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)
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)
CASE12098: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Susan Commendale (PERSON10798)
Question asked by the patient on 19 March 1599 at 10:15
RN Susan Commendall 27. not well this 7 or 8 yeres: benūmed in her lims legs. armes. backe. a hevines in her hed. March 19. die ☾. h. 10. 15. 1599.
[Astrological Chart]
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 105v (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
[Astrological Chart]
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)
CASE26618: Horary consultation concerning Lady Mansell (PERSON20255)
Question asked by the patient on 24 January 1606 at 10:30
RN my lady came \Maunsell/ showed me her watr Ian 24 ♀ h 10. 30 ant m. 1606. who was at my lady Chaynes howse at Drayton 35 y. a long visage leane & yellowish full of melanch. long sick & casteth every foote mutch reds. &|w|ch trouble her mutch. & cōtinew long also whitꝭ but the {sic} weaken not yet have cōtinewed longe wch come 3 days before the red. casteth mutch faynt & feeble mutch wynd costive /Lady Maunsell. 35 y.\
[Astrological Chart]
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 215, f. 22r (upper left part of page)
Medical >Illness (general) (Sickness)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Nausea and vomiting (Nausea)
Medical >Women’s matters>Menstrual problems (Menstruation)
Medical >Illnesses (named) (Whites, the)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Dizzy and/or faint (FaintnessFeebleness)
CASE53528: Horary consultation concerning Mr Edward Birckberd (PERSON44197)
Question asked by the patient on 3 February 1622 at 10:00
RW Mr Edward Birckberd of Astwell \y. 50./ d. ☉. h 10. Feb: 3. 1622. had of late a swellinge in his thighes & leggs, wch was taken away by physicke purginge: since that his stomacke is gone: is verie weake: troubled wth a cough & drouth: cannot sleepe. RN a great difficulty of breath./ cānot rise out of his bed nor stand v nor restRW
[Astrological Chart]
RN Edw. Birckberd a spec serv vnto Sr George Sherly Mr Colins houshold physition.
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 231, f. 176v (bottom left, and bottom right parts of page)
Mr Edward Birckberd (PERSON44197)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Eating and drinking problems (Problems with appetite)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Dizzy and/or faint (Weak)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Respiratory problems (CoughShort winded)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Dry and/or thirsty (Thirsty)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Sleep problems (Sleeplessness)
Medical >Illness (general) (Bedridden)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Lame, numb or paralysed (Cannot stand)
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)
CASE12476: Horary consultation concerning Richard Austin (PERSON9320)
Question asked by the patient on 17 May 1599 at 10:30
RN Auste
Rich: Austen for a paine in his chest & stomacke & hart & a weaknes in his backe & bodye & shortwinded come when he laboureth as it were wth a swelling i7 of may. die ♃ h. 10. 30 Mr Anthony Greeneway of lechamsteede 1599. |a driver in his howse./|
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 166r (upper right part of page)
CASE14754: Horary consultation concerning Mr Matthew Claver (PERSON10637)
Question asked by the patient on 6 April 1603 at 10:06
GJ Mr Mathew Claver of Foskett. sent his water wth a letter April. 6. ☿ ho. 10. 6 a m. 1603 Wherin he Complayneth of a trembling hastynes and fulnes of his head & sences his body full of wynde, a great noyse in his left eare many tymes troubled wth a stitche in the small of his backe. The mouth of his stomacke doth most annoy his head for wch he hath taken Conserve of Anthos
Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 207, f. 42r (bottom left part of page)
Mr Matthew Claver (PERSON10637)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Lame, numb or paralysed (Trembling)
Medical >Parts of the body>Head and neck (HeadEars)
Medical >Parts of the body>Torso (TorsoBackStomach)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Wind (Wind)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Hearing problems (Tinnitus)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Gripings, gnawings and stitches (Stitch)
CASE63502: Horary consultation concerning Mr William Hutchinson (PERSON52241)
Question asked by Hutchinson (PERSON52243) and Hutchinson (PERSON52236) on 28 March 1627 at 10:20 or at 10:30
RN Mr Williā Hutchingson: 40. y: march. 28. ☿ h. 10. 25|0|. ant m. 1627. |vxor marito a tale big mā. wth yell hayre very mery & cheerfull by his owne nature & cōplexion taketh mutch tobacco pater filio sine cōsensu/|
[Astrological Chart]
Mr Will: Hutchinson 40 y of Blūsā in Hutington {sic} sheere hard by Erith march 28. ☿ h. 10 30 ant m 1627.
a tale yell hayre very Ioviall & mery by his owne disposition very Kind & yet thrifty.
he was Chaplyn to B And |in| \his owne/ who bestowed on him a good sonage & prbend
Mr Hutchingson a prach a|&| a chaplyn to B Andros 40 y Iuly March 28 ☿ h. 10. 30 ant m 1627. /brayne distempered extree {sic} proud of his gifts Iealous of his wife\1
[Astrological Chart]
Notes:
1 ‘light headed distenperd in his breane Iealous of his wife’ in chart
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 227, ff. 39r-v, 40r (f. 39r upper right, f. 39v upper left, f. 39v upper right, and f. 40r middle right)
CASE75173: Horary consultation concerning Martin Clark (PERSON46178)
Question asked by the patient on 26 July 1632 at 10:40
RN Martyn Clarke of northhāpton. 43 y Iuly 27|6| ♃. h. 10 40 y. I {sic} ant m. 1632. |fearfull & doubtfull.| /mynd mutch troubled\
[Astrological Chart]
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 416, p. 338 (upper right part of page)
CASE11753: Horary consultation concerning John Whitaker (PERSON17034)
Question asked by the patient on 16 October 1598 at 10:00
RN Iohn Whitaker of Newport c{illeg}|u|tler of 40 yeres olde fell sick & came to a misfortune the 2 of octob. die ☾ ca sent to me for my counsell this 16 of october die ☾. h. 10. ant m 1598. he keepeth his bed ever sinc except he be lifted.
[Astrological Chart]
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 43r (upper right part of page)
CASE11834: Horary consultation concerning Richard Kirby (PERSON13331)
Question asked by Mr Yarrow (PERSON17449) on 1 December 1598 at 10:15
RN Rich Kerby Miller of Newport 60 \56/ yeres old. long & grevously sick {filiu}s patre \{servus} Domino/ cū euꝯ {sic} consensu it hath held this 4 yeres by fits but this quarter of this yere held him sorely & keepeth home some days his bed in his fit & then abroad. a payne in his hart wth a sighing black coloured very fat of his face but wth this sicknes shrunk in his bodye & legs. Mr yarrow for him novemb. {sic} 1 Decēb. die ♀ h. 10. 15. 15981
[Astrological Chart]
Notes:
1 ‘hed hart. bellye’ in chart
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 59r (upper right, and bottom left parts of page)
CASE12231: Horary consultation concerning Robert Kent (PERSON13316)
Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON17677) on 9 April 1599 at 10:30
RN Robart Kent of Walton 2 yeres old. on friday afore Christmas. about 11. 30. mi. consumed to nothing had a bunch vppon his thiges {sic} broken out & pined any face the best t of him. Ap. 9. die ☾. h. 10. 25|30|. mi 1599. cannot stande. nor goe very well. it doth cough. Katherine Parkins gave thē hard wordes.
[Astrological Chart]
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 124v (bottom, bottom left, and bottom right parts of page)
Anonymous (PERSON17677)Robert Kent (PERSON13316)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Wasting (Consumed)
Medical >Parts of the body>Limbs and joints (Thighs)
Medical >Symptoms (specified) (Lumps)
Medical >Parts of the body>Whole body (Skin)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Lame, numb or paralysed (Cannot walkCannot stand)
Medical >Witchcraft and devil (Witchcraft suffered (medical))
CASE12302: Horary consultation concerning George Eling (PERSON13097)
Question asked by the patient on 25 April 1599 at 10:30
RN George Illing of Newport had a great fall frō a howse his huckbone out of ioynt not able to goe a great paine about his harte. Apr. 25 die ☿ h. 10. 30. m ant m. 1599. his meateth {sic} cometh vp. his hart greeped.
Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 228, f. 138r (bottom part of page)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Pain and pricking (Pain)
Medical >Parts of the body>Limbs and joints (Huckbone)
Medical >Parts of the body>Torso (Heart)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Nausea and vomiting (Nausea)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Gripings, gnawings and stitches (Griping)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Lame, numb or paralysed (Lameness)
CASE13120: Horary consultation concerning an Anonymous (PERSON17772) and Goody Alice Barnes (PERSON9486)
Question asked by Mr Robert Brough (PERSON10080) on 26 February 1600 at 10:30
RN Mr Brough for a gentlemā a frind of his an {sic} a guest who is troubled wth the heate of the liver ascendeth vp to his head & throote every night & into his legs as it were a dropsye & voydeth more vpward then downward taken mutch wth a cold Crampe that he cannot styrre febr. 26 die ♂ ♄ {sic} 10. 30. ant m. 1600 & for Goody Barnes a baker of stony stratford
[Astrological Chart]
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 276v (upper right part of page)
CASE11197: Horary consultation concerning John Scarlet (PERSON15646)
Question asked by the patient on 25 August 1600 at 10:08
RN Iohn Scarlet of Neweport 60 y troubled wth a dead palsie. wch taketh away his sight vse of tonge legs we{k}
[Astrological Chart]
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 202, f. 161r (upper left part of page)
CASE11806: Horary consultation concerning Elizabeth Sandon (PERSON15605)
Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON8891) on 17 November 1598 at 10:15
RN Elisabeth Sandons the daughtr of Iohn Sandon ded & deted & mothr. her vnkle came for her at Woulverton 9 yeres old amisse this fortnight they suppose it to have bene an ague. very sleepy & Drowsy. cōplayneth of her hed & belly. Novemb. 17. die ♀ h. 10. 15. mi. 1598.
[Astrological Chart]
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 53v (upper left part of page)
CASE12136: Horary consultation concerning Sir Henry [Harry] Longueville [the elder] (PERSON13773)
Question asked by the patient on 26 March 1599 at 10:30
RN Mr Longvile of {sic} Brodwell of Woulverton for his disease as he had a fever. 26 of March die ☾ h. 10. 30. ant m. 1599 a fayntnes & panting of the hart
[Astrological Chart]
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 111r (bottom right part of page)
CASE12959: Horary consultation concerning Mr Thomas Potter (PERSON15010)
Question asked by Mrs Potter (PERSON15014) on 8 January 1600 at 10:10
RN Mres Potter of willing sent for her husb. wth out his consent at 10. 10. ant m 1599 1600 cannot sleepe his water betwixt yellow & red thick leeke puddle. his stomack hot & his tounge scab & broken out & his head cannot move but as he is turned.
[Astrological Chart]
Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 228, f. 250r (upper left part of page)