

♂ dns Horæ et 5 in ♒

RN The lady wentworth of Tyddington quærit vtrū maritis {sic} et heres ille nobilis Honorē et cōmoditatē apud principē Carolū deo favente obtinebit Iuly 2 17 {illeg}|♂| h. |Iuly 16. ☾| die ☾. h. 9 p m 1627 /|vxor sine consensu mariti|\ /deo favente obtinebit\

RN fryday h. 11. ant m. 1629

feb 27 ♀ h. 7 ant m 1629