Eric Gruber von Arni - Justice to the Maimed Soldier: Nursing, Medical Care and Welfare for Sick and Wounded Soldiers and Their Families During the English Civil Wars and Interregnum, 1642–1660

JUSTICE TO THE MAIMED SOLDIER

Nursing, Medical Care and Welfare for Sick and Wounded Soldiers and their Families during the English Civil Wars and Interregnum, 16421660

Eric Gruber von Arni

First published 2001 by Ashgate Publishing

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British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data
Arni, Eric Gruber von
Justice to the maimed soldier: nursing, medical care and
welfare for sick and wounded soldiers and their families
during the English civil wars and interregnum, 1642-1660.
(The history of medicine in context)
1. Great Britain - History - Civil War, 1642-1649 - Medical
care
I. Title
942.0627

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Gruber von Arni, Eric
Justice to the maimed soldier: nursing, medical care and welfare for sick and wounded
soldiers and their families during the English civil wars and interregnum, 1642-1660 / Eric Gruber von Arni.
p. cm. -- (The history of medicine in context)
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN 0-7546-0476-4 (alk. paper)
1. Great Britain--History--Civil War, 1642-1649--Medical care. 2. Medicine,
Military--Great Britain--History--17th century. 3. Military nursing--Great
Britain--History--17th century. 4. Veterans, Disabled--Care--Great
Britain--History--17th century. 5. Military pensions--Great Britain--History--17th
century. 6. Great Britain--History--Commonwealth and Protectorate, 1649-1660. I. Title.
II. Series.

UH258 17th .G78 2001
355.345094109032--dc21

2001046045

ISBN 13: 978-0-7546-0476-1 (hbk)

Throughout this work, the year is assumed to begin on 1 January and transcribed dates have been amended accordingly. Days of the month have not been altered and remain as originally expressed according to the Julian Calendar.

Idiosyncratic seventeenth-century spelling frequently resulted in the same word being written in different ways in the same passage. In this thesis the spelling of words transcribed from original documents has been standardised according to modern practice except where the original spelling assists in conveying the original sense or idiom of the text.

My grateful thanks and appreciation are extended to the following individuals who gave their time, knowledge and patience in assisting me to complete this work. I met with so much kindness and open-hearted assistance throughout my research that I have undoubtedly omitted many names that should be mentioned. To them I express both my thanks and regrets, the error is all mine.

The late Professor Gerald Aylmer, Honorary Fellow of St. Peter's College, Oxford, was a mine of information on the administration and personalities involved in running the country during the Civil Wars and Interregnum. He showered me with kindness, constructive advice and hospitality for which I remain forever in his debt. Mr David Beasley, Librarian, The Goldsmiths' Company, was generous in providing information from the Company's archives. Mr Michael Farr, former Warwickshire County Archivist, and Mr G.M.D. Booth, Principle Archives Officer, Warwickshire Record Office, were of enormous assistance in correctly identifying Lady Hales's house in Warwick. Mrs Lorna Haycock, Librarian, Devizes Museum and Wiltshire Archaeological Society Library, provided assistance in granting access to the Waylen papers. Mrs Monica Swinburne and Miss Lynda Farrington spent considerable time and effort, in translating an obscure 17th century Latin medical text for me. Whilst working in Worcester College Library I met and gained considerable assistance and support from Dr Frances Henderson, Research Fellow. She shared with me some of her enthusiasm for the contents of the Clarke MSS, including the loan of her translated transcriptions of various documents originally drafted in shorthand, and permitted access to her copies of associated documents now retained within the Chequers MSS. Her generosity is hereby acknowledged with grateful thanks. My gratitude is also extended to Dr Joanna Parker, Librarian of Worcester College Library, Oxford, for permitting and facilitating access to the Clarke MSS deposited in the College Library. Dr Ian Roy was generous enough to share with me his remarkable knowledge of the contents of the Harleian MSS, particularly documents relating to the medical facilities of the Royalist army in Oxford. He also provided me with additional information regarding the life and career of Thomas Clarges.