CASE25357: Decumbiture for Sara Cox (PERSON29486)
Question asked by the patient on 19 August 1610 at 13:00
RN Sara Cox of Northhāpton. 20 y Aug. 19|8| ☉ \h {sic}/ h. 10 30 {sic} \11. 30/. p m 1610 sodenly stroken & fell in a swound. & was taken in her right syde, nor could speak ever after it. {wri}th her mouth. was very mery before {illeg}|th|is took her.
[Astrological Chart]
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 239, f. 120r (upper right part of page)
CASE52667: Horary consultation concerning Jane Curtis (PERSON47462)
Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON39260) on 16 June 1621 at 15:30
RN Iane Curtes \of Stanwick/ came to my house Iune 16 h {sic} hor 3. 30 p m 162i
can heare but cānot speake. eyes sore.
[Astrological Chart]
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 231, f. 16r (upper left part of page)
CASE73223: Horary consultation concerning Mr Kent (PERSON52787)
Question asked by Mrs White (PERSON61617) on 21 October 1631 at 12:00
RN Mres white of London 30. y. ♀ h 12. 1631 / soc{illeg}|r|o {sic} socro mr Kent yt hath a dead palsye cānot speake to bed vnderstood\ |a bad stomack Costive onc in 5 days.| |stomack.|
[Astrological Chart]
loynes & stitch stone
vtrū socrus paralyticꝯ sit moriturus. sine consensu
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 212, p. 243 (upper right 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)
CASE48389: Decumbiture for Thomas Hall (PERSON31258)
Question asked by the patient on 15 March 1619 at 11:45
RN Thomas Hall \56 y./ was taken in his speach & right syde 2 Martij ♂ h. 7. 3|2|0 ant m 1619 sodenly going about his worke
[Astrological Chart]
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 230, f. 201r (bottom right part of page)
CASE50078: Horary consultation concerning Lydia Prior (PERSON34494)
Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON38766) on 22 December 1619 at 13:30
RN Will: P
Lyddy Pryour of Dunstable. 9. y Decēb 22. ☿ h. 1. 30 p m 1619
this child is strangly handled ever sinc it took her it rūneth into every te & when it cōmeth into her lips & throat then cānot speake but after it is gone sk\r/yketh. at others tymes lyfteth vp her bodye
[Astrological Chart]
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 213, f. 83v (upper right part of page)
CASE77845: Horary consultation concerning Francis Smith (PERSON58982)
Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON41933) on 15 July 1633 at 11:00
RN Francis Smyth of Browton \Ap 15/ 9 y Iuly 14|5| 15. ☾ h. 11. ant m 1633 /could neaver speak hath a sore itch & bleatch all over\
[Astrological Chart]
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 211, p. 310 (upper right part of page)
CASE12649: Decumbiture for Isabel Franknill (PERSON11939)
Question asked by Franknill (PERSON11935) on 6 September 1599 at 11:20
RN Isbell franknill of drayton sloe. 61. taken speechles last friday as at candle light. as shee was dressing of a sore leg. sodenly taken nowe question is wheathr p. taken or besp Sept. August. 31. die ♀ h. 7. p m. 1599. cannot styrre her syd nor hand. a ded palsye.
[Astrological Chart]
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 195v (upper right part of page)
CASE76245: Horary consultation concerning Mr Hanson (PERSON50784)
Question asked by the patient on 3 January 1633 at 15:20
RN Mr Hanson of Brodwell 63 70 y. Ian 3 ♃ h. 3. 20 p m 1633. |Dead palsy of the left syde no vse of his speach altered|
[Astrological Chart]
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 214, p. 245 (upper left, and upper centre parts of page)
CASE69294: Decumbiture for Elizabeth Brown (PERSON45050)
Question asked by Brown (PERSON44988) on 31 August 1629 at 08:25
RN Eliz. Browne of Paulusperry 69 {y} Aug 27. ♃ wa{s} taken in the fild {wth} a dead palsye yt took away her speach & lamed all on syde Aug 27 h 2. p m 162{9} she lay in the fild Dead 4 h{oures} no body suspe{c}ting any thing
[Astrological Chart]
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 406, f. 147v (upper right part of page)
CASE71040: Horary consultation concerning William Ferry (PERSON48857)
Question asked by the patient on 24 November 1630 at 11:25
[Astrological Chart]
RN At this tyme was taken in his bed strangly & cānot speak offreth to cast voydeth mutch waterish & reddish water. |did bleed at nose|
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 238, f. 211r (bottom left part of page)
CASE50028: Horary consultation concerning Goody Rider (PERSON34752)
Question asked by the patient on 6 December 1619 at 13:38
RN Goody Rider of newport 50 y decēb. 6 ☾ h. 1. 38 p m 1619
It tooke her 3 weekes sinc & hath bene speachles almost 3 weekes. eateth well. lame in her right syde |she took it wth a cold tooke it wth a cold|
the dead palsy
[Astrological Chart]
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 213, f. 73r (upper left part of page)
CASE24451: Horary consultation concerning Anne Wade (PERSON36372)
Question asked by Lady Wade (PERSON36371) on 23 April 1615 at 12:50
RN An Wade of Hampsteede daughtr to Sr Williā Wade. 14 y this next may taken in her tongue ever sinc 4 yeres old. & doth stūble & stuttle & cā scarce bring fourth a ready word. Ap. 23. ☉ h. 12. 50 p m 1615. mater sine consensu
[Astrological Chart]
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 237, f. 185r (bottom left, and bottom right parts of page)
CASE58616: Nativity for Anne Bunche (PERSON45182)
Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON39918) on 7 June 1624 at 13:00
RN An Bunch of Risdone 5 y & a halfe borne the 11th of sept ☾ about 3 in the after noone 1620. ever sinc she was borne lame in her lims cā speak but dead 1
[Astrological Chart]
cānot speake.
cannot styrre. nor stand litle vse of ye lims./.
Notes:
1 ‘no vse of lims could neavr speake lame borne palsye’ in chart
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 413, f. 215v (upper right part of page)
CASE11870: Horary consultation concerning Goody Frances Marshal (PERSON14021)
Question asked by Goodman Thomas Marshal (PERSON14014) on 12 December 1598 at 09:30
RN Frauncis Marshall of Newport very strangly can scarce speake, only maketh signes for water to coole her her mouth is furred white wth extreeme heate taketh her Drinke by a quill. first bound but yt I gave her vnbound her nowe in a laske & extreeme hot & drye Decēb. 12. die ♂ h. 9. 30. mi ant m 1598. troubled in her sleepe.
s {sic} husband vxore sine cōsensu
[Astrological Chart]
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 65v (upper right part of page)
Goodman Thomas Marshal (PERSON14014)Goody Frances Marshal (PERSON14021)
Medical >Witchcraft and devil (Strange affliction)
Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Speech problems (Cannot speak )
Medical >Parts of the body >Head and neck (Throat and mouth)
Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Burning and inflamed (Hot)
Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Dry and/or thirsty (Dry)
Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Diarrhoea and bloody flux (Lask)
Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Sleep problems (Sleeplessness)
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)
CASE72452: Horary consultation concerning Margaret Smith (PERSON59202)
Question asked by the patient on 1 July 1631 at 14:30
RN Margaret Smyth of Hutching 26 y Iuly 1. ♀ h. 2. 30 p m 1631. /lims & speach taken away\1
[Astrological Chart]
Notes:
1 ‘Dead palsy.’ in chart
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 212, p. 3 (upper left part of page)
CASE12119: Horary consultation concerning Phyllis Pedder (PERSON14829)
Question asked by Pedder (PERSON14823) on 21 March 1599 at 14:30
RN Phyllis Pedder of Potters Perry of a 11 yeres old. sick on mūday first. then teeethe {sic} hed hart. cannot speak. came to speachles ever sinc noone. her brothr came for her. Martij 2i. die ☿. h. 2. 30. p m. 1599.
[Astrological Chart]
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 108r (bottom right, and bottom left parts of page)
CASE12099: Horary consultation concerning Margery Clark (PERSON10627)
Question asked by the patient on 19 March 1599 at 16:20
RN Margery Clark a midwife of Stony stratford sick at hart yt shee cannot speake can scarce travell her thighes & legs doe swell. 51. a thick white puddle watr. March. 19. die ☾ h. 4. 20. m. p. m. 1599.
[Astrological Chart]
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 105v (bottom left part of page)
CASE63237: Decumbiture for Robert Burgess (PERSON45255)
Question asked by the patient on 16 February 1627 at 12:50
RN Rob Burges {illeg}|3|6 y I|f|eb 16 ♀ h. 12 50 p m 1627.
head ioynts & back & now speachles sinc sonday about sonset. |he sent feb 16 ♀. h. 1. p m 1627|1
[Partial Astrological Chart]
[Astrological Chart]
Notes:
1 ‘speachles’ in chart
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 224, f. 366r (upper right part of page)