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)
CASE21973: Horary consultation concerning Henry Fisher (PERSON11750)
Question asked by the patient on 28 February 1605 at 09:00
RN Henry fishr of Eastcot a serving mā to my lord Harrington 40 y febr 28 ♃ hor. 9. ant m 1605. crased in braine put out of service by his Mres for the love of a mayd.1
[Astrological Chart]
he sent only to knowe when he should fynd me at home yt he might come over vnto me./
Notes:
1 ‘hed ill & gydye mynd troubled stomacke & hart ill.’ in chart
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 415, f. 224r (upper left part of page)
CASE12460: Horary consultation concerning Joan Freeman (PERSON11961)
Question asked by the patient on 15 May 1599 at 11:12
RN Ione freeman of Newp v 17 y. very sicke. sore at the hart & hath a thing arising in her throat ready to stop her winde & was almost dead last night & cryeth & taketh & sayth shee shall dye may the 15. die ♂ h. 11. 12. m. ant m. 1599. & of her thighes. every where a pricking of her {hart}
[Astrological Chart]
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 163v (upper right part of page)
Medical >Illness (general) (Sickness)
Medical >Parts of the body>Torso (Heart)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Pain and pricking (PainPricking)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Nausea and vomiting (Rising)
Medical >Parts of the body>Head and neck (Throat and mouth)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Respiratory problems (Ready to stop her/his wind)
Medical >Diseases of the mind (Idle talkUncategorisedWeeping)
CASE66410: Horary consultation concerning Mr John Evans (PERSON48613) and Anonymous (PERSON40698)
Question asked by Mr John Evans (PERSON48613) on 19 June 1628 at 18:00
RN {I}ohn Evans of the Mynrys in London Iue {sic} 19 ♃ h. 6 p m. 1628
writeth for a gent mā
first vnfoldeth his owne greefe how he is wrōged & cosened of all yt he hath & therby he his wife & childrē broght to great want & misery craveth my Counsell & instruction
Also writeth in the behalfe of a gentlemā yt having taken an extreme cold & prsently an exceeding greefe for the Death of his wife & {th}erby cast Downe into sicknes & mutch melancholy of a sanguyne cōplexion his sicknes & melancholy is mutch abated & now his voice is almost Lost yt he s cānot {sic} \on cānot/ spea heare on \him/ that speaketh {sic} \to speake/ a yard of
cōplayneth of something about the pit of his throate his voice is only low & weake but not troubled wth any fault in noncing but cleere inough every where no physick but cōplayneth of the coldnes of his stomack & head & sone {sic} stoppage about the begying of his nose cold flegme & cold head & defect in hearing hath 2 great manyscripts of physick yt he is Desyrous I should vse craveth vnder god my consayle for the frind his gentleman
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 405, f. 80r (upper left part of page)
Mr John Evans (PERSON48613)Anonymous (PERSON40698)
Personal affairs>Business affairs (Finance and property)
Personal affairs (Personal counsel and advice)
Medical >Illnesses (named) (Took a cold)
Medical >Diseases of the mind (Grief (passions)Melancholy)
Medical >Illness (general) (Sickness)
Medical >Symptoms (specified) (Speech problems)
Medical >Parts of the body>Head and neck (Throat and mouthHeadNose)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Fevers, chills and sweating (Cold)
Medical >Parts of the body>Torso (Stomach)
CASE11653: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Catherine Blundell [Budoxhed] [Butshed] [Mrs Blundell [the elder]] (PERSON9819)
Question asked by the patient on 28 August 1598 at 17:28
RN Mres Blundell enquireth what is good for her Disease shee is pulled as it were in peeces hart belly sides & swollen in her stomach yt & worse after she hath eaten or Drunken weake & feble in her body & knees. Aug. 28. die ☾ h. 5. 28 mi p. m shee shaketh & trembleth body {neck} & {yoin}tꝭ
[Astrological Chart]
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 21r (upper right part of page)
Mrs Catherine Blundell [Budoxhed] [Butshed] [Mrs Blundell [the elder]] (PERSON9819)
Medical >Illness (general) (Disease)
Medical >Parts of the body>Torso (HeartStomachSide(s))
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Bloating and swelling (Swelling)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Dizzy and/or faint (Weak)
Medical >Parts of the body>Limbs and joints (KneesJoints)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Lame, numb or paralysed (Trembling)
CASE11789: Horary consultation concerning Ralph French (PERSON11964) and Anne French (PERSON11967)
Question asked by Ralph French (PERSON11964) on 9 November 1598 at 11:30
RN Radolp: french. 46. s minister of Stock hamon. 9 of november. die ♃. h. 11. 45. 30. for his reume & his wife. arising frō his belly to his chest leeke led hard & hoven in his belly full of winde |1598|
an his wife an ach & gydines in her hed.
[Astrological Chart]
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 50r (upper left part of page)
Ralph French (PERSON11964)Anne French (PERSON11967)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Rheumy (Rheum)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Nausea and vomiting (Rising)
Medical >Parts of the body>Torso (BellyChest)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Wind (Wind)
Medical >Parts of the body>Head and neck (Head)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Pain and pricking (Pain)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Dizzy and/or faint (Dizziness)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Bloating and swelling (HardnessSwelling)
CASE11805: Horary consultation concerning Goody Joan Persival (PERSON14880)
Question asked by the patient on 16 November 1598 at 13:00
RN Ihone Persivall of Lo{illeg} 35 yeres about 20 weekes amisse. short winded. hot in her stomack shee hath broken out in her face wth a flushing heate. payne in her hed her neighbours tell her yt shee may be breeding of child.. 16 of novemb. die ♃. h. 1.. 1598. broke out in her nose &|f|ace & chin wth pimpels.
[Astrological Chart]
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 53r (upper right part of page)
Goody Joan Persival (PERSON14880)
Medical >Illness (general) (Amiss)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Respiratory problems (Short winded)
Medical >Parts of the body>Torso (Stomach)
Medical >Parts of the body>Whole body (Skin)
Medical >Parts of the body>Head and neck (FaceHeadNose)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Fevers, chills and sweating (Flushing)
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)
CASE13037: Horary consultation concerning Catherine Oakley (PERSON14550) and Thomas Burgess (PERSON10196) and Mary Burgess (PERSON10203)
Question asked by Catherine Oakley (PERSON14550), Thomas Burgess (PERSON10196) and Mary Burgess (PERSON10203) on 2 February 1600 at 12:00
RN Katheron Ocklie of Turvie 60 y. payned in her legs & bodye wch are mightely swollen & a payne in her cheste wth a cold. Doth spit blood also feb. 2 die ♄. h. 12. Thomas Burges \of Astwood/ 50 yeres for a great cough & payne in the chest very short winded. 16001
[Astrological Chart]
the womans watr is very red & thick Mary Burges troubled about the hart wth a coughinge her watr hath black melancholy humour. her husb & ss troubled wth a cough.
Notes:
1 ‘a coughe’ in chart
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 263v (bottom left part of page)
Catherine Oakley (PERSON14550)Thomas Burgess (PERSON10196)Mary Burgess (PERSON10203)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Pain and pricking (Pain)
Medical >Parts of the body>Limbs and joints (Legs)
Medical >Parts of the body>Torso (TorsoChestHeart)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Bloating and swelling (Swelling)
Medical >Illnesses (named) (Took a cold)
Medical >Symptoms (specified) (Spitting blood)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Respiratory problems (CoughShort winded)
CASE74565: Horary consultation concerning Mr William Crowly [Master of Arts] (PERSON47397)
Question asked by the patient on 9 May 1632 at 13:00
RN Mres {sic} Crawlys physick wrought well vomyts & pils yet troubled wth a hot rheme in her|is| left ey & a heavynes hinder t of his head in his ioynts & ankles & kne & right leg may 9 ☿ h. 1. p m 1632
desyrous of a purging dyet Drink.
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 416, p. 147 (bottom left part of page)
CASE10298: Horary consultation concerning Anne Knight (PERSON13478)
Question asked by the patient on 10 April 1600 at 11:00
RN An knight of Olny 19 y Ap 10 die ♃ h. 11 ant m. 1600 a great heat & cold. chest stuffed hart hot ready to swound swelled & great bellyed hath not had her sicknes this 12 moneth. yet about a 3 weeks sinc shee had them but very fewe./.
Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 202, f. 34r (bottom right part of page)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Fevers, chills and sweating (Hot and cold)
Medical >Parts of the body>Torso (ChestHeartBelly)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Respiratory problems (Stuffed)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Bloating and swelling (Swelling)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Dizzy and/or faint (Faintness)
CASE11741: Horary consultation concerning Smith (PERSON15932)
Question asked by Anthony Smith (PERSON15872) on 10 October 1598 at 11:20
RN Anthony Smith for his sons Daughter 4 yeres old very exceeding sleepy can eat nothing keepeth her bed looketh pale. cōplayneth of her hed & her mouth sore & cannot swallowe. Octob. 10|1| die ♂ ♄ {sic}. 11. 25|0|. 1598.
[Astrological Chart]
Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 228, f. 41v (upper left part of page)
CASE11841: Horary consultation concerning John Phillips (PERSON14892)
Question asked by the patient on 4 December 1598 at 09:15
RN Iohn Phylip sick ever sinc thursday being the 30 of Decēb \novemb/ sent to me agayne the 4 of Decemb sick very greevously in his hart & body he is swelled in his body from the belly vnto his hart. he is Costive & so hath cōtinued ever sinc thursday last & is very exceeding ill & weeke. Decēber. 4. \die ☾./ h: 9. 15. ant m. 1598 his hart \is good/ & his tonge talketh cheerf but his body swelled.
[Astrological Chart]
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 60v (upper right part of page)
CASE11881: Horary consultation concerning Old John Risely (PERSON15344)
Question asked by the patient on 18 December 1598 at 08:40
RN Iohn Risely of Rawnstyn 63|7|. {sic} 67. hath bene sick on weddensday last 6 weekes sound in body but bursten this 16 weekes. he was wont to be troubled wth a wind Cholick. nowe last of l {sic} all wth an issue on his navell eaten in an Inche deepe but nowe growen vp againe saving that it hath a litle hole in it wc when they went to stoppe it put him in danger of death. sent his sonne to me he kepeth his bed nowe & then payned in his back & pricking & shooting in his navell {virs} an end. bleedeth every foote & wetteth a handkerchir. Decemb. 18. die ☾. h. 8. 40: mi. 1598. goeth ill to ground
[Astrological Chart]
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 68r (upper right part of page)
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)
CASE12191: Horary consultation concerning Anne Winkles (PERSON17270)
Question asked by the patient on 2 April 1599 at 13:00
RN An Winkles of Hanslop. 60. amisse this 20 yeres: vndr her left side pricketh leeke a dagger. cōbred wth colour. wth slymy black reping geere. goeth vp to her belly & backe. Apr. 2. die ☾. h. 1. 1599. sad & hevye.
Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 228, f. 119v (upper left part of page)
CASE12287: Horary consultation concerning John Trueman (PERSON16582)
Question asked by the patient on 24 April 1599 at 09:30
RN Iohn Trueman of Willing i9 come lāmas. hath a swellinge in his legs fallen downe lately wthin this sennet his \belly & body/ was before swollen. he hath taken phisick this 4 yeres. & hath taken Drinkꝭ of many & of Mr Glover of Northampton. Drinkes losing him yt hath had taken a diet losing Drinke for 3 days fasting & had 2 cakes & hath in a day. his excrementꝭ looke white & his face & eyes all yellowe but a fully faced youthe. 24 of Apr. die ♂ h. 9. 30 p m {sic}. 1599. cathed it wth a wet & cold. faynt & feeble.
[Astrological Chart]
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 135v (upper left part of page)
CASE12333: Horary consultation concerning William Venter (PERSON16691)
Question asked by the patient on 27 April 1599 at 11:15
RN Will: Venter of Sawford troubled wth a Cold very shortwinded & payned wth a Cough & his hart sore. 31 yeres troubled wth it this fortnight / Apr. 27 die ♀ h. 11. 15. ant m. lay first in his hed. & in his neck ready to stop his winde./
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 142v (upper left part of page)
CASE13491: Horary consultation concerning Joan Smith (PERSON15961)
Question asked by the patient on 22 April 1598 at 08:00
RN Ihone Smith came to me for a remedy & for my counsell demaunding of me wheathr it were good to let her bloode. for shee is payned in boath of her armes. backe yt shee ca scarce remove her cloathes being a bed. 1598 Apr. 22. die ♄. h. 8. 6. mi. a swimming in the heade
[Astrological Chart]
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 182, f. 166r (upper part of page)
CASE13630: Horary consultation concerning Goodman Christopher Woodfield (PERSON17334)
Question asked by the patient on 31 March 1603 at 13:15
RN Chrystopher Woodfild lying long sicke wrote \sente/ vnto me to come to him martij 31. ♃ hor. 1. {p}|15| p m 1603. troubled wth a shortnes of wynd ready to stop his wynd an aso{illeg}|m|a. hed gydye a burning in his body desyrous to have his neighbours forgive him as making no othr reckning then of death.
Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 197, f. 16r (bottom part of page)
Goodman Christopher Woodfield (PERSON17334)
Medical >Illness (general) (Sickness)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Respiratory problems (Short windedReady to stop her/his wind)
Medical >Illnesses (named) (Asthma)
Medical >Parts of the body>Head and neck (Head)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Dizzy and/or faint (Dizziness)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Burning and inflamed (Burning)