CASE50666: Horary consultation concerning Mr Dr James [Justice of the Peace] (PERSON52432)
Question asked by Mrs James (PERSON52439) on 20 April 1620 at 15:20
RN D Iames of Oxford st|ran|gly {sic} \straungly/ taken wth a palsye on the left syde of the face hand & leg taken at church & great red blatches in t|H|is fac & bodye & his ey swelling & f|H|is face a yere before & sinc he contenting certen sup witches & on being acquitted he felt his strange stitch on his s {sic} left syde by fits he supposeth yt the womā susp for a witch but quitted by the Iudges did hurte him the 24 of feb. ☾ sep a □ ♄ ap ☌ ♂ yt night at sup first taken. had his first fit after he talked wth mr Rob. Conye. feb 18. in ye after noone his first fit but his worst fit the 24 of feb when the sup witch was acquitted/
Mres Iames mentioned Mr Doctor Iames |of oxford| Ap. 20 ♃ h. 3. 20 p m. 1620 /she related all at this tyme/\
[Astrological Chart]
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 414, f. 5r (upper left, and upper right parts of page)
Mrs James (PERSON52439)Mr Dr James [Justice of the Peace] (PERSON52432)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Lame, numb or paralysed (Palsy)
Medical >Parts of the body>Head and neck (FaceEyes)
Medical >Parts of the body>Limbs and joints (HandsLegs)
Medical >Parts of the body>Whole body (Skin)
Medical >Parts of the body>Torso (TorsoSide(s))
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Bloating and swelling (Swelling)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Gripings, gnawings and stitches (Stitch)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Fits and convulsions (Fits)
Medical >Witchcraft and devil (Witchcraft suffered (medical))
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)
CASE66437: Horary consultation concerning Mary Clark (PERSON46290)
Question asked by the patient on 24 June 1628 at 18:00
RN Mary Clarke of newp vtū {sic} the kings evill hath litle kernels vnder her chin & hath a reddish rūing issue vnder the chin 2 months felt payne in her hed eyes & every where |a yere| about & feble in her legs yet hath thē well Iune 24 ♂ h 6 p m 1628.
[Astrological Chart]
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 405, f. 83v (bottom right part of page)
Medical >Illnesses (named) (Scrofula)
Medical >Symptoms (specified) (Lumps)
Medical >Parts of the body>Head and neck (Throat and mouthHeadEyes)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Pain and pricking (Pain)
Medical >Parts of the body>Whole body (Everywhere)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Dizzy and/or faint (Weak)
CASE64289: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Elizabeth Marsh (PERSON14007)
Question asked by the patient on 17 July 1627 at 17:00
RN my deere Cosen she Marsh sent vnto me Iuly 17. ♂ h. 5. p m. 1627. /deus benedicat Cognatæ meæ\
[Astrological Chart]
\no good of ye oyntnent {sic}/ her head ill & mutch payned, the vayns in her tēples swelled & arme so weake yt she cānot vse it & the vaynes be sore to her foote
extremely payned
desyrous to have williā Rufhead to let her blood
would have something to incease {sic} good blood
desyrous to know when to send her coach.
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 227, f. 164r (upper right part of page)
Mrs Elizabeth Marsh (PERSON14007)
Medical >Parts of the body>Head and neck (Head)
Medical >Illness (general) (Illness)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Pain and pricking (Pain)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Bloating and swelling (Swelling)
Medical >Parts of the body>Limbs and joints (ArmsFeet)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Lame, numb or paralysed (Cannot use part)
CASE52066: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Dorothy Brograve (PERSON44916)
Question asked by the patient on 22 February 1621 at 14:00
RN Mres Brograve of Braffyn in Hartfordsheere hard by Putchkinge 40|5| y feb. 22 ♃ h. 2. p m 162i
[Astrological Chart]
hed gydie full of melancholy would know what tyme best for physick & wheathr she should come over. & craveth my prayers
would have to be cast & made the 24 of feb some S of ♄. a f{ur} & more here after
wth a note of there vertues & what certenty of there effects & ve oatus would know the best tyes {sic} for S of ♃ & & the worst tyes {sic} a fit tyme to come vnto me
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 233, f. 64v (upper left, middle centre, bottom left, and bottom right parts of page)
CASE57820: Horary consultation concerning Richard Lucas (PERSON53943)
Question asked by Lucas (PERSON53933) and Lucas (PERSON53954) on 3 March 1624 at 17:39
RN Rich: Lucas of G Nortot a yeomans sonne 30 27 of Ap 27. 1595. about 12. ☉ at noone sent march. 3. ☿ h. 5. 39 p m. 1624. /mayed {sic} 2 yeres. on child a twelfmoth {sic} old\
3 quart of a yere ill in his head mynd braye {sic} & head troubled mopish & fe{l} careles of his busynes. |Worst at the full of ye moone 3 days before or after/|
boath the fathers obst{in}at of & on in yere maage {sic} pater sine cōsensu. et vxor cū Consensu sed nō filius wheathr they should bring him heather.
[Astrological Chart]
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 413, f. 95v (bottom left, and bottom right parts of page)
CASE52244: Decumbiture for Catherine Green (PERSON50322)
Question asked by the patient on 3 April 1621 at 15:00
RN Katherine Grene /25\ first taken wth \it tooke/ an arising frō her stomack ready to stop her wynd Martij 7. ☿ h. 11. p m 162i |is so sick yt she cā take no rest.|
It tooke her in her hart & left sy right & short ribs pricking like needles. |suckleth a child halfe a yere old|
[Astrological Chart]
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 233, f. 102v (bottom left part of page)
CASE55192: Horary consultation concerning Anne Cooper (PERSON46959)
Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON39564) on 28 October 1622 at 15:15
RN An Coo of Northāpton octob. 28 ☾ h. 3. 15 p m 1622 |gydines of Brayne of a rawe rheumatick stomacke.|
mad f|&| foolish. 16|5|. y.
nata Decēb. 6. h. 12 nocte. 1606. |idle hea{ded} was prsent| |not well sinc she was litle satt. {sic}| 7. y. very ill.
[Astrological Chart]
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 222, f. 99v (bottom right part of page)
CASE61556: Decumbiture for Margaret Howlet (PERSON52018)
Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON40223) on 30 January 1626 at 08:00
RN troubled wth strang convulsions the wench the morow on \St/ Stephens Daye ☾ sep a ⚹ ♄ ap ☌ ♀. p △ ♂ h. 8 ant m 162{6}|5| & swounded at that tyme & hath bene troubled wth convulsiōs ever sinc
[Astrological Chart]
Marg Howlet taken wth strang fits of convulsions & wythering of her face & neck St {sic} Decēb. 26 ☾ h. 8 ant m 1625
[Astrological Chart]
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 224, f. 82r-v (f. 82r bottom right, and f. 82v upper left)
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)
CASE68264: Horary consultation concerning Elizabeth Scrope (PERSON58396)
Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON40889) on 24 April 1629 at 14:00
RN Mres Eliz child to the lord of Sunderland a yere & a halfe Ap. 24. ♀ 2. p m 1629
[Astrological Chart]
hath a cough & a great loose{nes} & eateth litle
quæritr vtrū laborat Dentibꝯ ventre vl vermbis {sic} metuit vermes stomach
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 407, f. 156v (upper right part of page)
Anonymous (PERSON40889)Elizabeth Scrope (PERSON58396)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Respiratory problems (Cough)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Diarrhoea and bloody flux (Looseness)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Eating and drinking problems (Problems with appetite)
Medical >Parts of the body>Head and neck (Teeth)
CASE57775: Horary consultation concerning Goody Christian Weighte [Waight] (PERSON61353)
Question asked by the patient on 28 February 1624 at 13:00
U[1622–4] 1624: decubuit ☿day last. A æ. 46. Feb. 28: H. 1. p: Much troubled with wind: and ag verie much Tormented with apaine in the hinder part of her head thence it goeth downe in her stomack, which is verie weake. Christin. Wackt of Aston.
[Astrological Chart]
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 413, f. 88r (bottom left, and bottom right parts of page)
CASE63398: Horary consultation concerning Goodman Richard Laughton (PERSON13621)
Question asked by the patient on 14 March 1627 at 14:00
RN Rich layton of Newnton Blossomfild 55 y march 14. ☿ h. 1. 40 {sic} \2./ p m 1627 had a fall frō a mow & hurt his syde back & loynes ill
vtrū veneficiū passus fuerit \goody Marcholl susp/
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 227, f. 22r (upper right part of page)
CASE68167: Horary consultation concerning Dr Astley (PERSON42997)
Question asked by the patient on 13 April 1629 at 13:20
Dr Astly warden of Alsoules Colledge in Oxford 63. y. Apr. 13. 1. 20. ☾. p. m. 1629
[Astrological Chart]
1 Had a colde & an extreame Cough a weeke afore shouetyde {sic} wch did much shake & macerate his Body & was freed both of colde & Cough wthin 3 weekes after. findes a defect in his digestion, in the liuer as hee feareth, wch heretofore hath much anoyed him.
2. is \hath beene/ very costiue (saueinge for 3 dayes last past) wth some forcemt thereto, yet his Body is temporate for heate & colde.
3 hee is not much thirsty saue at meales;
4 hee sleepes indifferent well, 5 or 6 houres in the night at beast.
5 his stomack seemeth to bee quieted when hee suppeth posset drinke
6 This is his Clymatericall yeare, beeinge 63 yeares at Alhollowetide last.
7 hee desires to knowe howe his Liuer may bee releeved & howe his Body may be loosened.
8 His was water ordinarily keepes in a reasonable lowe Coulour.
9 Hee feares yt his Body (beeinge old & weake) will not much abide Phisike./
10 his dyet com̄only is veale & broth. & sometimes mutton, his drinke is small Be{e}re
vide April. 13.
Dr Astley warden of Alsolue {sic} Coll. in Oxon 63. y. Apr. 13. ☾ h. 2|1|. 20. p. m. 1629.
[Astrological Chart]
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 407, f. 135v, f. 151r (f. 135v upper left, f. 135v bottom right, f. 151r upper left, and f. 151r bottom)
CASE50380: Horary consultation concerning Lawrence Huckerby (PERSON31919)
Question asked by the patient on 14 March 1620 at 10:55
RW Laurence Iuckkerby of Layton. y. 38. d. ♂ h: 22. 55. ant. m. Martij 14 1620. put on a shirte not ayred on morninge, & was all that \day/ after it cold & aguish & at night had a great payne with an extreeme stick in his ryght side. can take nothing but liquid matter, & yet hee vomiteth vp that againe If hee doth but stirre his sticke taketh him extreamely. hee is very faynt.
[Astrological Chart]
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 213, f. 143v (upper right part of page)
Lawrence Huckerby (PERSON31919)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Pain and pricking (Pain)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Gripings, gnawings and stitches (Stitch)
Medical >Parts of the body>Torso (Side(s))
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Eating and drinking problems (Problems with appetite)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Nausea and vomiting (Nausea)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Dizzy and/or faint (Faintness)
CASE52209: Horary consultation concerning Mr Henry Jackson (PERSON52384)
Question asked by the patient on 28 March 1621 at 10:15
RN A quarter a
Mr Henry Iackson of Corpꝯ chri colledg 36 y march 28 ☿ h. 10. 15 ant m 1621:
fluxus sper wth iumping but back weake
[Astrological Chart]
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 233, f. 96r (upper right, and bottom left parts of page)
CASE52673: Horary consultation concerning Mr Thomas Lane (PERSON32505)
Question asked by Mr Thomas Lane (PERSON53318) on 18 June 1621 at 09:30
RN Mr Thomas Lane of Hitchenden. 14. y. Iune 18 ☾. h. 9. 30 ant m. 162i /pater sine cōsensu filio\ |6 yeres ill like an Innocent cānot speake readily wheathr recoaver or not.|
[Astrological Chart]
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 231, f. 17r (upper left part of page)
CASE53144: Horary consultation concerning Susan Neythercot (PERSON55423)
Question asked by Neythercot (PERSON55421) on 17 September 1621 at 13:00
RN Susan Neythercot for a litle child \of Moulton/ a yere & a halfe old sept. 17 ☾ h. 1. p m. 162i hath smale vse of her Lims. & hath strange fits of crying & it will clutch her hands thought to be pospessed {sic}./ pater sine cōsensu./
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 231, f. 99r (bottom right part of page)
CASE53326: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Sara Wyllyson [Woullyson] (PERSON62405)
Question asked by Mr Wyllyson [Woullyson] (PERSON62401) on 10 November 1621 at 09:00
RN Mr Woullystan of London vxore extreely mad cānot rest nor will eate novēb 10. h hor 8. 50 ant m 162i
Mr Woullyston of London for his wife mad yt cānot sleepe eate nor Drinke novēb. 10 h {sic} hor: 9. ant m 162i |will not eate.|
wheather her vomyts will serve & the liquid
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 231, ff. 134v-135r (f. 134v bottom left, and f. 135r upper left)
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)