CASE66410: Horary consultation concerning Mr John Evans (PERSON48613) and Anonymous (PERSON40698)
Question asked by Mr John Evans (PERSON48613) on 19 June 1628 at 18:00
RN {I}ohn Evans of the Mynrys in London Iue {sic} 19 ♃ h. 6 p m. 1628
writeth for a gent mā
first vnfoldeth his owne greefe how he is wrōged & cosened of all yt he hath & therby he his wife & childrē broght to great want & misery craveth my Counsell & instruction
Also writeth in the behalfe of a gentlemā yt having taken an extreme cold & prsently an exceeding greefe for the Death of his wife & {th}erby cast Downe into sicknes & mutch melancholy of a sanguyne cōplexion his sicknes & melancholy is mutch abated & now his voice is almost Lost yt he s cānot {sic} \on cānot/ spea heare on \him/ that speaketh {sic} \to speake/ a yard of
cōplayneth of something about the pit of his throate his voice is only low & weake but not troubled wth any fault in noncing but cleere inough every where no physick but cōplayneth of the coldnes of his stomack & head & sone {sic} stoppage about the begying of his nose cold flegme & cold head & defect in hearing hath 2 great manyscripts of physick yt he is Desyrous I should vse craveth vnder god my consayle for the frind his gentleman
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 405, f. 80r (upper left part of page)
Mr John Evans (PERSON48613)Anonymous (PERSON40698)
Personal affairs>Business affairs (Finance and property)
Personal affairs (Personal counsel and advice)
Medical >Illnesses (named) (Took a cold)
Medical >Diseases of the mind (Grief (passions)Melancholy)
Medical >Illness (general) (Sickness)
Medical >Symptoms (specified) (Speech problems)
Medical >Parts of the body>Head and neck (Throat and mouthHeadNose)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Fevers, chills and sweating (Cold)
Medical >Parts of the body>Torso (Stomach)
CASE78041: Horary consultation concerning John Farre (PERSON48756)
Question asked by the patient on 14 August 1633 at 09:00
RN Iohn Farre of Litle Brickhill 48 y Aug. 15|4| ☿ h. 9 ant m 1633.
swelled in his leg. & thigh in his left syde 3 weekes but was ill 7 weeks before & very mutch wasted in all his body wth sweates & burning |no stomack all this while bellye wyndye| /litle cough\
[Astrological Chart]
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 211, p. 376 (bottom left, and bottom right parts of page)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Bloating and swelling (Swelling)
Medical >Parts of the body>Limbs and joints (LegsThighs)
Medical >Parts of the body>Torso (Side(s)StomachBelly)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Wasting (Wasting)
Medical >Parts of the body>Whole body (Everywhere)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Fevers, chills and sweating (Sweating)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Burning and inflamed (Burning)
CASE79496: Horary consultation concerning Marian Phillips (PERSON56684)
Question asked by the patient on 11 September 1635 at 10:00
SRN Marian Phelp of Blechly 40. y Septemƀ. 11. ♀ h. 10. a. m. 1635
Much payned in her chest & at her heart very shortwynded swelld & howen in her face hands & Body
\vomitts what she taketh/ hath not bin well since it thunderd & lightend when she came from Stoke goldinge on th{e} Sunday yt it lightend & thunde{red} so much.
it first tooke her wth sorenes in her throate
body Costiue. Vryne very thin & frothy, & cleere. hath bin married these 9. y. no child.
[Astrological Chart]
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 412, f. 241v (upper right part of page)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Pain and pricking (Pain)
Medical >Parts of the body>Torso (ChestHeartTorso)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Respiratory problems (Short winded)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Bloating and swelling (Swelling)
Medical >Parts of the body>Head and neck (FaceThroat and mouth)
Medical >Parts of the body>Limbs and joints (Hands)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Nausea and vomiting (Nausea)
CASE11653: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Catherine Blundell [Budoxhed] [Butshed] [Mrs Blundell [the elder]] (PERSON9819)
Question asked by the patient on 28 August 1598 at 17:28
RN Mres Blundell enquireth what is good for her Disease shee is pulled as it were in peeces hart belly sides & swollen in her stomach yt & worse after she hath eaten or Drunken weake & feble in her body & knees. Aug. 28. die ☾ h. 5. 28 mi p. m shee shaketh & trembleth body {neck} & {yoin}tꝭ
[Astrological Chart]
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 21r (upper right part of page)
Mrs Catherine Blundell [Budoxhed] [Butshed] [Mrs Blundell [the elder]] (PERSON9819)
Medical >Illness (general) (Disease)
Medical >Parts of the body>Torso (HeartStomachSide(s))
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Bloating and swelling (Swelling)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Dizzy and/or faint (Weak)
Medical >Parts of the body>Limbs and joints (KneesJoints)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Lame, numb or paralysed (Trembling)
CASE11789: Horary consultation concerning Ralph French (PERSON11964) and Anne French (PERSON11967)
Question asked by Ralph French (PERSON11964) on 9 November 1598 at 11:30
RN Radolp: french. 46. s minister of Stock hamon. 9 of november. die ♃. h. 11. 45. 30. for his reume & his wife. arising frō his belly to his chest leeke led hard & hoven in his belly full of winde |1598|
an his wife an ach & gydines in her hed.
[Astrological Chart]
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 50r (upper left part of page)
Ralph French (PERSON11964)Anne French (PERSON11967)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Rheumy (Rheum)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Nausea and vomiting (Rising)
Medical >Parts of the body>Torso (BellyChest)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Wind (Wind)
Medical >Parts of the body>Head and neck (Head)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Pain and pricking (Pain)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Dizzy and/or faint (Dizziness)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Bloating and swelling (HardnessSwelling)
CASE11901: Horary consultation concerning Goody Elizabeth Buckingham [Honour] (PERSON10131)
Question asked by Goodman Honour (PERSON12882) on 27 December 1598 at 08:45
RN Goodman Honour of Newport for his wife who hath bene longe sick & is nowe very exceeding ill h {sic} as her husband telleth me. hanc male suspicantr de veneficio
Elisabeth Buckingham. Otherwise Honour about 50. a great pulling in her left syde wc maketh her to Crye/
shee is not able to styrre no meate will tary wth her. shee goeth not onc in a sennet to ground very costive & mutch bounde. 27 of Decēb. die ☿ h. 8. 45. ant m. 1598. /complayneth of her hart chest left arme.\
[Astrological Chart]
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 72r (upper right part of page)
Goodman Honour (PERSON12882)Goody Elizabeth Buckingham [Honour] (PERSON10131)
Medical >Illness (general) (SicknessIllness)
Medical >Witchcraft and devil (Witchcraft suffered (medical))
Medical >Parts of the body>Torso (Side(s)HeartChest)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Pain and pricking (Pulling)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Eating and drinking problems (Cannot eat)
CASE11911: Horary consultation concerning Old John Risely (PERSON15344)
Question asked by Risely (PERSON15342) on 30 December 1598 at 09:45
RN Iohn Risely of Rawnson sent onc againe to me for my counsell his pain lieth now in his Cods {wc} are swollen as big as ons hed & as hard as a borde he was wont to haue them swollen very big but then lasted but 5 houres & nowe swelled ever sinc weddensday he cannot eate sleepe or goe to ground. troubled wth the wind Cholicke a paine in his backe st{illeg}ry Desirous to take a stro{illeg} but Doubteth he ca shall be able Decēb. filius patre cū consensu. Decēb 30. die ♄. h. 10. \9. 45./ 1598 his water cold red & thi{ck}
[Astrological Chart]
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 73v (upper right part of page)
Risely (PERSON15342)Old John Risely (PERSON15344)
Medical >Parts of the body>Torso (GenitaliaBack)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Bloating and swelling (SwellingHardness)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Eating and drinking problems (Cannot eat)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Sleep problems (Sleeplessness)
Medical >Symptoms (specified) (Constipation)
CASE12089: Horary consultation concerning Richard Umny [Carter] (PERSON16635)
Question asked by the patient on 16 March 1599 at 07:10
RN Rich Vmny otherwise Carter. about 3 quartrs of a yere sick & taketh his hart thenc ariseth to his chest ready to stop his winde. rattle in his throote wth fleume & water & a great aking of his hart & the bones of his arme. cannot take his winde so stopped in his chest & stomack the 16 of March. die ♀. h. 7. 10. 1599.
[Astrological Chart]
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 103v (upper right part of page)
Richard Umny [Carter] (PERSON16635)
Medical >Illness (general) (Sickness)
Medical >Parts of the body>Torso (HeartChestStomach)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Respiratory problems (Ready to stop her/his windShort windedRattling)
Medical >Parts of the body>Head and neck (Throat and mouth)
CASE12322: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Faith Gibbs (PERSON12125)
Question asked by the patient on 26 April 1599 at 09:30
RN fayth Gibbes of Wicken 46. amisse in her sinewes cannot gripe any thing wth her hands so feeble & weake sometimes in hir feete & knees all swollen & keepe there naturall colour. of a good cōplex. & light harte. sent to me this 26 of Ap. h. 9. 30. ant m. 1599. a great paine in her armes. could not cut her meate.
[Astrological Chart]
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 140v (upper left part of page)
CASE12345: Horary consultation concerning John Scriven (PERSON15668)
Question asked by the patient on 28 April 1599 at 10:00
RN Iohn Scriven of Hanslop. 46. a maried man had|th| a disease yt holdeth him as an ague. & mutch Disquiteth him in his belly chest & head. very faynt & feeble & Did sweate mutch could not tary vp frō his bed a great griping in his belly Ap. 28 die ♄ h. 10. ant m. 1599.
[Astrological Chart]
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 144r (upper left part of page)
Medical >Illness (general) (DiseaseBedridden)
Medical >Illnesses (named) (Ague)
Medical >Parts of the body>Torso (BellyChest)
Medical >Parts of the body>Head and neck (Head)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Dizzy and/or faint (FaintnessFeebleness)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Fevers, chills and sweating (Sweating)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Gripings, gnawings and stitches (Griping)
CASE12356: Horary consultation concerning Arthur Smith (PERSON15876)
Question asked by the patient on 1 May 1599 at 09:30
RN Arthur Smithe of Woulverton. 36. payned in the bodye nowe & lims & knees. & hath a great hote stomack and mutch bounde. arms this 7 yeres & hath spent mutch monye. faynt & feeble. maij 1. die ♂ h. 9. {illeg}|3|0. ant m. 1599.
[Astrological Chart]
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 145v (upper right part of page)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Pain and pricking (Pain)
Medical >Parts of the body>Torso (TorsoStomach)
Medical >Parts of the body>Limbs and joints (LimbsKneesArms)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Burning and inflamed (Hot)
Medical >Symptoms (specified) (Constipation)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Dizzy and/or faint (FaintnessFeebleness)
CASE13037: Horary consultation concerning Catherine Oakley (PERSON14550) and Thomas Burgess (PERSON10196) and Mary Burgess (PERSON10203)
Question asked by Catherine Oakley (PERSON14550), Thomas Burgess (PERSON10196) and Mary Burgess (PERSON10203) on 2 February 1600 at 12:00
RN Katheron Ocklie of Turvie 60 y. payned in her legs & bodye wch are mightely swollen & a payne in her cheste wth a cold. Doth spit blood also feb. 2 die ♄. h. 12. Thomas Burges \of Astwood/ 50 yeres for a great cough & payne in the chest very short winded. 16001
[Astrological Chart]
the womans watr is very red & thick Mary Burges troubled about the hart wth a coughinge her watr hath black melancholy humour. her husb & ss troubled wth a cough.
Notes:
1 ‘a coughe’ in chart
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 263v (bottom left part of page)
Catherine Oakley (PERSON14550)Thomas Burgess (PERSON10196)Mary Burgess (PERSON10203)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Pain and pricking (Pain)
Medical >Parts of the body>Limbs and joints (Legs)
Medical >Parts of the body>Torso (TorsoChestHeart)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Bloating and swelling (Swelling)
Medical >Illnesses (named) (Took a cold)
Medical >Symptoms (specified) (Spitting blood)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Respiratory problems (CoughShort winded)
CASE16760: Horary consultation concerning Mr John Spencer (PERSON16026) and Alice Faulkner [Vescy] (PERSON11680)
Question asked by Mr John Spencer (PERSON16026) on 30 March 1602 at 09:00
RN Iohn Spencer of W|S|r Robartꝭ Spencers servant. Martij 30 ♂ hor. 8. 9. ant m. 1602. cōplayneth of his left syde & spleene & swelling of his legge.
quærit {illeg}|r|emediū Aloysia faulkner 23 y. troubled wth the greene sicknes hath taken many vomits but noone would worke wth her craveth a vomit sick in ye stomacke quærit an \an {sic} alce faukner/ virū diligit nec ne.1
[Astrological Chart]
Notes:
1 ‘mutch greef & discontment {sic}’ in chart
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 221, f. 22r (upper right part of page)
Mr John Spencer (PERSON16026)Alice Faulkner [Vescy] (PERSON11680)
Medical >Parts of the body>Torso (Side(s)SpleenStomach)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Bloating and swelling (Swelling)
Medical >Parts of the body>Limbs and joints (Legs)
Medical >Illnesses (named) (Green sickness)
Medical >Treatment (Requesting treatment)
Medical >Illness (general) (Sickness)
Sex, family and generation (Romantic relations)
Medical >Diseases of the mind (Grief (passions)Discontentment)
CASE24757: Horary consultation concerning Sara Paulin (PERSON34115)
Question asked by the patient on 15 May 1610 at 07:00
RN Sara Pauly of NorthCrowlye 38. y may 15. ♂ h. 7. ant m. 16i0 Delivered this day sennet about 8. in the morning. was in labour from monday to that Daye tooke a cold. & sore all over. & was swelled all over & now is swelled in her left hand & cānot make water onc in 24 houres. ready to cast & her wynd is ready to be stopt wth it very weake.
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 239, f. 34v, f. 34r (f. 34v upper left, and f. 34r bottom left)
Medical >Illnesses (named) (Took a cold)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Pain and pricking (Pain)
Medical >Parts of the body>Whole body (Everywhere)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Bloating and swelling (Swelling)
Medical >Parts of the body>Limbs and joints (Hands)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Urinary problems (No urine)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Nausea and vomiting (Nausea)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Respiratory problems (Ready to stop her/his wind)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Dizzy and/or faint (Weak)
Medical >Witchcraft and devil (Witchcraft suffered (medical))
CASE50292: Horary consultation concerning Mr Edward Plummer (PERSON14975)
Question asked by the patient on 12 February 1620 at 15:20
RN Mr \Edward/ Plūmer of Holcot 50 y. 40 y feb 12 h {sic} hor 3. \20/ p m 1620
about cristmas face & hands mutch swelled as big as two stomack weake cā scarc keepe any thing. I {se}aled blood onc sinc yt mutch payned in his head & mēbers at the end of making water it prickes & throbs wth extreme payne
feareth an vlcer for it is as matter yt cōmeth frō him & maketh it often. 4 tymes in an houre it hindereth slepe.
[Astrological Chart]
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 213, f. 134r (upper left part of page)
Mr Edward Plummer (PERSON14975)
Medical >Parts of the body>Head and neck (FaceHead)
Medical >Parts of the body>Limbs and joints (HandsLimbs)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Bloating and swelling (Swelling)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Dizzy and/or faint (Weak)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Pain and pricking (PainPricking)
CASE63782: Horary consultation concerning Joan Parkinson (PERSON56153)
Question asked by Mr Hammond (PERSON50735) on 1 May 1627 at 15:30
RW Ioane Parkinson of Pirton in Hartfordsheire. y. 20. d. ♂. h: 3. 30. p: m: Maij. 1o. 1627. moopish this tweluemoneth, distracted of her witts: fell ill first vpon a beatinge by her dame: no sence or vnderstandinge at all, nor a word frō her can be gotten vnlesse they anger her, & then she bids a rat on them they trouble her. hath them well. eateth vnreasonably mr Hamond wrote for her in her behalfe a lustie wench
[Astrological Chart]
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 227, f. 82v (upper left part of page)
CASE66437: Horary consultation concerning Mary Clark (PERSON46290)
Question asked by the patient on 24 June 1628 at 18:00
RN Mary Clarke of newp vtū {sic} the kings evill hath litle kernels vnder her chin & hath a reddish rūing issue vnder the chin 2 months felt payne in her hed eyes & every where |a yere| about & feble in her legs yet hath thē well Iune 24 ♂ h 6 p m 1628.
[Astrological Chart]
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 405, f. 83v (bottom right part of page)
Medical >Illnesses (named) (Scrofula)
Medical >Symptoms (specified) (Lumps)
Medical >Parts of the body>Head and neck (Throat and mouthHeadEyes)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Pain and pricking (Pain)
Medical >Parts of the body>Whole body (Everywhere)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Dizzy and/or faint (Weak)
CASE70913: Horary consultation concerning William Story (PERSON59714) and Margaret Wyn (PERSON62414)
Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON41199) on 25 May 1630 at 18:20
RN Williā Stoary of St Albions 12 y the 30 of August next twixt 6 & 7 in ye morning at Saraz{ings} head about Easter was 12 monthe may 25. ♂ h 6 20 a|p| m 1630.
her mayd cōtinth {sic} Lame & hath spots about her thighs & Knees.
his legs
the child cōplayneth of his loynes& legs & of a payne of his Left syde & also hath a dry cough.
[Astrological Chart]
wheathr fit to make an issue Is lame & goeth wth payne
was prty well sinc Easter was a twelfmonth when & where.
will. Stoary 12 y may 25 ♂ h. 6. 30 p m 1630
Lame in his loyns Legs & left syde payned
There mayden yt was Lame. Marg. Wynne at the same tyme.
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 194, pp. 406-407 (p. 406 bottom right, p. 406 bottom left, and p. 407 upper left)
Anonymous (PERSON41199)William Story (PERSON59714)Margaret Wyn (PERSON62414)
Medical >Treatment (Treatment)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Lame, numb or paralysed (Lameness)
Medical >Parts of the body>Limbs and joints (ThighsKneesLegs)
Medical >Parts of the body>Whole body (Skin)
Medical >Parts of the body>Torso (LoinsSide(s))
CASE74565: Horary consultation concerning Mr William Crowly [Master of Arts] (PERSON47397)
Question asked by the patient on 9 May 1632 at 13:00
RN Mres {sic} Crawlys physick wrought well vomyts & pils yet troubled wth a hot rheme in her|is| left ey & a heavynes hinder t of his head in his ioynts & ankles & kne & right leg may 9 ☿ h. 1. p m 1632
desyrous of a purging dyet Drink.
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 416, p. 147 (bottom left part of page)
CASE11795: Horary consultation concerning Matthew Windmill (PERSON17224)
Question asked by the patient on 12 November 1598 at 07:50
RN Mathewe Windmill 30 yeres of age sick this two yeres in liver & milt & hart well by day working but ill always every night lieth hevy hevy {sic} in his chest yt he cannot sleepe nor tak his rest agaynst weathr and when he eateth flesh & porrage it heaveth vp his chest. vp from his chest to his harte. it lieth in his the pit of his stomack as if his hart & milte were broken as he him selfe thincketh it payneth him intolerable very cold never better thē when he is working cōplyneth most of chest & harte Novemb. 12 die ☉ at h. 7. 50. mi. 1598. at the first cōming he had a flushing in his hed wt a gydines but never since
[Astrological Chart]
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 51r (upper right part of page)
Matthew Windmill (PERSON17224)
Medical >Illness (general) (Sickness)
Medical >Parts of the body>Torso (ChestStomachHeartLiverSpleen)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Sleep problems (Sleeplessness)
Medical >Parts of the body>Head and neck (Head)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Fevers, chills and sweating (FlushingCold)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Dizzy and/or faint (Dizziness)