CASE52197: Horary consultation concerning Sir Francis Ventris (PERSON36354) and William Page (PERSON55908)
Question asked by Sir Francis Ventris (PERSON36354) on 26 March 1621 at 14:20
RN Sr Francis Ventrys wrote a most kind letter boath concerning his owne love & desyres to take physick of me for his head & other infirmityes as also for his neighb page of Sheaford craveth pils
march 26 ☾ h. 2. 20 p m 162i
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 233, f. 94Av (upper right part of page)
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.
[Astrological Chart]
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)
CASE49923: Horary consultation concerning Goodman William Young (PERSON37175)
Question asked by the patient on 9 November 1619 at 15:00
RN Will Young of Illing beyond St yeedes 58 y novēb. 9 ♂ h. 3. p m 1619.
an aguish thick red water. / sick the thursd before St Nich his day. a twelfemonth something smyt him on the chest le{illeg}|n|ing {sic} \leaning/ agaynst a tree by wth mutch gryping in his belly a swelling in his body sometymes hot & sometymes cold wth a nūmnes in his legs yt he cānot goe for it. loose body. cānot eate nor drinke by fits.
is vp every day more or les.
Is so swelled in his body yt he cā scarce get his cleathes togeathr by fits his legs
[Astrological Chart]
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 213, f. 51v (upper left part of page)
Goodman William Young (PERSON37175)
Medical >Illness (general) (Sickness)
Medical >Parts of the body>Torso (ChestBellyTorso)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Gripings, gnawings and stitches (Griping)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Bloating and swelling (Swelling)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Burning and inflamed (Hot)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Fevers, chills and sweating (Cold)
Medical >Parts of the body>Limbs and joints (Legs)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Lame, numb or paralysed (NumbnessCannot walk)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Eating and drinking problems (Cannot eat)
CASE10371: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Susan Andrews (PERSON9163) and Goody Margaret Scot [Old Goody Scot] (PERSON15663)
Question asked by Mrs Susan Andrews (PERSON9163) and Goody Margaret Scot [Old Goody Scot] (PERSON15663) on 18 April 1600 at 14:00
RN Mres Androwes of broughton for her whites Ap. 18 die ♀ h. 2. p m. 1600 Whitꝭ
Margret Scot of brogston {sic} head back harte.
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 202, f. 44r (bottom right part of page)
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)
CASE10647: Horary consultation concerning Thomas White (PERSON17057) and Susan White (PERSON17086)
Question asked by Thomas White (PERSON17057) and Susan White (PERSON17086) on 22 May 1600 at 11:30
RN Thomas White of Milten 56. may 22 die ♃ h. 11 30 ant m 1600 |a payne in his shoulders| payned in his head back & chest stuffed. faynt & feeble water good but yellowish. sande in his backe. a drye cough.
Susāna White of Milten Mres Androwes servant 18 a red coloured wenche legs sweld. hath the whites but very few of the reds. head & harte a swimminge.
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 202, f. 79r (bottom left part of page)
Thomas White (PERSON17057)Susan White (PERSON17086)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Pain and pricking (Pain)
Medical >Parts of the body>Limbs and joints (ShouldersLegs)
Medical >Parts of the body>Head and neck (Head)
Medical >Parts of the body>Torso (BackChestHeart)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Respiratory problems (StuffedCough)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Dizzy and/or faint (FaintnessFeeblenessDizziness)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Dry and/or thirsty (Dry)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Bloating and swelling (Swelling)
CASE56421: Horary consultation concerning Sir Thomas Neville [Smith] (PERSON55281) and Lady Elizabeth Neville [Old Lady Neville] (PERSON55286)
Question asked by Sir Thomas Neville [Smith] (PERSON55281) and Lady Elizabeth Neville [Old Lady Neville] (PERSON55286) on 30 May 1623 at 11:40
RN Sr Thomas Neavell \of Holte/ & his lady sent me a very fat lābe 2 cap & 3 couple of Rabbots May 30 ♀ h. 11. 40 ant m 1623.
an Ach in his instap & {sic} ankles by fits yt at night he cā take no rest
boath of thē cōmend the oation of ther dyet drink purging
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 218, f. 119v (upper right part of page)
CASE12139: Horary consultation concerning William Beard (PERSON9575)
Question asked by the patient on 26 March 1599 at 08:30
RN William Berde 54 yers old of Potters Perye. sick on weddensday last keepeth his bed vp & downe can not rest. sent to me his sonne 26 of March die ☾ h. 8. 30. mi. ant m. 1599. sick at hart & stomack ill. very hot. a great stitch & cough & reaneth mutch fleune {sic}.
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 111v (bottom right part of page)
CASE17232: Horary consultation concerning Dorothy Abraham (PERSON9025)
Question asked by the patient on 14 June 1602 between 11:38 and 12:15
RN Dorothy Abraham of Stockgolding for sorenes in her left leg & foote. share & nowe gone into her huckbone & the small of her backe all over throat rūneth vp & downe her vaynes full & mutch payne in her vaynes
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 221, f. 92v (upper right part of page)
CASE79175: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Faith Sage (PERSON58116) and Sage (PERSON58113)
Question asked by Mrs Faith Sage (PERSON58116) on 7 October 1634 between 09:45 and 14:00
SRN Fayth Sage of High Lauer for a litenes in her head. & a papue in her Teeth & a trembling at her heart.
her Husband was taken with a payne in her|is| backe that he can hardly goe./.
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 412, f. 157r (upper right part of page)
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
[Astrological Chart]
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) (AmissDisease)
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))
CASE12386: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Faith Gibbs (PERSON12125)
Question asked by the patient on 5 May 1599 at 10:30
RN Mres fayth Gybbes 50 sent to me againe the 5 of May. for a stiffnes in t & swelling & knobbes in t her wrest & inside of her wrests & hands, for a paine in her sinewes an {sic} an ache in her bones, hands & knees. altering from place to place. die ♄. h. 10. 30 m ant m. 1599.
[Astrological Chart]
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 151r (upper right part of page)
CASE32228: Horary consultation concerning William Sibthorpe [Butcher] (PERSON15797) and Mr Dr Roger Hacket (PERSON12450)
Question asked by Mr Dr Roger Hacket (PERSON12450) on 7 October 1607 at 08:30
RN Docter Hacket sent me a lettr t{ly in} his owne behalfe & the behalfe of his neighb. Sibthorpe Octob 7. ☿. h. 8. 30 p m {sic} 1607
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 193, f. 293r (bottom right part of page)
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)
CASE10744: Horary consultation concerning Old Goody Agnes Lancaster (PERSON13548)
Question asked by the patient on 2 June 1600 at 10:15
RN Goody Lancastar of Milton. 50 y. Iune 2 die ♄ h. 10. 15. ant m. 1600 short winded hoven im {sic} her bodye belly brestꝭ. legs sore rancled & have rūning sores.
[Astrological Chart]
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 202, f. 93v (bottom left part of page)
CASE53728: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Jane [Shonet] Wardley (PERSON21079)
Question asked by the patient on 19 March 1622 at 14:00
RN Shonet Wardley of Odyll. 50 y march. 19 ♂ h 2 p m 1622. feeleth a prickling in sundry tꝭ of her body suddenly & by fits every day. & is mutch payned in her brow mouth & a noyce in her eares/. they sper not in there body. catle.
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 223, f. 27v (upper left part of page)
CASE54640: Horary consultation concerning Gillian Sansome (PERSON58278) and Sansome (PERSON58275)
Question asked by Gillian Sansome (PERSON58278) on 19 July 1622 at 17:39
RN Gillane Sansome by temple Barre 50 y Iuly 19 ♀ h. 5. 39 p m 1622 /strangly taken hands shaking & crooked\
thanks for her Daughters strang recoavery
now for her owne selfe troubled wth heate & cold by fits & sudden flushes flushing in so mutch making her very faynt & to sweate also craveth my helpe.
Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 222, f. 3r (upper right part of page)
CASE70905: Horary consultation concerning Lady Marge Brete (PERSON44753)
Question asked by the patient on 25 May 1630 at 11:50
RN The lady Bret was let blood & tooke her vomyt {wch} {sic} gave her 3 vomyts & 12 stooles & Mr Wallys gave her a sleeping pill & after her awaking is sick & so also after meate
& cā not take any thing but it cometh vp & now is so weake as she is forced to keepe her bed Continually may 25 ♂ h 11. 50 p|a|nt m 1630.
Clysters & Cooling almond milkes her vryne thick & red desyreth another playster of {opicacū} for the splene
Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 194, p. 404 (bottom left part of page)
CASE77396: Horary consultation concerning William Dymmingsdale (PERSON48243)
Question asked by the patient on 25 May 1633 at 09:30
RN Williā Dymmingsdale of Hutchin 58 y may 25 h {sic} hor 9 30 ant m. 1633.
Tooke a surfet a cough cānot eate nor drink but is sick after meate vntill it hath made him to cast it swelled in his belly almost every night /his thigh was broken\
[Astrological Chart]
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 211, p. 166 (middle centre, and bottom right parts of page)
William Dymmingsdale (PERSON48243)
Medical >Illnesses (named) (Surfeit)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Respiratory problems (Cough)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Nausea and vomiting (Nausea phlegm)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Bloating and swelling (Swelling)
Medical >Parts of the body>Torso (Belly)
CASE79204: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Claire Wright (PERSON37112)
Question asked by the patient on 21 December 1634 at 11:00
SRN My Cozon Clare wright of Southwarke London. 50. y. Decemƀ 21. ♄ {sic}. h. 11. a. m. 1634.
[Astrological Chart]
hath kept her bed this sennight a weake bad digestion. her meate rises sometymes like hard egs wch causes a great payne both in stomack & backe.
she can eate little or nothing she desires to haue something to strengthen her stomack. /much troubled with a stitch in her right side with a continuall payne in her stomack.\
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 412, f. 165r (upper left part of page)
Mrs Claire Wright (PERSON37112)
Medical >Treatment (Requesting treatment)
Medical >Parts of the body>Torso (StomachBackSide(s))
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Pain and pricking (Pain)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Eating and drinking problems (Problems with appetite)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Gripings, gnawings and stitches (Stitch)