Table 5.
Frequency and prevalence rates of gout (including probable cases) in adult individuals from High/Late medieval skeletal assemblages in England.
| Site | Location | Date (AD) | Sample size (adults only) | No. with gout | Crude prevalence rate (adults only) | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hospitals | ||||||
| St Leonard, Newark Infirmary Hospital | Peterborough, Cambridgeshire | c. 1125−1538 | 123 | 1 | 1 % | Gilchrist and Sloane (2005) |
| Monastic | ||||||
| Augustinian Priory of St Mary Merton † | London | 1117–1538 | 643 | 3 | 0.5 % | WORD database (2020a) |
| Hull Augustinian Friary † | Kingston-upon Hull, Humberside | 1316/7−1539 | 328 ‡ | 1 | 0.3 % | Evans (2014) |
| Augustinian Priory of St Leonard’s † | Torksey, Lincolnshire | Mid-14th c–1536 | 11 | 0 | – | Booth (2002), Holst (2005a) |
| House of the Austin friars † | Leicester, Leicestershire | 13th–16th c | 15 | 0 | – | Stirland (1981) |
| Blackfriars Friary † | Ipswich, Suffolk | 1263−1538 | 226 | 1 | 0.4 % | Mays (1991) |
| Carmelite Priory | Northallerton, North Yorkshire | c. 1354−1538 | 7 | 1 | 14 % | Randerson et al. (2015) |
| Church of the Franciscans | Hartlepool, Cleveland | 1240−1538 | 104 | 1 | 1 % | Daniels (1990) |
| Cistern abbey of St Mary Stratford Langthorne † | Stratford Langthorne, Essex | 1135−1538/9 | 601 ‡ | 1 | 0.2 % | Barber et al. (2004) |
| Cistercian abbey of St Mary Graces † | London | 1353−1538 | 283 | 0 | – | WORD database (2020b) |
| Rural Parish | ||||||
| St Martin’s Church | Wharram Percy, North Yorkshire | 10th–16th c | 360 | 0 | – | Mays et al. (2007) |
| St Peter’s Church | Barton-on-Humber, Lincolnshire | 11th–16th c | 632 ‡ (periods C, C/D, D) | 3 | 0.5 % | Waldron (2007) |
| Urban Parish | ||||||
| St Mary Spital | London | c. 1120−1539 | 4120 | 2 | <0.1 % | Connell et al. (2012) |
| Church of St Helen (Fishergate House) | York, North Yorkshire | 11th–16th c | 131 | 0 | – | Holst (2005b) |
| St Helen-on-the-Walls | Aldwark, York, North Yorkshire | 10th – mid -16th c | 724 | 3 | 0.4 % | Dawes and Magilton (1980), Tucker (2015) |
| St Stephen’s Church | Fishergate, York, North Yorkshire | 11th–mid 14th c | 86 | 9 | 10.5 % | Tucker (2015) |
| St Gregory’s Priory, Northgate | Canterbury, Kent | 1084−1537 | 69 ‡ | 1 | 1.5 % | Anderson (2001) |
†
These sites contain a mixture of lay and clerical individuals.
‡
Count includes juvenile individuals.