Causes of Death in London (1623)

Could be pain in the sciatic area that was actually caused by something else, like septic kidneys or an internal tumor

Just snapped right in half.

I can speculate: Tumor or abscess pushing on the sciatic nerve? Horrible, unending back pain so they killed themselves? The cure being worse than the disease? I only know a bit about 17th century medicine, just that they lack a lot of medical technology and knowledge we take for granted. I mean they figured out hand washing in the 19th century.