Casebooks

RN Isbell Buckstone in Lilingstone parish. 3i. for the [stoppings?] of her heart last year //.  cordis terminibꝯ. anno. elapso /–.. 3^bus annis caruit mensibꝯ.

RN Elisabeth Hockni Toppe of Hanslop 30 y. sick ever sinc Ash wenday {sic} at hart a greeping every where hed. & stomack. payned every where doubteth wheath^r shee be w^th Child or no hath not her courses /after her sleepe in a faynt {snort}\

RN Elisabeth Clarke 30 yeres vnmaried ever sinc Christmas hed backe chest a few on satterday on sunday had not her Courses currantly sinc Christ. sick at hart hoven in her chest. shoulders & hed. casteth black geare leek browne black paper leeke rags y^t is her flowers arising. Apr. 3 die ♂ h. 9. 15. 1599. cannot rest in her bed hath a wonderfull red colour & is hot.

RN Goody Ashburnoure very sorely pained in her head light headed & swelled in her face very red. can take no sleepe nor rest. sent to me. may 4. die ♀. h. 5. 48. mi ant m 1599 hath not had her couses {sic} this two yeres. bledeth nowe & then at the nose.

RN Ioh Ione Homan of

Ione Bingham of Woburn parish. 3 30. amisse this twelmoneth & then after her cherching her milk went awaye a payne in her back but goeth abroade. maye the 19. die ♄. h. 10. 15 p ant m. 1599.

RN Elisabeth Purden of puddington 36 y. sicke hath had her sicknes to mitch {sic}. faynt & feeble. y^t w^ch cōmeth frō her very blacke flowers wat^r to muth {sic} thin coloured. paynd head & sydes & hath menses immodices/

RN Isbell Buckstone 30 y hath not her courses.

GJ Elsabeth Berry of Cranfield 38 y. Sept. 5 ☿ ho. 11. 40 a m 1604

A payne in her left syde

RN quærit an sit gravida

wanteth her termes six weekes. /

RN vide Katheron Gadsbury of Brodwell 2 y sinc this next at Christmas was brought a bed & had sutche store of her sicknes y^t faynted her & was leekely to dye w^th them but y^t I gave her & sent vnto her did helpe her god be thancked¹

Apr 23. h. 10 50 ant m 1605 shee would have somewhat to drawe thē downe./

RN Rebecca Harley of Clappā not sick. {illeg} 32 y octob. 20 ☾ h. 11. 15 ant m 1617

hath had 3 child but when she cometh to be brought a bed the live her labour ceaseth & she is so overcome w^th water y^t all her child how lively soever dye in the delivery

now is w^th child neav^r more healthy

wheath^r she were best to leave her old mydwife though a paynfull & a laborious womā. because of her ill lucke

RN my Tenant Goody Wyndmill 30 y Iuly 10 h {sic} hor. 10. 30 ant m 1619 |extree {sic} sick in childbead|

Goody windmill 30 y Iuly 10 h {sic} hor 10 30 ant m 1619

RN Ioh Ione Godfrey of Sto{ny} stratford 30 y sept 28 {h {sic} hor} 11. ant m. 1622.

termes stopt.

RN Mres Ashpole of Woburne 30 y Iuly 11 {illeg}|☾| h. 11. ant m 1625

had somewhat to D\r/awe thē downe

& now hath had thē a month more or les great stoare.

RN Elis Marshall of Newp. 32. y. sept 17 ☾. h 10 20 ant m 1627.

hath had 4 child & all Christened & all these Dyed in the space of a month.

& now broght a bed last thursd in the morning about 3 of the morning

wheath^r her milke be good or no

wheath^r she may suckle

RN was in labour octob 1. but was not delivered vntill ☿ h. 4 ant m 1627

RN M^r Prestmans wife in labour novēb. 22 ♃ h 9. 45 ant m 1627

RN Agnys Newmā of Calverton whose child is dead {w^th}in her octob 25 h {sic} hor 7. 4{0} ant m 1628.

RN Mary Travell of Dens{anger} 36 y novēb. 27 ♃ h. 11 ant m 1628

Is in travell but cānot be brogh{t} a bed

RN Mary Wats of woulverton 33 y Ap 7. ☿ h. 11 45. ant m 1630 bleedeth at nose mutch. had not her couses {sic} sinc Candlemas nescit an sit gravida.

RN Elis: Squire of moulsoe 33. y. may 27 ♃ .h. 8

her after byrth doth stay yet was delivered this morning