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)
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)
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)
CASE47349: Decumbiture for Mary Mariot (PERSON32987)
Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON38464) on 22 August 1618 at 14:40
RN Mary Maryot was stroken in her hipbone Aug. 4 ♂ h. 11. 30 p m 1618. lying in her cradle
[Astrological Chart]
Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 230, f. 5v (bottom 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)
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)
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)
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)
CASE78765: Decumbiture for Anne Cooper (PERSON46962)
Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON42061) on 28 January 1634 at 11:00
TG Ann Couper of Hanslap 5 quarters old. jan. 28 ♂ h. 11 AM. 1634. was taken yesterday morning betweene 6 & 7 of the clocke, soe as she cannot stirre her legges.1
[Astrological Chart]
Notes:
1 ‘{illeg} morbi {jan. 27} {☾} h. 6. 30′ {Mat. 163}4.’ in chart
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 412, f. 77v (upper left 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)
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)