CASE55860: Horary consultation concerning John Richardson (PERSON15293)
Question asked by the patient on 25 March 1623 between 10:00 and 10:50
RN Iohn Richardson of newp 48 y. had a third ague a yere & better. 5 y sinc & neaver well sinc. & now sorely payned in his right leg wthout any swelling a bad stomack short wynded was wont to bleed mutch. & is very faynt & reareth blood & did bleed mutch at nose is aguish red & thick. very extreme faynt & weake & did swound last sonday. eateth litle./ extreme short wȳded
Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 218, f. 34r (upper right part of page)
Medical >Illness (general) (Not well)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Pain and pricking (Pain)
Medical >Parts of the body>Limbs and joints (Legs)
Medical >Parts of the body>Torso (Stomach)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Respiratory problems (Short winded)
Medical >Symptoms (specified) (Spitting blood)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Dizzy and/or faint (FaintnessSwooning)
CASE57900: Horary consultation concerning Mr Oliver Boteler (PERSON28235) and Ursula Clark (PERSON10635)
Question asked by Lady Jane Boteler (PERSON28244) on 13 March 1624 at 12:30
RN The lady Butler touching her child yt is well amended of his fits ye{d}|t| weake & not able to goe feets & legs swell still & cānot sleepe a weeke togeathr till after a eleaven in ye morning |marh {sic} 13 h {sic} h 12 30 p m 1624| sent for her neighb vrsula Clarke 50 y March 13 h {sic} hor. 12. 30 p m 1624
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 413, f. 108r (upper right part of page)
Lady Jane Boteler (PERSON28244)Mr Oliver Boteler (PERSON28235)Ursula Clark (PERSON10635)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Dizzy and/or faint (Weak)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Lame, numb or paralysed (Cannot walk)
Medical >Parts of the body>Limbs and joints (FeetLegs)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Bloating and swelling (Swelling)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Sleep problems (Sleeplessness)
Medical (Not specified in question)
Medical >Witchcraft and devil (Witchcraft suffered (medical))
CASE64602: Horary consultation concerning Elizabeth Horrell (PERSON51887)
Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON40516) on 17 September 1627 at 07:30
RN Elis Hurrell of Barton by Cambridge a widow 60 y sept 17. ☾ h. 7 30 ant m. 1627. Distracted of her wits sinc mydsomer. Doth Will curse & talk continually & be doing of some ill except she be tyed & will teare her cloathes & is senceles. fretfull & furious & cā sleepe litle light headed1
[Astrological Chart]
Notes:
1 ‘frentick senceles & furious’ in chart
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 227, f. 216r (upper right part of page)
CASE65442: Decumbiture for Richard Shephard (PERSON58578)
Question asked by the patient on 29 February 1628 at 10:30
RN Suddenly taken in his \right/ arme the vse taken away payned in the throate swelled wth a cough & taken wth strong & strang fits & is very hot in his fits wch continue above halfe a day feb. 17 ☉ h. 12. p m. 1628
[Astrological Chart]
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 410, f. 115v (upper right part of page)
Richard Shephard (PERSON58578)
Medical >Parts of the body>Limbs and joints (Arms)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Pain and pricking (Pain)
Medical >Parts of the body>Head and neck (Throat and mouth)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Bloating and swelling (Swelling)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Respiratory problems (Cough)
Medical >Witchcraft and devil (Strange affliction)
CASE68382: Horary consultation concerning Joan Davis (PERSON47620)
Question asked by the patient on 5 May 1629 at 15:30
RN Ioane Davis of Olny 43|7| 47 y may 5 ♂ h. 3. 30 p m. 1629 /nose blystering & sore\ /head ill legs broken out & Issuing\1
[Astrological Chart]
Notes:
1 ‘rūing Issue’ in chart
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 407, f. 180v (upper left, and middle right parts of page)
CASE50337: Horary consultation concerning Anne Warr (PERSON36499)
Question asked by the patient on 29 February 1620 at 09:00
RW Anne Warr of stony stratford y. 46. d. ♂ h: 9. ant: m: Feb. 29 1620. a weake pale water. & windie: a weake stomacke: swelled in her face & head: if shee sitteth vp her feete swell also: desireth to drinke eateth nothinge but broth: & {illeg}|v|seth to sucke her water lettinge none of the substance to goe downe. troubled also with the whites too much: Gonorrhea. hath them too much
[Astrological Chart]
Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 213, f. 138v (upper left part of page)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Eating and drinking problems (Problems with appetite)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Bloating and swelling (Swelling)
Medical >Parts of the body>Head and neck (FaceHead)
Medical >Parts of the body>Limbs and joints (Feet)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Dry and/or thirsty (Thirsty)
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
[Astrological Chart]
Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 213, f. 140r (upper right part of page)
CASE53520: Horary consultation concerning Clemence Ruly (PERSON62969)
Question asked by the patient on 1 February 1622 at 09:25
RW Clement Rulie d. ♀. h: 9. 25. p: mer: Feb: 1. 1622. taken suddenly wth a riseing in \her/ stomacke wch is readie to stop her winde: her hands cold; highe coloured in her face & swetteth: hath a heate in her bodie
[Astrological Chart]
Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 231, f. 175v (bottom left part of page)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Nausea and vomiting (Rising)
Medical >Parts of the body>Torso (StomachTorso)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Respiratory problems (Ready to stop her/his wind)
Medical >Parts of the body>Limbs and joints (Hands)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Fevers, chills and sweating (Cold)
Medical >Parts of the body>Head and neck (Face)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Bloating and swelling (Swelling)
CASE64289: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Elizabeth Marsh (PERSON14007)
Question asked by the patient on 17 July 1627 at 17:00
RN my deere Cosen she Marsh sent vnto me Iuly 17. ♂ h. 5. p m. 1627. /deus benedicat Cognatæ meæ\
[Astrological Chart]
\no good of ye oyntnent {sic}/ her head ill & mutch payned, the vayns in her tēples swelled & arme so weake yt she cānot vse it & the vaynes be sore to her foote
extremely payned
desyrous to have williā Rufhead to let her blood
would have something to incease {sic} good blood
desyrous to know when to send her coach.
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 227, f. 164r (upper right part of page)
Mrs Elizabeth Marsh (PERSON14007)
Medical >Parts of the body>Head and neck (Head)
Medical >Illness (general) (Illness)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Pain and pricking (Pain)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Bloating and swelling (Swelling)
Medical >Parts of the body>Limbs and joints (ArmsFeet)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Lame, numb or paralysed (Cannot use part)
CASE64594: Horary consultation concerning an Anonymous (PERSON40515)
Question asked by the patient on 15 September 1627 at 13:00
RN The faukners wife to Sr Rob of Parsnā Sept 15 h {sic} hor. 1. p m 1627 wheather festured sore & sw in her left arme broken & rūning & swellings about her face & neck all soft taken by hard labour of a child he {sic} wheathr it be the kings evill as is supposed or a fistula
[Astrological Chart]
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 227, f. 215r (upper left part of page)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Lesions and abscesses (Sores)
Medical >Parts of the body>Limbs and joints (Arms)
Medical >Parts of the body>Whole body (Skin)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Rheumy (Running)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Bloating and swelling (Swelling)
Medical >Parts of the body>Head and neck (FaceThroat and mouth)
Medical >Illnesses (named) (Scrofula)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Hernia, fistula and haemorrhoids (Fistula)
CASE65305: Horary consultation concerning Goody Mary Brewer (PERSON44769)
Question asked by the patient on 4 February 1628 at 09:00
RN Mary Bruer of this towne 36 y feb. 4. ☾ h. 9 ant m 1628
Is lame in all her body & her |left| kne swelled & foot & is lame in it cōplayneth of her backe & syde & is desyrous to be let blood great wth child quickened at St Thomas
[Astrological Chart]
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 410, f. 90v (upper right part of page)
CASE50293: Horary consultation concerning Mr Pedder (PERSON34163)
Question asked by Mrs Susan Pedder (PERSON24871) on 12 February 1620 at 18:00
RN Mres Pedder for her husb. plexed wth greefe for certen writings cōmitted to Mr Nichols sonne & cānot sleepe to crave my counsell feb 12 h {sic} hor 6 p m 16201
[Astrological Chart]
Notes:
1 ‘mightely troubled in mynde cānot sleepe’ in chart
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 213, f. 134r (upper right part of page)
CASE52066: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Dorothy Brograve (PERSON44916)
Question asked by the patient on 22 February 1621 at 14:00
RN Mres Brograve of Braffyn in Hartfordsheere hard by Putchkinge 40|5| y feb. 22 ♃ h. 2. p m 162i
[Astrological Chart]
hed gydie full of melancholy would know what tyme best for physick & wheathr she should come over. & craveth my prayers
would have to be cast & made the 24 of feb some S of ♄. a f{ur} & more here after
wth a note of there vertues & what certenty of there effects & ve oatus would know the best tyes {sic} for S of ♃ & & the worst tyes {sic} a fit tyme to come vnto me
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 233, f. 64v (upper left, middle centre, bottom left, and bottom right parts of page)
CASE53661: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Thomasin Gray [Old Mrs Gray] (PERSON50270) and Ellen [Eleanor] Lattyn (PERSON53402) and Lady Kniveton (PERSON53180)
Question asked by Mrs Thomasin Gray [Old Mrs Gray] (PERSON50270) on 7 March 1622 at 09:30
RN Mres Gray of Hincksworth. 56 y march 7 ♃ h. 9. 30 ant m. 1622.
is was mended of her leg & the swelling but then her head & eys were ill but sinc of late it brake agayne is prty well amended her leg i {sic} Issueth blod & hath always so done. |x y sinc had a bloody water./|
would know wheathr the humour be hot.
And wheathr an Issue will doe her serv. \nell/ good & when. craveth no physick but m|b|y ridgmont.
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 223, f. 16r (upper left part of page)
CASE53675: Horary consultation concerning Goodman Matthew Cardwell (PERSON45583)
Question asked by the patient on 11 March 1622 at 06:30
RN Goodmā: Cardwell. of this towne march. 11 ☾ h. 6 30 ant m 1622 1 /long troubled in his hed mopish & foolish & very vnruly & overthwart\2
[Astrological Chart]
Notes:
1 ‘2 fig.’ in the left margin
2 ‘mutch {vexe}d melancholy tempted’ in chart
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 223, f. 18r (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.\
[Astrological Chart]
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
[Astrological Chart]
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
[Astrological Chart]
Notes:
1 ‘mynd troubled’ in chart
Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 223, f. 183v (upper left part of page)
CASE57820: Horary consultation concerning Richard Lucas (PERSON53943)
Question asked by Lucas (PERSON53933) and Lucas (PERSON53954) on 3 March 1624 at 17:39
RN Rich: Lucas of G Nortot a yeomans sonne 30 27 of Ap 27. 1595. about 12. ☉ at noone sent march. 3. ☿ h. 5. 39 p m. 1624. /mayed {sic} 2 yeres. on child a twelfmoth {sic} old\
3 quart of a yere ill in his head mynd braye {sic} & head troubled mopish & fe{l} careles of his busynes. |Worst at the full of ye moone 3 days before or after/|
boath the fathers obst{in}at of & on in yere maage {sic} pater sine cōsensu. et vxor cū Consensu sed nō filius wheathr they should bring him heather.
[Astrological Chart]
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 413, f. 95v (bottom left, and bottom right parts of page)
CASE59962: Horary consultation concerning Mr Alexander Lovell [Lovet] (PERSON53910)
Question asked by the patient on 19 March 1625 at 09:15
RN Alexander Lovell of Hazlebeech a husb: in Northāpton sheere 50. y. mac|rc|h. 19 h {sic} hor: 9. 15 ant m 1625.
mynd troubled & will speak idlely & had physick & a S & mended {&} 2. y. sinc & now & is sore visited wth sickns {sic} anys {sic} this fortnight.
march 15 extree {sic} ill about 12. 30 p m 1625
[Astrological Chart]
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 217, f. 18v (bottom left, and bottom right parts of page)