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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)

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CASE37305: Decumbiture for William Corestie (PERSON29403)

Question asked by the patient on 24 May 1614 at 13:00

RN may 23 taken agayne in a cold tranc yt every body thought he would then dy his worst fit h may 23 h. 4. ant m 1614

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 237, f. 7v (upper right part of page)

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CASE56988: Decumbiture for Anne Cooper (PERSON46960)

Question asked by the patient on 1 September 1623 at 09:00

RN An Coo of Moulsoe taken at Church wth a trēbling feare & a quaking thinking vppon her mres sw often swounding on satt Aug 31. h. 3. 30 p m 1623

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 218, f. 206r (upper right part of page)

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CASE70798: Decumbiture for Alice Kent (PERSON52817)

Question asked by the patient on 17 May 1630 at 10:50

RN on f\r/yday last may 14 h 3. 30 p m 1630

taken wth a great quivering & raged

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 194, p. 364 (bottom right part of page)

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CASE55428: Decumbiture for John Odell (PERSON55722)

Question asked by the patient on 23 December 1622 at 11:00

RN Decēb 22. h. 2. 40|5| p m 1622 swounded & fomed & his mouth Drawen backward. & at night had another fit & this swounded 4 tymes yesterd daye

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 222, f. 142v (bottom right part of page)

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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)

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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)

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CASE53342: Decumbiture for John Michell (PERSON20313)

Question asked by the patient on 13 November 1621 at 13:30

RN 1 first in his neck 2 on his syde tormented him & drew his mouth asyde & tooke away his sences & memory l|&| did shake h{im} novēb. 10 hor 3 p m 162i1

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘paralysis’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 231, f. 137v (bottom, bottom left, and bottom right parts of page)

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CASE52025: Decumbiture for Alice Knight (PERSON32398)

Question asked by the patient on 14 February 1621 at 08:15

RN Alce Knight of newp 18 f|y| feb 14. h. 13 h. 10 10 30 ant m 1621 sudenly taken wth skyking fits cry & take on grevously /this was the third tyme troubled wth the kings evill.\

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 233, f. 55r (upper left part of page)

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CASE78063: Decumbiture for Marian Green (PERSON50336)

Question asked by the patient on 17 August 1633 between 07:00 and 08:20

RN Marian Greene of Maninford 43 y feb 10 h 8 ant m 1633

taken wth an epilepticall fit

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 211, p. 384 (upper right part of page)

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CASE55121: Decumbiture for Mrs Mary Gregory (PERSON50402)

Question asked by Mr Gregory (PERSON50378) on 18 October 1622 at 13:00

RN febr. 17. 16. about 6 at night grew first to be very melancholick & could not sleepe & took a feaver or feb. 16. h {sic} hor 6 p m. 1622

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 222, f. 86r (bottom centre, and bottom right parts of page)

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CASE73904: Decumbiture for Elizabeth Eastone (PERSON48283)

Question asked by the patient on 31 March 1632 at 10:00

RN was first strangly taken feb 28. h. 9. p m 1632.

[Astrological Chart]

fell downe dead & had 2 or 3 fits in an houres & will \doth/ quake skreame & crye

feb 28 h. 8 40 \30/ p m 1632 /of all tes body & toes\

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 212, p. 473 (upper right part of page)

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CASE11744: Decumbiture for Susan Blundell (PERSON9824)

Question asked by the patient between 11 October 1598 at 07:45 and 12 October 1598 at 08:30

RN Susan Blundell toke her fit by some foolish vision & sight at what time she laughed & sawe Goody Greene & goody Nichols flinging of trenchers & when it tooke her as they say shee cryed out vppon Goody Barnwell. the 13 of Novemb. die . h noctis circ 12 1596.

[Partial Astrological Chart]

Susan Blundell

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 228, f. 42r (upper left, and upper right parts of page)

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CASE60479: Decumbiture for Mr Wingate (PERSON62023)

Question asked by the patient on 20 May 1625 at 11:00

RN Mr Wyndgate taken wth \his/ old fits wth an Idle brayne & full of talke may 13. h. 12. 16251

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘fell sick’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 217, f. 96v (bottom left part of page)

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CASE69098: Decumbiture for Martin Trote (PERSON60490)

Question asked by the patient on 6 August 1629 at 15:00

RN first of all taken in his bed wth a great heavynes in his head Aug 3. h. 7 ant m 1629

[Partial Astrological Chart]

first taken wth an aguish fit

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 406, f. 115Av (upper right part of page)

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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)

Cite this as: Lauren Kassell, Michael Hawkins, Robert Ralley, John Young, Joanne Edge, Janet Yvonne Martin-Portugues, and Natalie Kaoukji (eds.), The casebooks of Simon Forman and Richard Napier, 1596–1634: a digital edition, https://casebooks.lib.cam.ac.uk/search?f1-document-type=Case%3A%3AEntry%3A%3ADecumbiture;f2-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ASymptoms%20%28specified%29;f3-question-asked=Medical%3A%3ADiseases%20of%20the%20mind, accessed 12 March 2025.