CASE4589: Horary consultation concerning Mr Nicholas Chepman (PERSON1697)
Question asked by the patient on 7 December 1598 at 09:00
SF mr \nicolas// Chepman 5a questo the 7 of Decemb. ♃ An m’ at 9. Diz & wher he be be witched / or forspoken/
[Astrological Chart]
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 195, f. 210r (upper left part of page)
CASE11853: Horary consultation concerning John [Joan] Malins (PERSON13880)
Question asked by Goody Joan Malins (PERSON13903) on 7 December 1598 at 15:30
RN Iohn Malins a yere & a quarter lacking a fortnight as it were pined in all her lims & bodye hed a poer bare creature. cannot sleepe not at any time in a moneth or fortnight but crye and Drinke mater adduxit se{cū} filiolā veretr ne sit maleficio vl veneficio afflictus. Decēb. 7. die ♃ hor. 3. 30. mi. 1598 very short winded.
[Astrological Chart]
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 62v (upper right part of page)
Goody Joan Malins (PERSON13903)John [Joan] Malins (PERSON13880)
Medical >Parts of the body>Head and neck (Head)
Medical >Parts of the body>Limbs and joints (Limbs)
Medical >Parts of the body>Torso (Torso)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Wasting (Pining)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Sleep problems (Sleeplessness)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Respiratory problems (Short winded)
Medical >Witchcraft and devil (Witchcraft suffered (medical))
CASE11870: Horary consultation concerning Goody Frances Marshal (PERSON14021)
Question asked by Goodman Thomas Marshal (PERSON14014) on 12 December 1598 at 09:30
RN Frauncis Marshall of Newport very strangly can scarce speake, only maketh signes for water to coole her her mouth is furred white wth extreeme heate taketh her Drinke by a quill. first bound but yt I gave her vnbound her nowe in a laske & extreeme hot & drye Decēb. 12. die ♂ h. 9. 30. mi ant m 1598. troubled in her sleepe.
s {sic} husband vxore sine cōsensu
[Astrological Chart]
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 65v (upper right part of page)
Goodman Thomas Marshal (PERSON14014)Goody Frances Marshal (PERSON14021)
Medical >Witchcraft and devil (Strange affliction)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Speech problems (Cannot speak)
Medical >Parts of the body>Head and neck (Throat and mouth)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Burning and inflamed (Hot)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Dry and/or thirsty (Dry)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Diarrhoea and bloody flux (Lask)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Sleep problems (Sleeplessness)
CASE11889: Horary consultation concerning Ursula Thorpe (PERSON16425)
Question asked by Mr Michael Hipwell (PERSON12796) on 21 December 1598 at 09:15
RN vrsula Thorpe of Stony stratford keepeth the bull. hipwell vnkle vnto Thorpe 32 yeres old sick ever sinc mikelmas goeth abroade. Dece {sic} sent by Mr Olivr Barker. for his wife sister is her mothr in frendship & kindred Doubteth wheathr shee be bewitched & hath a canker in her tongue & tented shee hath an ill stomacke & spitteth putrifyed bloode. Decēbr. 2i. die ♃. h. 9. 15. ant m. 1598.
[Astrological Chart]
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 70r (upper left part of page)
Mr Michael Hipwell (PERSON12796)Ursula Thorpe (PERSON16425)
Medical >Symptoms (specified) (Spitting blood)
Medical >Parts of the body>Head and neck (Throat and mouth)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Lesions and abscesses (Canker)
Medical >Parts of the body>Torso (Stomach)
Medical >Illness (general) (Illness)
Medical >Witchcraft and devil (Witchcraft suffered (medical))
CASE11891: Horary consultation concerning William Seer (PERSON15703)
Question asked by the patient on 21 December 1598 at 12:45
RN Will: Seere of haversham. 53 yeres old sitteth vp by the fier, very stiffe & hardly to {ground} onc in 24 houres complayneth of his body & lims & legs most in on of his sides all over his left syde ever sinc March last: first amisse not able to goe over the Dore threshall. sinc Alhalloutide. sent his wife to me Decēb. 21. die ♃. h. 12. 45. 1598. on of his legs the left wonderfully swelled. a very diseased body & hath had a greate cough.1
[Astrological Chart]
Notes:
1 ‘feare lest he be beworded’ in chart
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 70v (upper left part of page)
Medical >Illness (general) (AmissDisease)
Medical >Parts of the body>Limbs and joints (LimbsLegs)
Medical >Parts of the body>Torso (TorsoSide(s))
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Bloating and swelling (Swelling)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Respiratory problems (Cough)
Medical >Witchcraft and devil (Witchcraft suffered (medical))
CASE11901: Horary consultation concerning Goody Elizabeth Buckingham [Honour] (PERSON10131)
Question asked by Goodman Honour (PERSON12882) on 27 December 1598 at 08:45
RN Goodman Honour of Newport for his wife who hath bene longe sick & is nowe very exceeding ill h {sic} as her husband telleth me. hanc male suspicantr de veneficio
Elisabeth Buckingham. Otherwise Honour about 50. a great pulling in her left syde wc maketh her to Crye/
shee is not able to styrre no meate will tary wth her. shee goeth not onc in a sennet to ground very costive & mutch bounde. 27 of Decēb. die ☿ h. 8. 45. ant m. 1598. /complayneth of her hart chest left arme.\
[Astrological Chart]
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 72r (upper right part of page)
Goodman Honour (PERSON12882)Goody Elizabeth Buckingham [Honour] (PERSON10131)
Medical >Illness (general) (SicknessIllness)
Medical >Witchcraft and devil (Witchcraft suffered (medical))
Medical >Parts of the body>Torso (Side(s)HeartChest)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Pain and pricking (Pulling)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Eating and drinking problems (Cannot eat)
