CASE21122: Decumbiture for George Travell (PERSON16529)
Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON18598) and Anonymous (PERSON18600) on 23 April 1604 at 18:45
GJ George Travell of Alderton 3 y Aprill 23 ☾ fell sicke Apr: 22. ☉ ho. 5. p m. 1604
[Astrological Chart]
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 415, f. 88r (upper right part of page)
CASE28359: Decumbiture for Anthony Chandler (PERSON19243)
Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON21458) and Anonymous (PERSON21459) on 11 March 1605 at 08:00
RN Anthony Chandler first taken in his lyms as they suppose martij 3. ☉ h 12. 30 p m 1605.
[Astrological Chart]
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 216, f. 2r (upper left part of page)
CASE54679: Decumbiture for Goody Elizabeth Cockayne (PERSON46446)
Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON39510) on 25 July 1622 at 11:11
RN She was taken strangly & sodenly but more yesterday then before Iuly 24. ☿ h 4|5| \5/ p m 1622. at sermō tȳe wth strāg convulsions taking away her speach. & vse of her armes & her belly Did burne & trēble & was & is ever mightely tormōted wth sore tēptatiōs when she is most willing to serve god1
[Astrological Chart]
Notes:
1 ‘tēptation’ in chart
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 222, f. 8r (upper right part of page)
Anonymous (PERSON39510)Goody Elizabeth Cockayne (PERSON46446)
Medical >Witchcraft and devil (Strange affliction)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Fits and convulsions (Fits)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Speech problems (Cannot speak)
Medical >Parts of the body>Limbs and joints (Arms)
Medical >Parts of the body>Torso (Belly)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Burning and inflamed (Burning)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Lame, numb or paralysed (Trembling)
CASE11938: Decumbiture for William Knight (PERSON13461)
Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON18731) on 5 January 1599 at 18:40
RN Will Knight tooke his sicknes die {illeg} Ian 4 die Ian. {sic} 5. die ♀ h. 3. in aur. very evill handled wth sicknes vomiteth hath a rising in his stomack leeke an apostume ready to stoppe his breath. burneth very mutch thirsty & drye. 1599.
[Astrological Chart]
Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 228, f. 78r (upper left part of page)
Anonymous (PERSON18731)William Knight (PERSON13461)
Medical >Illness (general) (Sickness)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Nausea and vomiting (NauseaRising)
Medical >Parts of the body>Torso (Stomach)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Respiratory problems (Ready to stop her/his wind)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Burning and inflamed (Burning)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Dry and/or thirsty (ThirstyDry)
CASE48572: Decumbiture for William Woollet (PERSON37059)
Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON38584) on 29 April 1619 at 06:30
RN his brothr Will: fell sick last Monday h. 2. 30 p m 1619 6 y. hed ill. /face cheekes ey brused swelled chest\
[Astrological Chart]
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 230, f. 342r (upper right part of page)
CASE53391: Decumbiture for James Langwrite (PERSON53371)
Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON39360) on 28 November 1621 at 08:39
RN It tooke him first on sonday last wth a trēbling all over. & tooke away the vse of his lyms & now his sences & all 25 ☉ h. 9. 30 ant m sodaynly taken 162i /will take nothing nor speak cānot keepe his water\
[Astrological Chart]
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 231, f. 146r (upper right part of page)
Anonymous (PERSON39360)James Langwrite (PERSON53371)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Lame, numb or paralysed (TremblingCannot use part)
Medical >Parts of the body>Whole body (Everywhere)
Medical >Parts of the body>Limbs and joints (Limbs)
Medical >Diseases of the mind (Lost senses)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Speech problems (Cannot speak)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Urinary problems (Inability to hold water)
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)
CASE13542: Decumbiture for Goody Elizabeth Miller [Richardson] (PERSON15311)
Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON17865) between 2 July 1598 and 16 July 1598
RN |1598.| Elsabeth Richardson tooke her sicknes the 2 of Iuly die ☉ h. intr 10 & 11. 10. 30 mi an m. 10. 15. shee hath an idle hed & speaketh foolishnes bereaved of her speach & of her wittes
[Astrological Chart]
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 182, f. 213r (upper part of page)
CASE50428: Decumbiture for Thomas Holman (PERSON31787)
Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON38803) between 23 March 1620 at 19:30 and 25 March 1620 at 07:20
RN Thomas Homemā \of Stonystratford \Newport// 10 weekes old next Monday betwixt 5 & 6 in ye morning borne & fell sick on monday last at mydnight or before g{naw}ed & hath strong fits of convulsion & sweateth mutch, face hands & full of sweat orderly to stoole
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 213, f. 149v (bottom left part of page)
CASE54678: Decumbiture for Goody Elizabeth Cockayne (PERSON46446)
Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON39510) on 25 July 1622 at 11:11
RN Elis Cocken of Newp. first strangly & sodenly taken on holy thursday 26 y Iuli may 30 ♃ h. 5 p m 1622 Iane Goodmā craved Drink & she gave it to this Iane & it prsently tooke her & sinc neaver well but mutch tēpted & troubled wth wynd1
[Astrological Chart]
Notes:
1 ‘mutch temptat. wynd melancholye’ in chart
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 222, f. 8r (bottom left, and bottom centre parts of page)
CASE62858: Decumbiture for John Fisher (PERSON48989)
Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON40357) on 3 October 1626 between 10:45 and 11:30
RN Iohn fisher a yere old borne on Barth eve was a twelfmonth being ☾. h. 10 30 at|p| m. 1626.
fell sick on thursday Last wth strong fits swonding & putting out the tongue now the \violent/ fits gone hath a burning feaver
It fell sick sept 28 ♃ h. 12. 1626.
[Astrological Chart]
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 224, f. 301r (upper right part of page)
CASE65953: Decumbiture for Frederick King (PERSON52937)
Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON40650) on 29 April 1628 at 10:45
RN Ap 28 ☾ h. 10 ant m 1628 cōpl of a rūning vp & downe his legs arms eares & neck like a like a {sic} mouse & bite him by the prick the child in ye fit quake & stampe taken so yeste\r/day
[Astrological Chart]
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 405, f. 6r (bottom right part of page)
CASE13137: Decumbiture for Susan Blundell (PERSON9824)
Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON17774) between 12 February 1597 and 6 September 1597
RN Susan Blundell 1597. feb. 12 die ♄. h in med. noct. 12. 30. m. was evilly handled of her disease. & it first toke her. in the night ready to choake her. /she became as a naturall chaingling. before she dyed & died in yt sort\1
[Astrological Chart]
Notes:
1 ‘the falling sicknes of wch she dyed’ in chart
Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 175, f. 33v (upper part of page)
CASE46642: Decumbiture for Robert Rider (PERSON34748)
Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON38394) on 16 May 1618 at 08:00
RN may 8 at fryday it tooke him about 12 in the night it first tooke him in his legs wth a shooting & sinc it rūneth vp into his hed making him to talke idlely a light head |Is grown starke mad.|
[Astrological Chart]
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 201, f. 101v (upper left part of page)
CASE37084: Decumbiture for William Trist (PERSON25811)
Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON26982) between 21 February 1610 at 13:20 and 22 February 1610 at 10:40
RN The same Williā Trist was sc burnt in|h|and & face most on the right syde Decēb. 23 ♄ hor. 10 ant m 1609.
[Astrological Chart]
Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 203, f. 247r (upper left part of page)
CASE49534: Decumbiture for John Seabrook (PERSON35162)
Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON38699) on 19 August 1619 at 13:25
RN It was hurt wth a Cart Aug 13 ♀ h. 1 30 p m 16191
[Astrological Chart]
Notes:
1 ‘a bruise wth a cart paralitycall’ in chart
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 235, f. 157v (bottom right part of page)
CASE45572: Decumbiture for Mr Arthur Longueville (PERSON20192)
Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON38293) on 7 October 1617 at 15:00
RN Mr Arthur longfild. sorely distempered Octob 5. ☾ ☉ h at night renting & tearing his sattyn garments
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 220, f. 85v (upper left part of page)
CASE54713: Decumbiture for Mrs Elizabeth Jennings [Latch] (PERSON52517)
Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON39512) on 30 July 1622 at 11:00
RN Mres Elis Ienings. correpta subite morbo valde violento. instar mortuæ martij 17. ☉. h. 12. p m. 1622. |{n}o motion of life strang convulsiva| her extremest fit it lasted 4 or 5 houres
[Astrological Chart]
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 222, f. 16r (upper left part of page)
CASE15062: Decumbiture for Thomas Franklin (PERSON11915)
Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON18031) on 3 June 1603 at 15:30
GJ This morning betweene 7 & 8 there came sodenly in the bed a great payne in the right legge that the Childe Cryed wthall
Thomas Franklyn of marston / Now it holdꝭ him extreemely in head and the braynes do so beat in the head that it styrres the Clothes as it lyes in the bed, sore every where Cannot endure to be styrred. /
ho Insultus morbi 1603 Iunij 3. ♀ ho. 7. 30 a m
[Astrological Chart]
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 207, f. 80r (bottom left, and upper right parts of page)
CASE33563: Decumbiture for Thomas Earle (PERSON23005)
Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON26612) on 17 June 1608 at 15:30
RN yesterday about six in the morning sodenly taken in his sleepe & doth skrike & quake wth it. /right foote above his kne & hucklebone vexed. & rūbling\ |taken Iune 16 ♃ h. 6. ant m 1608.|
[Astrological Chart]
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 229, f. 127v (bottom right part of page)