CASE37480: Decumbiture for Elizabeth Eaton (PERSON30061)
Question asked by the patient on 30 January 1611 at 13:45
RN she was strangly taken wth her sicknes & a shak{ing} in her right arme. Sept 21. ♀. h 4. p m 1610. {illeg} held her two houres. & th{en} tooke her a sonday being 23{illeg} in the after noone afore sone set & held all yt ni{ght} vntill ten the next daye h. 4. p m 16i0
[Astrological Chart]
Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 200, f. 4v (bottom right part of page)
CASE11653: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Catherine Blundell [Budoxhed] [Butshed] [Mrs Blundell [the elder]] (PERSON9819)
Question asked by the patient on 28 August 1598 at 17:28
RN Mres Blundell enquireth what is good for her Disease shee is pulled as it were in peeces hart belly sides & swollen in her stomach yt & worse after she hath eaten or Drunken weake & feble in her body & knees. Aug. 28. die ☾ h. 5. 28 mi p. m shee shaketh & trembleth body {neck} & {yoin}tꝭ
[Astrological Chart]
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 21r (upper right part of page)
Mrs Catherine Blundell [Budoxhed] [Butshed] [Mrs Blundell [the elder]] (PERSON9819)
Medical >Illness (general) (Disease)
Medical >Parts of the body >Torso (HeartStomachSide(s))
Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Bloating and swelling (Swelling)
Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Dizzy and/or faint (Weak)
Medical >Parts of the body >Limbs and joints (KneesJoints)
Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Lame, numb or paralysed (Trembling )
Medical >Parts of the body >Head and neck (Throat and mouth)
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)
CASE12455: Horary consultation concerning Goodman William Kilpine (PERSON13362)
Question asked by the patient on 14 May 1599 at 18:30
RN Williā C {sic} Kilpine hath his beasts wch die vndr his s {sic} hand very strangly & sodenly quaking & trembling hath lost 7 beastꝭ & 2 mares moved his q. at: 14 of May die ☾ h. 7. 6. 30. 1599
Agnes Campion.
[Astrological Chart]
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 163r (upper left part of page)
Goodman William Kilpine (PERSON13362)
Medical >Parts of the body >Limbs and joints (Hands)
Medical >Witchcraft and devil (Strange afflictionWitchcraft suffered (medical))
Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Lame, numb or paralysed (Trembling )
Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Fevers, chills and sweating (Shivering)
Personal affairs (Death and/or disease of animalsWitchcraft suffered (non-medical))
CASE12423: Horary consultation concerning Joan Cox (PERSON11026)
Question asked by the patient on 10 May 1599 at 11:00
RN Ione Coxs. of Nash. of 70 yeres old. sick this fortnigh {sic} greeved in her hips as a bloode & cannot rest had a shaking & greeveth mutch wth it. a widow woman nevr had Child.
[Astrological Chart]
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 157r (bottom left, and bottom right parts 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 (Trembling Cannot 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)
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 )
CASE12464: Horary consultation concerning William Colles (PERSON10740)
Question asked by the patient on 15 May 1599 at 16:45
RN Mr Will: Co{l|e|}lles Colles of Parke berrye of 58 troubled sick this i6 yeres & hath had the Counsell of the most exte phisitions troubled wth a windy cause as he sayth cōming from his backe by a great heate & obstruction from my liver. also wth a bad stomacke elevating winde into my hed. wch causeth gydines or streming in my head wch cometh as he thinketh by the ascending vp of bad & melancholy humours & wth a shaking in my left hand mightely as it were the palsye but always very hotte. nowe of late wth the brevity of wind in my stomacke & chest & lately wth a mūmnes {sic} & tinckling in my hands. lips & sydes & face. this 15 of may. die ♂ h. 4. 45. p m. 1599.
[Astrological Chart]
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 164r (upper right part of page)
Medical >Illness (general) (Sickness)
Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Wind (Wind)
Medical >Parts of the body >Torso (BackLiverStomachChest)
Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Burning and inflamed (Hot)
Medical >Parts of the body >Head and neck (HeadThroat and mouthFace)
Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Dizzy and/or faint (Dizziness)
Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Lame, numb or paralysed (Trembling Numbness)
CASE14911: Horary consultation concerning Alice Lord (PERSON13790)
Question asked by the patient on 5 May 1603 at 10:30
GJ Alice Lord of Kempson 25 y. May 5 ♃ ho. 10 30 a m. 1603
Keepeth her bed, trembles very much, A great payne in her backe her right hand and right arme swelled. Cryes of her bones and every where about in great payne./
[Astrological Chart]
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 207, f. 64r (upper left 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)
CASE48557: Horary consultation concerning Mary Smith (PERSON35553)
Question asked by the patient on 27 April 1619 at 10:15
RN Mary Smyth of Stawton 20 myles 30 y Ap 27. ♂ h. 10. 15 ant m 1619 her head shaketh a fortnight or 3 \shaking/ palsy. mother backe thighꝭ as if they should be torne but her head exceding cold.
head cold
vryne very good. a very good stomacke yet very faynt. mutch troubled wth wynd 2 y. sinc had a boy. hath thought her selfe twice to be wth child wthin this twelfemonthe. nescit an sit gravida
[Astrological Chart]
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 230, f. 339r (bottom left, and bottom right parts of page)
Medical >Parts of the body >Head and neck (Head)
Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Lame, numb or paralysed (PalsyTrembling )
Medical >Parts of the body >Torso (Womb, matrix, motherBack)
Medical >Parts of the body >Limbs and joints (Thighs)
Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Fevers, chills and sweating (Cold)
Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Wind (Wind)
Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Dizzy and/or faint (Faintness)