CASE66092: Horary consultation concerning Agnes Kent (PERSON52814)
Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON40662) on 14 May 1628 at 17:00
RN Agnys Kent of Moulsoe almost 5 quarters borne on Palme sonday last was twelfmonth about some {sic} rising sent to me May 14. ☿. h. 5. p m. 1628.
It is pyned & cōsumed belly hard & voydeth wormes living 6. wasteth in the body. was nurced by goody Keburne. goody Keburne came into another nurces house & would needes suckle it, wheathr the nurce would or no & sinc mutch amys & it swounded twice to day belly very hard flesh quite wasted was not well tended by goody Keburne face swelled buttocke black & blewe. cānot stand vppon the lyms the child prsent wth goody Alton of Moulsoe it did batle well vnder this nurce vntill goody Keburne her former nurce would suckle it force tooke some surfet.
[Astrological Chart]
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 405, f. 32r (upper left part of page)
Anonymous (PERSON40662)Agnes Kent (PERSON52814)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Wasting (PiningConsumedWasting)
Medical >Parts of the body>Torso (Belly)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Bloating and swelling (HardnessSwelling)
Medical >Symptoms (specified) (Worms)
Medical >Illness (general) (Amiss)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Dizzy and/or faint (Swooning)
Medical >Parts of the body>Head and neck (Face)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Lame, numb or paralysed (Cannot stand)
CASE63782: Horary consultation concerning Joan Parkinson (PERSON56153)
Question asked by Mr Hammond (PERSON50735) on 1 May 1627 at 15:30
RW Ioane Parkinson of Pirton in Hartfordsheire. y. 20. d. ♂. h: 3. 30. p: m: Maij. 1o. 1627. moopish this tweluemoneth, distracted of her witts: fell ill first vpon a beatinge by her dame: no sence or vnderstandinge at all, nor a word frō her can be gotten vnlesse they anger her, & then she bids a rat on them they trouble her. hath them well. eateth vnreasonably mr Hamond wrote for her in her behalfe a lustie wench
[Astrological Chart]
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 227, f. 82v (upper left part of page)
CASE57561: Horary consultation concerning Mr Oliver Boteler (PERSON28235)
Question asked by Lady Anne Boteler [Farrar] [Butler] (PERSON28242) on 3 January 1624 at 11:45
RN The lady \An/ Butler for her mr Oliver Butler 9 y next march bone {sic} 28 or 29 about 12 & on in the night. of Harolde sent to me for this child Ian 3 h {sic} hor 11. 45 ant m 1623 {sic}. extree {sic} weake & feeble & cā take no physick taken wth strang fits plucking his \right/ syde & rūneth to his back being holden harde & an extree {sic} cough almost halfe a yere. & is pyned & cā not stand nor goe Ill tong suspected
[Astrological Chart]
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 413, f. 53r (upper right part of page)
Lady Anne Boteler [Farrar] [Butler] (PERSON28242)Mr Oliver Boteler (PERSON28235)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Dizzy and/or faint (WeakFeebleness)
Medical >Witchcraft and devil (Strange afflictionWitchcraft suffered (medical))
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Fits and convulsions (Fits)
Medical >Parts of the body>Torso (Side(s)Back)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Respiratory problems (Cough)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Wasting (Pining)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Lame, numb or paralysed (Cannot standCannot walk)
CASE57900: Horary consultation concerning Mr Oliver Boteler (PERSON28235) and Ursula Clark (PERSON10635)
Question asked by Lady Jane Boteler (PERSON28244) on 13 March 1624 at 12:30
RN The lady Butler touching her child yt is well amended of his fits ye{d}|t| weake & not able to goe feets & legs swell still & cānot sleepe a weeke togeathr till after a eleaven in ye morning |marh {sic} 13 h {sic} h 12 30 p m 1624| sent for her neighb vrsula Clarke 50 y March 13 h {sic} hor. 12. 30 p m 1624
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 413, f. 108r (upper right part of page)
Lady Jane Boteler (PERSON28244)Mr Oliver Boteler (PERSON28235)Ursula Clark (PERSON10635)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Dizzy and/or faint (Weak)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Lame, numb or paralysed (Cannot walk)
Medical >Parts of the body>Limbs and joints (FeetLegs)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Bloating and swelling (Swelling)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Sleep problems (Sleeplessness)
Medical (Not specified in question)
Medical >Witchcraft and devil (Witchcraft suffered (medical))
CASE53814: Horary consultation concerning an Anonymous (PERSON62405)
Question asked by Mr Wyllyson [Woullyson] (PERSON62401) on 4 April 1622 at 19:00
RN Mr Woullyston Ap 4 ♃ h 7 p m 1622
a purg dyet drink the {lees} of the mother & convulsion are all turned vp to the brayne mopish will not give on word leane /sine consensu.\
[Astrological Chart]
he sendeth only for stuffe to make a dyet drink to be delivered vnto Mres mockete at Barnet./
Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 223, f. 41r (upper right part of page)
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)
CASE60573: Horary consultation concerning Mr William Mordaunt (PERSON54877)
Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON40112) on 2 June 1625 at 08:00
RN my lord Mordants litle child ten weekes on satt last it was borne the 19 of marh {sic} last betweene 10 & 11 in ye morning. it was healthfull vntill weddensday last. may 25. h. 4. 30 ant m it was taken wth a stretching out of the arms a galling of the eys & skryking & trēbling of all tes vppon may 26. it had 3 fits 2 in ye morning. & on at noone. & hath an arising in ye throte wch is seene & felt. & by holding downe by hand hath some ease & it riseth moore. the left syde of the throate. sent to me Iune 2. ♃ h. 8 ant m. 1625.
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 217, f. 110v (upper left part of page)
CASE64774: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Muskott (PERSON55125)
Question asked by Mrs Neale (PERSON55225) on 14 October 1627 at 15:30
RN Mres Muskot of Earles Barton 40 y octob 13 14 ☉ h 3 30 p m 1627 |a burning feaver|
paynd wth a payne about her belly & navell. back weake vseth to high mtch
1 her vomyt wght {sic} well \2/ had a Cordiall
would know wheathr she should be let blood
vide Octob. 11.
I receaved a nother lettr frō Mres Neale in her behalfe
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 227, f. 241v (upper left part of page)
CASE66496: Horary consultation concerning Elizabeth Tyrlington (PERSON36237)
Question asked by Tyrlington (PERSON60670) on 3 July 1628 at 18:00
RN My Cosen Tyrlington sent me 12 rings cost 18s 6d Iuly 3 ♃ h. 6. p. m. 1628
sayth his wife is inwardly very hot, but cold outwardly faynt weake wasteth in her body weak in her back feareth yt shd shall not live longe & hopeth to see me/
Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 405, f. 95r (upper left part of page)
CASE50684: Horary consultation concerning Jane Leate (PERSON24178)
Question asked by Mrs Joan Staper [Leate] (PERSON4503) on 20 April 1620 at 17:30
RN Mres Leate sent her {sic} \a letter in the behalfe of her/ daughter Iane who hath for this twelfemonthe bene troubled wth a swelling about her gr{y}|o|yne sometys appearing & sometyms not but gone first white & 2 months since burning red & hard almost as big as an egge
she layd to it a litle wax & butter & now & then a poultis of milke & a weddensday last was senet it broke about the 12 of Ap desyrous to have my counsell the 20th of Apr h. 5. 30 pm 1620 It is broken & did run & voyd filthy \yellow/ stuffe
Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 414, f. 8r (bottom right part of page)
CASE62503: Horary consultation concerning Michael Adams (PERSON42480)
Question asked by Mr Baker (PERSON43238) on 31 May 1626 at 07:00
RN Michaell Adams of Over. 43. y. may 31. ☿. h 7. ant m. 1626.
[Astrological Chart]
melanch false feares touching sathans illusions fearfulnes of synne |apt to sleepe|1
Mr Baker wrote in his behalfe
Notes:
1 ‘a mynd mtch troubled wth false conceitꝭ & illusions 3 y’ in chart
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 224, f. 231v (upper left part of page)
CASE54134: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Harvey [Leate] (PERSON31477)
Question asked by Mr Richard Leate (PERSON24177) on 8 May 1622 at 16:30
RN Mr Rich leate wrote to D Spicer to meete him at Tocetur or els on munday next t|a|t Stonystratford & to crave my consell for mres Harvey being weake & discontent in mynd may 8 ☿ h. 4. 30 p m 1622.1
[Astrological Chart]
frater sorore sine consensu
Notes:
1 ‘discontented in mynd’ in chart
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 223, f. 95r (upper right part of page)
CASE55553: Horary consultation concerning Mr Thomas Gostwick [Goddard] (PERSON50162)
Question asked by Goody Anne [Agnes] Gale [Anne Morgan] (PERSON14264) on 28 January 1623 at 11:00
RN Goody Gale for her Thomas Gostick a yere & a halfe old borne the weddensday after mysdsomer. sent Ian. 28 ♂ h. 11. ant m 1623.
It doth pyne & eate litle & doth not sper nor cānot goe it is so weake.
Elner Warner her next neighb. Elis Steaphinson who dwell boath togeathr her mother hanged
cānot kepe his water.
[Astrological Chart]
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 222, f. 164r (bottom left part of page)
Goody Anne [Agnes] Gale [Anne Morgan] (PERSON14264)Mr Thomas Gostwick [Goddard] (PERSON50162)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Wasting (Pining)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Eating and drinking problems (Problems with appetite)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Lame, numb or paralysed (Cannot walk)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Dizzy and/or faint (Weak)
Medical >Witchcraft and devil (Witchcraft suffered (medical))
Personal affairs>Personal relations (Witchcraft suspect)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Urinary problems (Inability to hold water)
CASE56686: Horary consultation concerning Mr George Spenser (PERSON59333)
Question asked by Mr Nicholas Spenser (PERSON35623) on 10 July 1623 at 11:45
RN Mr Georg Spencer of Coaple 50 y mutch distempered in his head by melancholy conceitꝭ to wch he yealdeth to overmutch Iuly 10 ♃ h. 11. 45 ant m 1623
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 218, f. 161v (upper left part of page)
CASE60556: Horary consultation concerning Staper (PERSON59515)
Question asked by Mrs Staper (PERSON59516) on 30 May 1625 at 17:30
RN Mres Stas sent for a Sygill or a Charat agyst {sic} the kings falling sickes {sic} yt a child of hers hath & she sent me 20s may 23 30 ☾ h. 5 30 p m 1625.
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 217, f. 107v (bottom left part of page)
CASE63409: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Craste (PERSON47249)
Question asked by Grace Fane [Countess of Westmorland] [Lady le Dispenser] [Lady de la Spencer] (PERSON48708) on 15 March 1627 at 14:25
RN The noble lady of Westmorland \de la Spencer/ young Sr Rob Napers sister in Law by the maryg of her sister she Directed a letter to me touching a gentlewomā yt wayteth on her on Mres Crost 21 y march. 15 ♃ h. 2. 25 p m 1627 /of Aptharpe\ /her wits & menory {sic} decayed & cānot be kept in her\1
[Astrological Chart]
Notes:
1 ‘sec\l/es & furious’ in chart
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 227, f. 24r (upper left, and upper right parts of page)
CASE69249: Horary consultation concerning Agnes Wright (PERSON62345)
Question asked by Wright (PERSON62306) between 22 August 1629 at 13:00 and 23 August 1629 at 15:00
RN Agnys Write of Arklebery 12 y lay the sonday after last Christmas h 8 3 9. 30 p m nata but her father sent for her & sayth yt on strooke her by the way like a man in a shadow at night & cryed out but noe mā could be seene & sick sinc it every d|o|ther day & will eate litle & talke fondly
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 406, f. 138r (upper right part of page)
CASE69828: Horary consultation concerning Winifred Deards (PERSON47746)
Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON41051) on 11 December 1629 at 13:25
RN Winefred Deards daughter to Mr wigs by the last wife 19 y the 15 of Aprill next sent to me Decēb. 11. ♀ h. 1. 20|5| p m. 1629 |sine consensu| /troubled in mynd 2 days\
[Astrological Chart]
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 194, p. 6 (upper right part of page)
CASE52192: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Sara Wyllyson [Woullyson] (PERSON62405)
Question asked by Mr Wyllyson [Woullyson] (PERSON62401) on 23 March 1621 at 19:00
RN Mr Wyllison of London for his wife in a maner distracted very mopish & full of melancholy Martch 23 ♀ h. 7 p m 162i sine consensu |in Austen Fryars neare the Dutch church.|
[Astrological Chart]
[Astrological Chart]
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 233, f. 93v (upper left part of page)
CASE53754: Horary consultation concerning Ralph Winterton (PERSON62055)
Question asked by Winterton (PERSON62054) on 24 March 1622 at 17:20
RN Ralph wynter\ton/ fellow of kings college a rare young mā for learning studyousnes & strictnes of life mopish melancholick fell ill by overmutch study & yt a knight inter{n}ayning him to rede to his sone & yeare mising him 30l aiū {sic} put him no mā cā yet leare {sic} the cause after a quartr of a yere {s} {sic} his father sent for him march 24 ☉ h. 5. 20 p m 1622 |23 y Aug 26. h. 3. 30 p m.|
[Astrological Chart]
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 223, f. 31v (upper left part of page)