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))
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
CASE54298: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Esther [Hester] Taylor [Conqueste] (PERSON46740)
Question asked by the patient on 25 May 1622 at 13:20
RN Mres Hester Conquest. \of Howton Conquest./ 21 y may 25 h {sic} hor 1. p m 1622. \a convulsive palsy at ye right syde cānot speake but laugh or weeke {sic}/
Mres Hester Conquest may 2{illeg}|5|. h {sic} hor 1. 20 p m 16221
[Astrological Chart]
Notes:
1 ‘paralysis convuls. laugh & weepe cānot speake’ in chart
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 223, f. 127r (bottom right, and upper right parts of page)
CASE54811: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Burgoyne (PERSON45280)
Question asked by the patient on 19 August 1622 at 09:00
RN Mres Burgayne of Morthāpton {sic}. 28 y Aug. 19 ☾ h 9. ant m 1622 /hed cordis palpit. a quasy stomack a bad backe\
[Astrological Chart]
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 222, f. 34v (upper left part of page)
CASE56289: Horary consultation concerning Goody Anne [Agnes] Southam (PERSON59288)
Question asked by Southam (PERSON59285) on 10 May 1623 at 10:25
RN An Southā of Croaton 33 y May 10 h {sic} hor 10 25 ant m 1623 light headed & vnruly & idle talke & is very furious cānot abyd any prayer to be sayd by her worse when she is bound |would murder her selfe maritus vxore|
[Astrological Chart]
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 218, f. 98r (upper right part of page)
CASE57315: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Catherine Levinthorpe (PERSON53672)
Question asked by Sir Thomas Levinthorpe (PERSON53671) on 22 October 1623 at 18:00
RN Mres Katherine Lathen \Leaventhorpe/ of Shinglehall. 15 y octob 22. ☿ h. 6. p m. 1623. /pater sine consensu\ /full of melanch speaketh litle\
[Astrological Chart]
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 413, f. 11r (upper left, and upper right parts of page)
CASE58758: Horary consultation concerning Elizabeth Stanton [Old Mrs Stanton] (PERSON35686)
Question asked by the patient on 12 July 1624 at 14:00
RN Mres Eliz. Stanton 70 y of Stooke Hamon Iuly 12 ☾ h. 2. {illeg}|p| m 1624.
quærit vtrū tending to a cōsuption {sic} very feeble & weake paynd frō the right syde wth a gryping gnawing frō the right syde downe to the flanke 3 or 4 y
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 402, f. 15r (upper right part of page)
CASE59672: Horary consultation concerning John Peake (PERSON56386)
Question asked by Peake (PERSON56385) on 21 January 1625 at 15:00
RN Iohn Peake of Heavencot by Tocetour 23 y a {I} {sic} wool wynder Ian: 21. ♀ h. 3. p m 1625.
frater fratre |sine cōsensu| melancholia et delirio laborāte quæ illi divina videntia inflicta subia taken in his trade & ritches gotten by his owne hands & industry, begā to growe ryotous & proud in his apparle & his monye wch he sayd he would lead to the poer. /othewise {sic} wary & sober now will sweare & talke idlely\ |no care of any thinge|1
[Astrological Chart]
Notes:
1 ‘fallen out of his senses wth pride & vaynglory’ in chart
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 402, f. 146v (upper left part of page)
CASE63502: Horary consultation concerning Mr William Hutchinson (PERSON52241)
Question asked by Hutchinson (PERSON52243) and Hutchinson (PERSON52236) on 28 March 1627 at 10:20 or at 10:30
RN Mr Williā Hutchingson: 40. y: march. 28. ☿ h. 10. 25|0|. ant m. 1627. |vxor marito a tale big mā. wth yell hayre very mery & cheerfull by his owne nature & cōplexion taketh mutch tobacco pater filio sine cōsensu/|
[Astrological Chart]
Mr Will: Hutchinson 40 y of Blūsā in Hutington {sic} sheere hard by Erith march 28. ☿ h. 10 30 ant m 1627.
a tale yell hayre very Ioviall & mery by his owne disposition very Kind & yet thrifty.
he was Chaplyn to B And |in| \his owne/ who bestowed on him a good sonage & prbend
Mr Hutchingson a prach a|&| a chaplyn to B Andros 40 y Iuly March 28 ☿ h. 10. 30 ant m 1627. /brayne distempered extree {sic} proud of his gifts Iealous of his wife\1
[Astrological Chart]
Notes:
1 ‘light headed distenperd in his breane Iealous of his wife’ in chart
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 227, ff. 39r-v, 40r (f. 39r upper right, f. 39v upper left, f. 39v upper right, and f. 40r middle right)