CASE55797: Decumbiture for James Kettle (PERSON52846)
Question asked by the patient on 19 March 1623 at 14:45
RN Iames Kittle of Great Gransden. 60 y march. 19 ☿ h. 2. 45 p m. 1623.
Huntingdon sheere
a benūming wch tooke him satt was senet March 9 h {sic} hor 12 p m 1623.
[Astrological Chart]
[Astrological Chart]
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 218, f. 24r (upper right part of page)
CASE59920: Horary consultation concerning William Blea (PERSON9790)
Question asked by the patient on 16 March 1625 at 17:20
RN Will: Blea of this towne march. 16 ☿. h. 5. 20 a|p| m 1625 his legs benūmd & deadish
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 217, f. 11v (upper left part of page)
CASE67621: Horary consultation concerning Thomas Barlee (PERSON43502)
Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON40833) on 26 January 1629 between 13:30 and 14:00
RN Th: Barly of Carington Cotton 8 y I had the palsy his speach & lims neare gone was sinc 3 weekes alhalloutyde soe ill came to me in Christmas holly days last & by gods spec: grace & my oyles mended yet his left hand hath litle feeling
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 407, f. 32Av (middle left part of page)
CASE10977: Horary consultation concerning Thomas Orpin (PERSON14569)
Question asked by the patient on 27 June 1600 at 16:30
RN Thomas Orpin of Sherington 60 y. for a sciatica on his hyp. rūning downe. / & a benōmyng./ Iune 27 die ♀ h. 4. 30 p m. 1600
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 202, f. 128v (bottom part of page)
CASE61213: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Frances Latch [Little Frances] (PERSON53383)
Question asked by Mr John Latch [Hatch] (PERSON53382) on 26 October 1625 at 15:00
RN Mr Latch for his Daughter Franke yt is beenūmed wth the Dead palsye in her right syde octob 26. ☿ h. 3. p m 1625
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 224, f. 29v (upper left part of page)
CASE12685: Horary consultation concerning Goody Elizabeth Townsend (PERSON16510)
Question asked by the patient on 11 September 1599 at 13:15
RN Elisabeth Townsend of Newporte for an ache in her huckbone & so goeth downe into her ankle. worst when shee is hott in her bed. hath no sence nor feeling of her {b}e feete wthout swellinge Sept: 11. die ♂ h. 1. 15 p m 1599 44. y.
[Astrological Chart]
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 201r (bottom right, and bottom left parts of page)
CASE20124: Horary consultation concerning James Flavell (PERSON11796)
Question asked by the patient on 10 December 1601 at 16:00
RN Iames flavell of layton bussard 56 y. Deceb. 17 \10/ ♃ hor 3: p hor 4. p m. 160i sodenly taken in his cheeke l {sic} armes legs & hands {illeg} {sic} at his Dore benum̄ed & hath no feele in them nor cānot sit vp. nor any take any rest.
[Astrological Chart]
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 404, f. 246v (upper left part of page)
CASE23547: Horary consultation concerning Robert Burnam (PERSON28576)
Question asked by the patient on 9 June 1614 at 15:40
RN Robart Bunā of longe Crindon a mile frō Tame 58 y Iune 9 ♃ h. 3. 40 p m. 1614.
ill in his hed & his left leg & arme hath litle feeling in it evr sinc Easter.1
[Astrological Chart]
Notes:
1 ‘palsye.’ in chart
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 237, f. 26r (upper left part of page)
CASE27980: Horary consultation concerning Horace Nichols (PERSON20403)
Question asked by the patient on 16 August 1606 at 12:00
RN horas nichols of Halsone 56 y Aug 16 ♄ hor. 12 1606
an ach in right shoulder & arme all along as benūmed
[Astrological Chart]
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 215, f. 250r (bottom left, and bottom right parts of page)
CASE49458: Horary consultation concerning Richard Briggs (PERSON28373)
Question asked by the patient on 6 August 1619 at 15:20
RN Rich Brigs of Dunstable 61. Aug 6. ♀ h. 3. 20 p m 1619.
a lamenes & nūnes of his lyms speach fayleth many tymes & cānot speake & is very testy.1
[Astrological Chart]
Notes:
1 ‘dead palsye’ in chart
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 235, f. 143v (upper left, and bottom right parts 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)
CASE53472: Horary consultation concerning Elizabeth Abbot (PERSON42415) and Anonymous (PERSON39367)
Question asked by Elizabeth Abbot (PERSON42415) and Anonymous (PERSON39367) on 10 January 1622 at 12:45
RN Two of women of Bedford on for a great Hoarsnes Ian {illeg}|1|0 ♃ h. 12. 30 p m. 1622.
Elis Abbat of Bedford for her long hoarsnes. Ian. 10 ♃ h. 12. 45 p m 1622.
Thother for a great cough & bad longues now also for legs & arms yt have no feeling.
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 231, f. 165v (upper right part of page)
CASE12464: Horary consultation concerning William Colles (PERSON10740)
Question asked by the patient on 15 May 1599 at 16:45
RN Mr Will: Co{l|e|}lles Colles of Parke berrye of 58 troubled sick this i6 yeres & hath had the Counsell of the most exte phisitions troubled wth a windy cause as he sayth cōming from his backe by a great heate & obstruction from my liver. also wth a bad stomacke elevating winde into my hed. wch causeth gydines or streming in my head wch cometh as he thinketh by the ascending vp of bad & melancholy humours & wth a shaking in my left hand mightely as it were the palsye but always very hotte. nowe of late wth the brevity of wind in my stomacke & chest & lately wth a mūmnes {sic} & tinckling in my hands. lips & sydes & face. this 15 of may. die ♂ h. 4. 45. p m. 1599.
[Astrological Chart]
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 164r (upper right part of page)
Medical >Illness (general) (Sickness)
Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Wind (Wind)
Medical >Parts of the body>Torso (BackLiverStomachChest)
Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Burning and inflamed (Hot)
Medical >Parts of the body>Head and neck (HeadThroat and mouthFace)
Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Dizzy and/or faint (Dizziness)
Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Lame, numb or paralysed (TremblingNumbness )
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 (Numbness Cannot walk)
Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Eating and drinking problems (Cannot eat)