CASE11932: Horary consultation concerning Toucher (PERSON16500)
Question asked by the patient on 3 January 1599 at 12:09
RN Mr {sic} Charels Tutcher Charles at Stonystratford at the swan of 2 neckes. 45. sick this fortnight. sonewhat {sic} Costive shee doth bleede & is very mutch stuffed in her chest can scarce tak her winde. ready to sound a grosse & fat woman. sent a poer woman. Ian. 3. die ☿. h. 12. 9. mi. 1599. \at 1. p m /|twice & thrice a day bleedeth at ye nose. half a pint at a time \every othr daye/|
[Astrological Chart]
Charels Touchers wife hath not had her termes this 6 yeres her stomack hoven & her hed ill & backe her wombe & chest stuffed short winded. hart ill water good. yellowe but thin. taken a greefe for payment of monyes for her husb. brother for s{ur}tiship. 200li
[Astrological Chart]
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 77r (upper left, and upper right parts of page)
Medical >Illness (general) (Sickness)
Medical >Symptoms (specified) (ConstipationBleeding)
Medical >Parts of the body>Torso (ChestStomachBackWomb, matrix, mother)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Respiratory problems (StuffedShort winded)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Dizzy and/or faint (Faintness)
Medical >Parts of the body>Head and neck (Nose)
Medical >Women’s matters>Menstrual problems (No courses)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Bloating and swelling (Swelling)
CASE12358: Horary consultation concerning Agnes Rutland (PERSON15542) and Ambrose Rutland (PERSON15539) and John Rutland (PERSON15540)
Question asked by Agnes Rutland (PERSON15542), Ambrose Rutland (PERSON15539) and John Rutland (PERSON15540) on 1 May 1599 at 12:10
RN Agnes Rutland of Newnton Longfild. 53. sick this day fortnight. payned in her hed harte & all the body over. cannot abide vp: costive onc in 2 or 3 days. maij 1. die ♂ h. 12. 10. m. 1599.
[Astrological Chart]
Ambrose Rudland of Newton her husband. a payne in his stomack & eyes. a Corpulent man & fully faced. eodem tempore/
Iohn Rutland wth a payne in his Chest & stomacke wyndye & a stitch in his syde
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 146r (upper right part of page)
Agnes Rutland (PERSON15542)Ambrose Rutland (PERSON15539)John Rutland (PERSON15540)
Medical >Illness (general) (Sickness)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Pain and pricking (Pain)
Medical >Parts of the body>Head and neck (HeadEyes)
Medical >Parts of the body>Torso (HeartStomachChestSide(s))
Medical >Parts of the body>Whole body (Everywhere)
Medical >Symptoms (specified) (Constipation)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Wind (Wind)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Gripings, gnawings and stitches (Stitch)
CASE10681: Horary consultation concerning Matthew Walsore [Walgere] (PERSON16790) and Frances Walgere (PERSON16746)
Question asked by Matthew Walsore [Walgere] (PERSON16790) and Frances Walgere (PERSON16746) on 26 May 1600 at 13:26
RN Mathewe Walsore of Buckginham {sic} 30. musicꝯ. may 26 die ☾ h. 1. 3 26. p m. 1600
paynd in his \head &/ chest by reason of a wound receaved but healed wch maketh him cast. alwyys {sic} leane somtimes voydeth leeke matter & choler. spade bone of his shoulder perisheth his lungs. & francis Walso|ge|re 28. his wif paynd wth a windines in her stomacke.
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 202, f. 84r, f. 85r (f. 84r bottom left, and f. 85r upper right)
CASE11843: Horary consultation concerning Clemence Nashe (PERSON14336)
Question asked by the patient on 4 December 1598 at 12:15
RN Clement Nash servant to Iohn Connyngham 22 yeres old tooke her first on tuesday night qu about 8 a clock at night a crick {sic} \ache/ in her baccke \& lims./ yt maketh her stoope & goe Double. troubled wth a great heate of her stomack yt it maketh her lips to break out he {sic} first water made in ye morning red. the next water of a reasonable good colour. the wench of a ruddy face well colourd & fat. quait {sic} remediū Decēb. 4. die ☾. h. 12. 15. mi. 1598. of Newport
[Astrological Chart]
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 61r (upper left part of page)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Pain and pricking (Pain)
Medical >Parts of the body>Torso (BackStomach)
Medical >Parts of the body>Limbs and joints (Limbs)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Stooped, bent or stiff (Bent double)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Burning and inflamed (Hot)
CASE12083: Horary consultation concerning William Loveles (PERSON13804)
Question asked by the patient on 15 March 1599 at 09:00
RN Williā Lovely of Newport 60. greeped & tormented at the harte ready to make him selfe away & of his brest: the 15 of Martij die ♃. h. 9 metuit venefic: 1599 hed & face swelleth.
[Astrological Chart]
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 103r (bottom left part of page)
Medical >Parts of the body>Torso (HeartChest)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Gripings, gnawings and stitches (Griping)
Medical >Diseases of the mind (Tempted and suicidal)
Medical >Parts of the body>Head and neck (HeadFace)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Bloating and swelling (Swelling)
Medical >Witchcraft and devil (Witchcraft suffered (medical))
CASE48601: Nativity for Mrs Frances Digby (PERSON29826)
Question asked by the patient on 1 May 1619 no earlier than 16:40
RN Mres francis Digbye Sr Evarets sister nata the tuesday before the 30 of novēbr. before 7 in ye morning /1588.\ send for my Directions may 1. hhor {sic} 4. 40 p m 1619. /vnmayed {sic}\ |30 y|
mutch troubled wth melanch pass apt to weep wthout any iust case.
nata Octob 29 ♂ h. 7. ant m 1588. a great heavynes in ye stomacke & a beating & trembling at the hart. wth a |continuall| payne at her hart at yt tyme of all on her left syde
[Astrological Chart]
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 230, f. 347v (upper left part of page)
CASE48680: Horary consultation concerning Jane Ellis [Hill] (PERSON23057)
Question asked by the patient on 10 May 1619 at 15:40
RN Iane Hill of Hanslop 23 y I may 10 ☾ h. 3. 40 p m 1619
back syde & belly
paynd at her head wth a burning
nescit an sit gravida
troubled wth the wynd cholick & when yt cōmeth cānot hold her water
[Astrological Chart]
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 230, f. 362v (upper right part of page)
Jane Ellis [Hill] (PERSON23057)
Medical >Parts of the body>Torso (BackSide(s)Belly)
Medical >Parts of the body>Head and neck (Head)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Pain and pricking (Pain)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Burning and inflamed (Burning)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Wind (WindColic)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Urinary problems (Inability to hold water)
CASE48557: Horary consultation concerning Mary Smith (PERSON35553)
Question asked by the patient on 27 April 1619 at 10:15
RN Mary Smyth of Stawton 20 myles 30 y Ap 27. ♂ h. 10. 15 ant m 1619 her head shaketh a fortnight or 3 \shaking/ palsy. mother backe thighꝭ as if they should be torne but her head exceding cold.
head cold
vryne very good. a very good stomacke yet very faynt. mutch troubled wth wynd 2 y. sinc had a boy. hath thought her selfe twice to be wth child wthin this twelfemonthe. nescit an sit gravida
[Astrological Chart]
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 230, f. 339r (bottom left, and bottom right parts of page)
Medical >Parts of the body>Head and neck (Head)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Lame, numb or paralysed (PalsyTrembling)
Medical >Parts of the body>Torso (Womb, matrix, motherBack)
Medical >Parts of the body>Limbs and joints (Thighs)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Fevers, chills and sweating (Cold)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Wind (Wind)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Dizzy and/or faint (Faintness)
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)
CASE19247: Horary consultation concerning Lady Elizabeth Ingoldsby [Old Lady Ingoldsby] [Lady Ingoldsby] (PERSON13125) and Sir Richard Ingoldsby [Mr Ingoldsby] (PERSON13115)
Question asked by Lady Elizabeth Ingoldsby [Old Lady Ingoldsby] [Lady Ingoldsby] (PERSON13125) and Sir Richard Ingoldsby [Mr Ingoldsby] (PERSON13115) on 23 April 1601 at 12:00
RN Mres Engolsby. 24 |30| Ap 23. die ♃ hor. 12. p m. i60i1
[Astrological Chart]
Mr Engolsby. 40. Apr 23 die ♃ hor.
Notes:
1 ‘an arising of ye stomack passions of ye harte. tentationibꝯ et doloribꝯ multu obnoxia’ in chart
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 404, f. 87v (upper left 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)
CASE70260: Horary consultation concerning Mr Clopton (PERSON46369)
Question asked by the patient on 17 March 1630 at 21:00
Mr. Rous Clopton of Corp. Chri Coll. Oxon 35. y. Mart. 17. ☿. h. 9. p. m. 1630
[Astrological Chart]
A greiuous Headache takes him at Midnight sometimes in one te of ye head & sometimes in ye other te, but especially in ye left side of his heade, wch makes ye places outwardly sore where ye paine hath beene.1
A continually Noyse in his head wth a tearinge paine as yf it would pull one skyn from another, wch comes sometimes suddenly like a strech, & then is gone in an instant
A dizines in ye heade & a leapinge, as it were of blacke mothes before his Eyes
This paine hath continued these 6 weekes,
Desires to knowe whether it ceeds from ye stomack or spleene, from a cold or{illeg} hote cause
Hath beene let Bloud in ye right arme, & vnder the tongue, & in ye forehead, beeinge tolde by the Physitian ythis greife was caused by fullnes of Bloud
Hath taken Pills & Electuaryes sundry times, but his paine noethinge deminished
Hath for many years beene troubled wth a soundinge & noyse in his head, but neuer wth paine till nowe Feareth a Disposition to the Palsye or Apoplexye Desires Receits & Directions to preuent these two capitall Dangers.
Notes:
1 ‘Extreame Headache’ in chart
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 194, p. 177 (upper left part of page)
CASE10829: Horary consultation concerning Elizabeth Purden (PERSON15089)
Question asked by the patient on 13 June 1600 between 09:00 and 11:20
RN Elisabeth Purden of puddington 36 y. sicke hath had her sicknes to mitch {sic}. faynt & feeble. yt wch cōmeth frō her very blacke flowers watr to muth {sic} thin coloured. paynd head & sydes & hath menses immodices/
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 202, f. 106v (bottom left part of page)
CASE12995: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Margaret Burchmore (PERSON10185)
Question asked by the patient on 14 January 1600 at 12:00
RN Mres Burchmore of Tottell end 33 yeres Ian. 14 die ☾ h. 12. habet albos et rubeos successive stomack hed backe. weake of a yellowe coloure. a candell wth cymamon {sic} stayeth her whitꝭ when nothing els will troubled with the iaundish & of a yellowish colour.
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 255r (bottom left part of page)
CASE19297: Horary consultation concerning Mr Matthew Emerson (PERSON11576) and Randall Young (PERSON17472)
Question asked by Mr Matthew Emerson (PERSON11576) and Randall Young (PERSON17472) on 27 April 1601 at 13:45
RN Mathewe Emmerton of Stony stratford {A} {sic} 26. y Ap 27 die ☾ hor. 1. 45. p m. 1601
Randall yonge of the same towne oculis et capitis dolore1
[Astrological Chart]
Randall younge of Stonystratford Apr 27 die ☾ hor. 2. p m. 1601.
Notes:
1 ‘for a megrim & blood shotten eyes eyes swollen’ in chart
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 404, ff. 97v-98r (f. 97v upper right, and f. 98r upper left)
CASE33906: Horary consultation concerning Mr Michael Dormer [Dorman] (PERSON22954)
Question asked by the patient on 9 August 1608 at 10:00
RN Mr michaell Dormer 27 y. a batcheler. Aug 9. ♂ h. ♂ {sic} 10. ant m 1608. /pass. hypocōdriaca sydes\ |full of melancholy sad heavy vncōfortable left syde swelled|
[Astrological Chart]
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 229, f. 180r (upper right part of page)
CASE47077: Horary consultation concerning Mr John Ratte (PERSON34585)
Question asked by the patient on 14 July 1618 at 11:00
RN Mr Ratte of Kethorpe Iu 60 y. Iuly 14. ♂ h. 11. ant m 1618. vide Iulij 7 |chest & belly mutch wynd & very hot wheather he will escape sometymes well hath 3 or {sic} fits every day. cānot sleepe|
[Astrological Chart]
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 201, f. 180r (upper left part of page)
Medical >Parts of the body>Torso (ChestBelly)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Wind (Wind)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Burning and inflamed (Hot)
Medical >Prognosis (Life or death (medical))
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Fits and convulsions (Fits)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Sleep problems (Sleeplessness)
CASE52244: Decumbiture for Catherine Green (PERSON50322)
Question asked by the patient on 3 April 1621 at 15:00
RN Katherine Grene /25\ first taken wth \it tooke/ an arising frō her stomack ready to stop her wynd Martij 7. ☿ h. 11. p m 162i |is so sick yt she cā take no rest.|
It tooke her in her hart & left sy right & short ribs pricking like needles. |suckleth a child halfe a yere old|
[Astrological Chart]
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 233, f. 102v (bottom left part of page)
CASE75628: Horary consultation concerning Sara Bishop (PERSON44232)
Question asked by the patient on 5 October 1632 no earlier than 15:30
TG Sara Bishop of tringe Annos 31. calebs melancholica, dolore capitis cervicis, lateris dextri et stomachi adeo mentis gravedine vexata
[Astrological Chart]
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 214, p. 55 (upper left part of page)
CASE79167: Horary consultation concerning Anne Barrage (PERSON43625)
Question asked by the patient on 27 September 1634 at 10:00
TG Ann{illeg}|e| Barrage of stonystreetford 28. y. 7br. 27 h. 10. A m. 1634. stuffed & pained in her chest, sides, & backe, is worse by fits, paroxysmꝯ hysterici.
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 412, f. 156v (upper left part of page)