CASE12058: Horary consultation concerning Lady Chester [Mrs Elizabeth Chester] (PERSON45998) and Mr William Chester (PERSON10458)
Question asked by Lady Chester [Mrs Elizabeth Chester] (PERSON45998) on 12 March 1599 at 12:50
RN Elisabeth Chester 34 yeres cold in her armes & neck bone Mart. 12. {sic} 48. 50. 1599. & her sonn will who is amisse in her|is| lims who cannot stand & looketh weakly.
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Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 99v (upper right part of page)
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)
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
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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)
CASE11891: Horary consultation concerning William Seer (PERSON15703)
Question asked by the patient on 21 December 1598 at 12:45
RN Will: Seere of haversham. 53 yeres old sitteth vp by the fier, very stiffe & hardly to {ground} onc in 24 houres complayneth of his body & lims & legs most in on of his sides all over his left syde ever sinc March last: first amisse not able to goe over the Dore threshall. sinc Alhalloutide. sent his wife to me Decēb. 21. die ♃. h. 12. 45. 1598. on of his legs the left wonderfully swelled. a very diseased body & hath had a greate cough.1
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Notes:
1 ‘feare lest he be beworded’ in chart
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 70v (upper left part of page)
Medical >Illness (general) (Amiss Disease)
Medical >Parts of the body >Limbs and joints (LimbsLegs)
Medical >Parts of the body >Torso (TorsoSide(s))
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Bloating and swelling (Swelling)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Respiratory problems (Cough)
Medical >Witchcraft and devil (Witchcraft suffered (medical))
CASE39004: Horary consultation concerning Old Sumner (PERSON35849)
Question asked by the patient on 27 December 1611 at 08:30
RN Old Sūner of Woulvrton Decēb. 27 ♀. h. 8. 30. ant m. 1611 80 y
fortnigt amis frō lame frō the short ribs t|d|owne to his knes & cā take no rest but is mightely tormented as on yt were taken.
[Astrological Chart]
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 200, f. 208v (upper left part of page)
CASE12779: Horary consultation concerning Agnes [Anne] Broughton (PERSON10088)
Question asked by the patient on 4 October 1599 at 14:15
RN Agnis Brouten of Wellingborowe. 23. y. amisse {illeg}|t|his 5 yeres. chest & thenc ariseth to her head & maketh her hands & head & as it were dead yt shee hath no vse & feeling & knoweth nothing. Octob. 4 die ♃ h. 2. 15. p {sic}. 1599. ariseth wth a water on her stomacke /
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 214r (bottom left part of page)
CASE12154: Horary consultation concerning Isabel Linwell (PERSON13735)
Question asked by the patient on 27 March 1599 at 13:30
RN Isbell Linwell servant to Thomas Buncher of Paulus Perrye 30 yeres old nor fathr nor mothr a hie colourd wate woman & sweateth hart swollen in the body & legs. & chest faynte yt shee can do no worke hed & hart beateth. 27 of March die ♂ h. 1. 30 p m. 1599. short winded hath bene amisse this 3 weekꝭ {wak}heth
[Astrological Chart]
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 114r (upper right part of page)
Medical >Illness (general) (Amiss )
Medical >Parts of the body >Torso (HeartTorsoChest)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Bloating and swelling (Swelling)
Medical >Parts of the body >Limbs and joints (Legs)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Dizzy and/or faint (Faintness)
Medical >Parts of the body >Head and neck (Head)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Respiratory problems (Short winded)
CASE12153: Horary consultation concerning Catherine Allen (PERSON9103)
Question asked by the patient on 27 March 1599 at 11:30
RN Katheron Allen at Newport 50 yeres old. amisse this {illeg} yeres assone as shee was delivered of a child paynd in her hed. & swollen in her face. aremes {sic} legs hoven in her body sweateth & her hed & neck & syde loketh very hie & is specled. short winded & faynte. March 27. die ♂ h. 11. 30. 1599
[Astrological Chart]
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 114r (upper left part of page)
Medical >Illness (general) (Amiss )
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Pain and pricking (Pain)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Bloating and swelling (Swelling)
Medical >Parts of the body >Head and neck (FaceHeadThroat and mouth)
Medical >Parts of the body >Limbs and joints (ArmsLegs)
Medical >Parts of the body >Torso (Torso)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Respiratory problems (Short winded)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Dizzy and/or faint (Faintness)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Fevers, chills and sweating (Sweating)
