CASE12301: Horary consultation concerning Anne Bourton (PERSON9905)
Question asked by the patient on 25 April 1599 at 08:30
RN An Bourton of Olny 26 yeres old. sick the ever sinc Lent tooke her in her hed hart & backe maried this 7 yeres had but on Child but yt god hath taken to his mercy. {s} {sic} it holdeth her nowe as an ague shaking her every day. & hat sweateth & is very hot after the shaking & hath as it were a thing lūbring in her chest very corpulent faynt & very feeble. hath a very painfull cough ready to Drawe vp hart & hall wth it & fetcheth blood very short winded. fetcheth vp fleume & water as cleare as a bell. Ap. 25 die ☿. h. 8. 30. mi ant m. 1599. hath a very sore ague every day yt maketh her sweate exceedingly. hath not had this moneth her Courses sinc shee voyded a litle porrengr of clompered bloode/
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 138r (upper left part of page)
Medical >Illness (general) (Sickness)
Medical >Parts of the body>Head and neck (Head)
Medical >Parts of the body>Torso (HeartBackChest)
Medical >Illnesses (named) (Ague)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Lame, numb or paralysed (Trembling)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Fevers, chills and sweating (Sweating)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Burning and inflamed (Hot)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Dizzy and/or faint (FaintnessFeebleness)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Pain and pricking (Pain)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Respiratory problems (CoughShort windedRespiratory phlegm)
CASE77507: Horary consultation concerning Anne Silvester (PERSON58757) and Silvester (PERSON58755)
Question asked by Anne Silvester (PERSON58757) on 8 June 1633 at 06:00 or at 07:30
RN An Silvester of Hunsdon in Hartford sheere 42 y Iune 8 h {sic} hor 6 ant m 1633
strangly handled in her feete wth pulling & gnawing her feete wth extremity of payns & her hands pill all over & the tops wore away wth the payne & did extremely vomyte at the first for 4 days 16 weekes. & had 2 child wch vomyted sorely & on child dyed & she cānot sit vp nor goe but as she she {sic} is caryed nor cānot abyde any to touch her hands & feete & are extreme hot
vryne very good Iune 8. h {sic}. hor 6 ant m 1633. /h. 7. 30 ant m 1633\
[Astrological Chart]
Iune 8 h {sic} hor 6. ant m 1633.
[Astrological Chart]
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 211, p. 206 (upper left, upper right, and middle centre parts of page)
Anne Silvester (PERSON58757)Silvester (PERSON58755)
Medical >Witchcraft and devil (Strange affliction)
Medical >Parts of the body>Limbs and joints (FeetHands)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Gripings, gnawings and stitches (Gnawing)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Pain and pricking (Pain)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Nausea and vomiting (Nausea)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Lame, numb or paralysed (Cannot walk)
CASE12153: Horary consultation concerning Catherine Allen (PERSON9103)
Question asked by the patient on 27 March 1599 at 11:30
RN Katheron Allen at Newport 50 yeres old. amisse this {illeg} yeres assone as shee was delivered of a child paynd in her hed. & swollen in her face. aremes {sic} legs hoven in her body sweateth & her hed & neck & syde loketh very hie & is specled. short winded & faynte. March 27. die ♂ h. 11. 30. 1599
[Astrological Chart]
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 114r (upper left part of page)
Medical >Illness (general) (Amiss)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Pain and pricking (Pain)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Bloating and swelling (Swelling)
Medical >Parts of the body>Head and neck (FaceHeadThroat and mouth)
Medical >Parts of the body>Limbs and joints (ArmsLegs)
Medical >Parts of the body>Torso (Torso)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Respiratory problems (Short winded)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Dizzy and/or faint (Faintness)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Fevers, chills and sweating (Sweating)
CASE12460: Horary consultation concerning Joan Freeman (PERSON11961)
Question asked by the patient on 15 May 1599 at 11:12
RN Ione freeman of Newp v 17 y. very sicke. sore at the hart & hath a thing arising in her throat ready to stop her winde & was almost dead last night & cryeth & taketh & sayth shee shall dye may the 15. die ♂ h. 11. 12. m. ant m. 1599. & of her thighes. every where a pricking of her {hart}
[Astrological Chart]
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 163v (upper right part of page)
Medical >Illness (general) (Sickness)
Medical >Parts of the body>Torso (Heart)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Pain and pricking (PainPricking)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Nausea and vomiting (Rising)
Medical >Parts of the body>Head and neck (Throat and mouth)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Respiratory problems (Ready to stop her/his wind)
Medical >Diseases of the mind (Idle talkUncategorisedWeeping)
CASE13496: Horary consultation concerning Agnes [Anne] Malins (PERSON13900)
Question asked by the patient on 28 April 1598 at 09:00
RN An Malins 17 yeares old quærit causa morbi et remediu. 1598 Apr. 28. die ♀ h. 9a. ant merd {sic} nata fuit 1581. novemb. 11. die h {sic} at break of day every moone a breaking out in ye face. a peane in her head & hart every where /
[Astrological Chart]
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 182, f. 173r (upper part of page)
CASE26065: Horary consultation concerning Agnes [Anne] Sandy [Stocker] [Berry] [Napier] [Stock] (PERSON15611)
Question asked by the patient on 19 April 1602 at 07:00
RN My Cosen Agnys Sandy for her infirmityes 22 y Apr 19 ☾ hor. 7. ant m 1602.
quærit causā of her sudden flushes shortwyndines fayntnes of stomacke & backe. throate ill yt she cānot eate in the bottome of her belly wonderfully
[Astrological Chart]
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 181, f. 37r (upper part of page)
Agnes [Anne] Sandy [Stocker] [Berry] [Napier] [Stock] (PERSON15611)
CASE50453: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Margaret Franklin (PERSON30628)
Question asked by the patient on 29 March 1620 at 10:40
RN Mres Margaret Franklin of Bonehurst 24 y march 29. ☿ h. 10. 40 ant m 1620 \worst fasting/ hed full & dissye wyndy a cold stomacke hot liver full of melancholy greefe sinc her fathers death. face flushing hot & breaking out /vnmayed {sic}.\ /cold feete hot head\
[Astrological Chart]
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 213, f. 153r (upper right part of page)
Mrs Margaret Franklin (PERSON30628)
Medical >Parts of the body>Head and neck (HeadFace)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Dizzy and/or faint (Dizziness)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Wind (Wind)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Fevers, chills and sweating (ColdFlushing)
Medical >Parts of the body>Torso (StomachLiver)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Burning and inflamed (Hot)
CASE58675: Horary consultation concerning Jane Brown (PERSON45054)
Question asked by the patient on 30 June 1624 at 09:20
RN {Ia}ne Browne of Adington {2}9. y christ Iuly \Iune Iuly/ 20. 1595. sent to me Iuly Iune 30 ☿ h. 9. 20 ant m 1624 /neaver had child.\1
[Astrological Chart]
Iane Browne of Adin{gton} 29. y. Iune 30 ☿ h 19. 20 a{nt} m. 1624. paraliticall tormented wth heate & a burning payne in her belly & shooting into her legs & belly hath no vse of her lims cā not stand nor goe /sweateth mutch.\
Notes:
1 ‘lame miserablely tormēted wth raging payns & convuls in her legs day & night’ in chart
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 402, f. 3r (upper left, and upper right parts of page)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Lame, numb or paralysed (LamenessPalsyCannot standCannot walk)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Pain and pricking (Pain)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Fits and convulsions (Convulsions)
Medical >Parts of the body>Limbs and joints (LegsLimbs)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Burning and inflamed (HotBurning)
Medical >Parts of the body>Torso (Belly)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Fevers, chills and sweating (Sweating)
CASE79496: Horary consultation concerning Marian Phillips (PERSON56684)
Question asked by the patient on 11 September 1635 at 10:00
SRN Marian Phelp of Blechly 40. y Septemƀ. 11. ♀ h. 10. a. m. 1635
Much payned in her chest & at her heart very shortwynded swelld & howen in her face hands & Body
\vomitts what she taketh/ hath not bin well since it thunderd & lightend when she came from Stoke goldinge on th{e} Sunday yt it lightend & thunde{red} so much.
it first tooke her wth sorenes in her throate
body Costiue. Vryne very thin & frothy, & cleere. hath bin married these 9. y. no child.
[Astrological Chart]
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 412, f. 241v (upper right part of page)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Pain and pricking (Pain)
Medical >Parts of the body>Torso (ChestHeartTorso)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Respiratory problems (Short winded)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Bloating and swelling (Swelling)
Medical >Parts of the body>Head and neck (FaceThroat and mouth)
Medical >Parts of the body>Limbs and joints (Hands)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Nausea and vomiting (Nausea)
CASE12322: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Faith Gibbs (PERSON12125)
Question asked by the patient on 26 April 1599 at 09:30
RN fayth Gibbes of Wicken 46. amisse in her sinewes cannot gripe any thing wth her hands so feeble & weake sometimes in hir feete & knees all swollen & keepe there naturall colour. of a good cōplex. & light harte. sent to me this 26 of Ap. h. 9. 30. ant m. 1599. a great paine in her armes. could not cut her meate.
[Astrological Chart]
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 140v (upper left part of page)
CASE14079: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Anne Barber (PERSON9438)
Question asked by the patient on 28 September 1603 at 09:15
RN Mres An Barber of Kensworthe 46|5| y. sept 28. ☿ hor 9. 16|5|. ant m 1603.
was borne {illeg} {sic} on a {tuds} \shrovesōdaye/ after noone. an hour betwixt 4 & 5. /hath often bene let blood sicknes gone this 4 yeres.\ |extreeme hot. casteth vp sometymes leek whitꝭ of egge. sometymes blacke stuffe.|
[Astrological Chart]
Mres An Barber sept 28 ☿ hor. 9. 15 ant m. 1603. strangly handled wth her stomack burning & gnawing & then an intolerable paine of her hed for 20 houres not well for 40 houre & then it cōmeth once in a weeke in the wynter. & aftr hath a swelling & a gnawing in the calfꝭ of her legs.
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 197, ff. 89v-90r (f. 89v upper right, and f. 90r upper left)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Nausea and vomiting (Nausea)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Burning and inflamed (HotBurning)
Medical >Witchcraft and devil (Strange affliction)
Medical >Parts of the body>Torso (Stomach)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Gripings, gnawings and stitches (Gnawing)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Pain and pricking (Pain)
Medical >Parts of the body>Head and neck (Head)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Bloating and swelling (Swelling)
CASE24757: Horary consultation concerning Sara Paulin (PERSON34115)
Question asked by the patient on 15 May 1610 at 07:00
RN Sara Pauly of NorthCrowlye 38. y may 15. ♂ h. 7. ant m. 16i0 Delivered this day sennet about 8. in the morning. was in labour from monday to that Daye tooke a cold. & sore all over. & was swelled all over & now is swelled in her left hand & cānot make water onc in 24 houres. ready to cast & her wynd is ready to be stopt wth it very weake.
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 239, f. 34v, f. 34r (f. 34v upper left, and f. 34r bottom left)
Medical >Illnesses (named) (Took a cold)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Pain and pricking (Pain)
Medical >Parts of the body>Whole body (Everywhere)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Bloating and swelling (Swelling)
Medical >Parts of the body>Limbs and joints (Hands)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Urinary problems (No urine)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Nausea and vomiting (Nausea)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Respiratory problems (Ready to stop her/his wind)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Dizzy and/or faint (Weak)
Medical >Witchcraft and devil (Witchcraft suffered (medical))
CASE10829: Horary consultation concerning Elizabeth Purden (PERSON15089)
Question asked by the patient on 13 June 1600 between 09:00 and 11:20
RN Elisabeth Purden of puddington 36 y. sicke hath had her sicknes to mitch {sic}. faynt & feeble. yt wch cōmeth frō her very blacke flowers watr to muth {sic} thin coloured. paynd head & sydes & hath menses immodices/
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 202, f. 106v (bottom left part of page)
CASE35935: Horary consultation concerning Rachel Bird (PERSON22129)
Question asked by the patient on 13 June 1609 at 06:00 or at 06:40 or at 07:00
RN Rachell Byrd of havrshā Iune 13 ♂ h. 6. 40. ant m {1609}1
[Astrological Chart]
Rachell Byrd morb. virg et icteritia alba \16/ Iune 13 ♂ h. \6/ 7. ant m. 1609
Notes:
1 ‘icteritia alba’ in chart
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 203, f. 67v (bottom right, and bottom left parts of page)
CASE57561: Horary consultation concerning Mr Oliver Boteler (PERSON28235)
Question asked by Lady Anne Boteler [Farrar] [Butler] (PERSON28242) on 3 January 1624 at 11:45
RN The lady \An/ Butler for her mr Oliver Butler 9 y next march bone {sic} 28 or 29 about 12 & on in the night. of Harolde sent to me for this child Ian 3 h {sic} hor 11. 45 ant m 1623 {sic}. extree {sic} weake & feeble & cā take no physick taken wth strang fits plucking his \right/ syde & rūneth to his back being holden harde & an extree {sic} cough almost halfe a yere. & is pyned & cā not stand nor goe Ill tong suspected
[Astrological Chart]
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 413, f. 53r (upper right part of page)
Lady Anne Boteler [Farrar] [Butler] (PERSON28242)Mr Oliver Boteler (PERSON28235)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Dizzy and/or faint (WeakFeebleness)
Medical >Witchcraft and devil (Strange afflictionWitchcraft suffered (medical))
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Fits and convulsions (Fits)
Medical >Parts of the body>Torso (Side(s)Back)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Respiratory problems (Cough)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Wasting (Pining)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Lame, numb or paralysed (Cannot standCannot walk)
CASE10298: Horary consultation concerning Anne Knight (PERSON13478)
Question asked by the patient on 10 April 1600 at 11:00
RN An knight of Olny 19 y Ap 10 die ♃ h. 11 ant m. 1600 a great heat & cold. chest stuffed hart hot ready to swound swelled & great bellyed hath not had her sicknes this 12 moneth. yet about a 3 weeks sinc shee had them but very fewe./.
Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 202, f. 34r (bottom right part of page)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Fevers, chills and sweating (Hot and cold)
Medical >Parts of the body>Torso (ChestHeartBelly)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Respiratory problems (Stuffed)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Bloating and swelling (Swelling)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Dizzy and/or faint (Faintness)
CASE12098: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Susan Commendale (PERSON10798)
Question asked by the patient on 19 March 1599 at 10:15
RN Susan Commendall 27. not well this 7 or 8 yeres: benūmed in her lims legs. armes. backe. a hevines in her hed. March 19. die ☾. h. 10. 15. 1599.
[Astrological Chart]
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 105v (upper left part of page)
CASE12152: Horary consultation concerning Agnes Parsons (PERSON14738)
Question asked by the patient on 27 March 1599 at 11:15
RN Agnes Parsons of Broughton. 12 yers old. hed f & armes and legs payned prick as nedles fearfull tymorous hed & backe 11. 15. mi. 1599 very hot burning. a meaden vnmaried
[Astrological Chart]
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 113v (upper right part of page)
CASE12166: Horary consultation concerning Alice White (PERSON17071)
Question asked by the patient on 30 March 1599 at 08:15
RN Alce White of Milton of 5i. at Candlemas a longe time ill by fits. & was had the stone cholick. 7 yeres since nowe in her lims share. harte. & legs back wth a pricking. March 30 die ♀ h. 8. 15. 1599
[Astrological Chart]
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 116r (bottom left part of page)
CASE12288: Horary consultation concerning Anne Trueman (PERSON16583)
Question asked by the patient on 24 April 1599 at 10:00
RN An Trueman of Willing 40. y. sick this fortnight backe & harte. & armes full of ach every foot ill keepeth her bed many times. stomack bad wth it. Ap. 24 die ♂ h. 10. ant m. 1599.
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 135v (upper right part of page)