CASE48466: Nativity for Mr John Monson (PERSON33306)
Question asked by the patient between 5 April 1619 at 11:30 and 7 April 1619 at 08:30
RN Mr Iohn Mounson \Sr Will sons and haire/ natꝯ Sept. 10 h {sic} hor. 12. p m 1597. wth a {illeg} kell on his face \{k}ell on his {face}/
subiect to \hot/ feavers. hedach vertigo. eyes seemeth to see like motes at his right arme voydeth filthy impostumed stuffe at his nose of late. feeleth a wȳdynes at his stomack
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Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 230, f. 219r (upper left, and upper right parts of page)
Medical >Parts of the body>Head and neck (FaceHead)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Fevers, chills and sweating (Fever)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Pain and pricking (Pain)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Dizzy and/or faint (Vertigo)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Eye troubles (Eyesight)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Diarrhoea and bloody flux (Voiding phlegm)
CASE11838: Horary consultation concerning James Greenwood (PERSON12385)
Question asked by the patient on 2 December 1598 at 10:15
RN Iames Greenewood of water eaton Doctr Sparkꝭ tennet {sic} 50 yeres old. complayneth of his of h an old dysease of his harte now well & lusty but not long sinc almost ded in it. troubled wth a stitch on his right side & cometh over his hart ready to swounde. very cold wth it. of a high colour. stuffed in his Chest yt he can scarce tak his winde quærit Decēbr. 2. die ♄. h. 10. 15. mi. 1598. his hart trembleth muday {sic} last sick lame.
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Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 228, f. 60r (upper right part of page)
Medical >Illness (general) (DiseaseSickness)
Medical >Parts of the body>Torso (HeartSide(s)Chest)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Gripings, gnawings and stitches (Stitch)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Dizzy and/or faint (Faintness)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Fevers, chills and sweating (ColdShivering)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Respiratory problems (StuffedShort winded)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Lame, numb or paralysed (Lameness)
CASE11811: Decumbiture for Margaret Fowler (PERSON11895)
Question asked by the patient on 18 November 1598 at 11:20
RN Margaret fowler of Newport of 30 yeres old. sick a longe time about his|er| hart & every ioynt & a great payne in her hed of long time. {t}|c|omplayned on thursdaye last
Margaret fowler of Newport vnmaried of 40 30 yeres old sick a long time in hed hed {sic} & hart & hath a great reume come over her eyes for this longe time complayneth sinc thursday last about 12 at midnight. die ♃ novemb 16. die ♃. h. 12. at midnight 1598. they feare lest shee be bewitched of H.
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Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 228, f. 54r-v (f. 54r bottom right, and f. 54v upper left)
Medical >Parts of the body>Torso (Heart)
Medical >Parts of the body>Limbs and joints (Joints)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Pain and pricking (Pain)
Medical >Parts of the body>Head and neck (HeadEyes)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Rheumy (Rheum)
Medical >Witchcraft and devil (Witchcraft suffered (medical))
CASE11741: Horary consultation concerning Smith (PERSON15932)
Question asked by Anthony Smith (PERSON15872) on 10 October 1598 at 11:20
RN Anthony Smith for his sons Daughter 4 yeres old very exceeding sleepy can eat nothing keepeth her bed looketh pale. cōplayneth of her hed & her mouth sore & cannot swallowe. Octob. 10|1| die ♂ ♄ {sic}. 11. 25|0|. 1598.
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Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 228, f. 41v (upper left part of page)
CASE12441: Horary consultation concerning Agnes Houghton (PERSON12911)
Question asked by Christopher Houghton (PERSON12900) and Alice Houghton (PERSON12913) on 12 May 1599 at 10:00
RN Agnes Hoton. 7 yeres on sct Valentines eve being sunday amisse in her lims & tounge & feete & hath no sence nor feeling therin at first shee did fall for 2 or 3 dizeases. now hath lost the senc & vse of her lims
[Astrological Chart]
She cryeth & mutch cōplayneth o {sic} May the 12. die ♄. h. 10. ant m. 1599. pater et mater filia quærūt remediū. det igitur pater cælestis multis et magnis miserationibꝯ suis. at all times most cold. Costive.
Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 228, f. 160r (upper right part of page)
Christopher Houghton (PERSON12900)Alice Houghton (PERSON12913)Agnes Houghton (PERSON12911)
CASE11938: Decumbiture for William Knight (PERSON13461)
Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON18731) on 5 January 1599 at 18:40
RN Will Knight tooke his sicknes die {illeg} Ian 4 die Ian. {sic} 5. die ♀ h. 3. in aur. very evill handled wth sicknes vomiteth hath a rising in his stomack leeke an apostume ready to stoppe his breath. burneth very mutch thirsty & drye. 1599.
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Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 228, f. 78r (upper left part of page)
Anonymous (PERSON18731)William Knight (PERSON13461)
Medical >Illness (general) (Sickness)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Nausea and vomiting (NauseaRising)
Medical >Parts of the body>Torso (Stomach)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Respiratory problems (Ready to stop her/his wind)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Burning and inflamed (Burning)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Dry and/or thirsty (ThirstyDry)
CASE12198: Horary consultation concerning Elizabeth Clark (PERSON10594)
Question asked by the patient on 3 April 1599 at 09:15
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 yt is her flowers arising. Apr. 3 die ♂ h. 9. 15. 1599. cannot rest in her bed hath a wonderfull red colour & is hot.
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Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 228, f. 120r (upper right part of page)
Medical >Parts of the body>Head and neck (Head)
Medical >Parts of the body>Torso (BackChest)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Bloating and swelling (Swelling)
Medical >Women’s matters>Menstrual problems (No courses)
Medical >Diseases of the mind (Sickness (passions)Sick at heart)
CASE12318: Horary consultation concerning Mary Nubie (PERSON14536)
Question asked by the patient on 25 April 1599 at 17:30
RN Mary Nuby 28 of Grafton Lodge. for a rising at her stomack. her legs. Double vndr her faynt & feeble & pineth in her body & yet can earte {sic} had not her termes never sinc her sicknes almost for a yere. Ap. 25 die ☿ h 5. 30. p m. 1599 |cannot sleepe troubled wth a great cough at night.|
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Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 228, f. 139v (upper right part of page)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Nausea and vomiting (Rising)
Medical >Parts of the body>Torso (StomachTorso)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Dizzy and/or faint (FaintnessFeebleness)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Wasting (Pining)
Medical >Women’s matters>Menstrual problems (No courses)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Sleep problems (Sleeplessness)
CASE50356: Horary consultation concerning Agnes Leeke (PERSON32673)
Question asked by the patient on 10 March 1620 at 14:25
RW Agnes Leeke of Lichburne y. 36. d. ♀ h: 2. 25 p:m: Martij. 10. 1620. timet maleficiū; nescit an sit grauida hath them not. payned in her stomack & hearte, sometimes in her legs, thighes, & armes: doubteth a Consumption. ill 5 weekꝭ.RN
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Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 213, f. 140r (upper right part of page)
CASE13134: Decumbiture for Susan Blundell (PERSON9824)
Question asked by the patient between 12 February 1597 and 6 September 1597
RN Susan Blundle {illeg} 1597 was grevously handled wth a disease wch taketh her every saterday since it began to take her wc was not vntill this yeare 1597 & towards the latter end of Ian. shee was greeved therwth on feb. the 12 of feb{r} betwixt on & two in the mor:1 shee is as on dead & sowneth 2 or 3 times togeathr. or a litle after midnight betwixt 12. & on. it tooke her cōmonly in her sleepe./
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Notes:
1 ‘1597. feb. 12 die ♄. hora 12 media nocte. 30. mi.’ at the top of the page
Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 175, f. 32r (upper right, upper left, and bottom right parts of page)
CASE11648: Horary consultation concerning Abigail Downing (PERSON11367)
Question asked by William Downing (PERSON11366) on 27 August 1598 at 15:00
RN William Downing \of filgrave/ of the his child Abigayle a yere & 3 quarters. old. very sick for 3 houre{s} when it taketh it at 2 a clock morning & at 12 it vomiteth whatsoever it taketh the Drinke & sucke it taketh & handleth very ill for the space of 3 houres Aug 27. die ☉ h. 3. 1598 quærit remediū it loketh pale as ashes at p philgrave.
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Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 228, f. 19v (upper right part of page)
CASE32896: Horary consultation concerning Agnes [Anne] Sandy [Stocker] [Berry] [Napier] [Stock] (PERSON15611)
Question asked by Sir Robert Sandy [Napier] [Baronet] [Old Sir Robert Napier] [Mr Robert Sandy [Napier]] (PERSON6315) on 27 February 1608 at 16:30
RN my brothr Sandy sent me a letter touching Mr Shaxtons cony catching of ve\r/y Cony Catchers indede feb 27. h {sic} hor 4. 30 p m 1608. yet writeth yt he now will not goe but yt his fathr would have him come to Oxford & my brothr if he cā will get him 20 lib. to goe to Oxford.
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quærit vtrū An Stocker peius se habeat ob maritū. eodē tempore/
quærit morbi causā et medla an intollerable itching in the fundamēt ready to pull of her heare.
Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 229, f. 45r (upper right part of page)
CASE53814: Horary consultation concerning an Anonymous (PERSON62405)
Question asked by Mr Wyllyson [Woullyson] (PERSON62401) on 4 April 1622 at 19:00
RN Mr Woullyston Ap 4 ♃ h 7 p m 1622
a purg dyet drink the {lees} of the mother & convulsion are all turned vp to the brayne mopish will not give on word leane /sine consensu.\
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he sendeth only for stuffe to make a dyet drink to be delivered vnto Mres mockete at Barnet./
Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 223, f. 41r (upper right part of page)
CASE53866: Horary consultation concerning Mr William Page [Bachelor of Divinity] (PERSON55909)
Question asked by the patient on 13 April 1622 at 07:15
RN Mr Page of Oxford a noice in his head it made him mad & wth mutch a doe cured now craveth my helpe & counsell & would come over Ap 13 h {sic} hor 7. 15 ant m. 16221
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Notes:
1 ‘Mr Page Ap 13. h {sic} hor 7. 15 ant m 1622 crazed in his brayne head full of noice’ in chart
Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 223, f. 50r (bottom left part of page)
CASE54586: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Mary Wells (PERSON36653)
Question asked by the patient on 9 July 1622 at 16:00
RN Mary Wels \of Redburne/ first taken strangly being devoutely affected wth a gydynes in her head & troubles of mynd & a fearfull trēbling march. 3. ☉ h. 7. 40 ant m. 16221
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Notes:
1 ‘mynd troubled’ in chart
Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 223, f. 183v (upper left part of page)
CASE11825: Horary consultation concerning Everard Woodland (PERSON17346)
Question asked by Woodland (PERSON17345) on 27 November 1598 at 11:45
RN Everard \Woodland/ troubled e|i|t tooke him his sicknes tooke him on a weddensday before Barnabe a yere & half old pined & consumed wth it. pale of coleur. refuseth his vittayles & vomiteth it vp wth a coughing the 27 of Novemb. die ☾. h. 11. 45. ant m. 1598. pater filio
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Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 228, f. 57v (upper left part of page)
CASE12221: Horary consultation concerning Richard Ellis (PERSON11533)
Question asked by the patient on 6 April 1599 at 12:30
RN Rich: Ellys of Hansl: of 46. {f} {sic} of his stomack thenc into his throate & hed. so in his throate yt scarc can swallow his spittle: Apr. 6. die ♀. h. 12. 30. 1599. cannot sleepe. as if his {sic} hed an impostume {bin} a bladder broake. meticulosꝯ. cold behind his hed.
[Astrological Chart]
Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 228, f. 123r (upper right part of page)
Medical >Parts of the body>Torso (Stomach)
Medical >Parts of the body>Head and neck (Throat and mouthHead)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Eating and drinking problems (Cannot swallow)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Fevers, chills and sweating (Cold)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Sleep problems (Sleeplessness)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Lesions and abscesses (Impostume)
CASE18814: Horary consultation concerning an Anonymous (PERSON18397)
Question asked by the patient on 20 January 1599 at 08:00
RN Ian. 20 die ♄ hor 8 I went to see a sick woma swollen in her legs & thighes for that shee hath not her courses. hed ach 1599.
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Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 404, f. 13r (upper right part of page)
CASE36684: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Denise Leate (PERSON4499)
Question asked by Mrs Joan Staper [Leate] (PERSON4503) on 26 October 1609 at 17:38
RN Mres Leate did write vnto me touching her daughter Denys. that she is mended in bodye but anys {sic} in mynd. Octob. 26 ♃ h. 5. 38 p m 1609
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her nother {sic} craveth ny {sic} helpe prayers & consell. & is willing to marry her but her daughtr myndeth it not./
Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 203, f. 180r (bottom left, and bottom right parts of page)
CASE47254: Decumbiture for Mary [Marge] Burgess (PERSON28571)
Question asked by the patient on 7 August 1618 at 11:30
RN mary Burges of Raunce 38 y taken chest back & belly & made her vomyt lame yt she cā scarce goe but must be led is very sore cā not abyde to be touched. it tooke her vppon August 2. ☉ h. 10. 30 ant m 1618
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Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 201, f. 215v (bottom left part of page)