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)
CASE47031: Horary consultation concerning Anne Parkins (PERSON34005)
Question asked by the patient on 7 July 1618 at 10:30
RN An Parkins of Stony stratford 37 y Iuly. 7. ♂ h. 10 30 ant m 1618. sucketh a child. 3. quatres {sic} neavr well sinc she was brought a bed weake & feeble cā eate litle. scoureth mutch. is very lame
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 201, f. 171r (upper left part of page)
CASE13103: Horary consultation concerning Goody Agnes Dickins (PERSON11301)
Question asked by the patient on 20 February 1600 at 14:30
RN Agnes Dickins of Wavendon 36 lyeth in h {sic} childbead th|y|esterday was fortnight. her right leg hath lost the vse of it full of ache & payne sweateth & is swelled. payned in her backe. wth a pricking & shooting feb. 20 die ☿ h. 2. 30 p m. 1600. /delivered of a boye\
[Astrological Chart]
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 273v (upper right part of page)
Goody Agnes Dickins (PERSON11301)
Medical >Parts of the body>Limbs and joints (Legs)
Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Lame, numb or paralysed (Cannot use part)
Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Pain and pricking (PainPrickingShooting)
Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Fevers, chills and sweating (Sweating)
Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Bloating and swelling (Swelling)
CASE71329: Decumbiture for Mrs Seth Hadle (PERSON50568)
Question asked by the patient on 3 February 1631 at 13:30
RN a rising vp ready to choake her voydeth vp flegme & blood & swoundeth often sinc last night about nine & cānot speake feb 2. ☿ h. 9 p m 163i |body swelled| /speachles\ /An Impost feared\ |neavr had child|
[Astrological Chart]
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 232, p. 103 (bottom right, and bottom left parts of page)
Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Nausea and vomiting (Rising)
Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Diarrhoea and bloody flux (Voiding phlegm)
Medical >Symptoms (specified) (Spitting blood)
Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Dizzy and/or faint (Swooning)
Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Speech problems (Cannot speak)
Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Lesions and abscesses (Impostume)
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)
CASE12318: Horary consultation concerning Mary Nubie (PERSON14536)
Question asked by the patient on 25 April 1599 at 17:30
RN Mary Nuby 28 of Grafton Lodge. for a rising at her stomack. her legs. Double vndr her faynt & feeble & pineth in her body & yet can earte {sic} had not her termes never sinc her sicknes almost for a yere. Ap. 25 die ☿ h 5. 30. p m. 1599 |cannot sleepe troubled wth a great cough at night.|
[Astrological Chart]
Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 228, f. 139v (upper right part of page)
Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Nausea and vomiting (Rising)
Medical >Parts of the body>Torso (StomachTorso)
Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Dizzy and/or faint (FaintnessFeebleness)
Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Wasting (Pining)
Medical >Women’s matters>Menstrual problems (No courses)
Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Sleep problems (Sleeplessness)
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))
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)
CASE10200: Horary consultation concerning Elizabeth Hogson (PERSON12843)
Question asked by the patient on 25 March 1600 at 10:00
RN Elisabeth hogson of winchloe 20. troubled wth a payne at her hart & a gret rotten cough. & drinketh mightelye. faynt & feeble.
[Astrological Chart]
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 202, f. 20v (upper right part of page)
CASE10662: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Margery Dayrell (PERSON11218)
Question asked by the patient on 24 May 1600 at 12:45
RN Mres Margary Deyrell of lillingstone Deyrell. 45 y. may 24 die ♄. {v} 12. 20. 45. p m. 1600 for a great payne vnder her right syde & a thinge leek a widge in her stomack faynt & feeble a swelling of her liver as it is told her.
[Astrological Chart]
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 202, f. 81r (bottom, and bottom right parts of page)
CASE11618: Horary consultation concerning Old Goody Isabel Barnwell (PERSON9495)
Question asked by the patient on 11 August 1598 at 18:30
RN Goody Bar\n/well bemoaneth her of her body of the heaving of her bodye of her drought & thirste shee can scarce take her breath. Aug. touchin taken of by a smay of her husb. & child. sorow. Aug. 11 die ♀ h p m. 6. 30. m. 1598.
[Astrological Chart]
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 13v (bottom left part of page)
CASE11734: Horary consultation concerning Joan Hull (PERSON13061)
Question asked by the patient on 5 October 1598 at 15:50
RN Ihone Hull of Newport of 46 yees {sic} for the rising of her & greeping of her hart by fits shee hath had it a longe time: somewhat leek an impost ready to stop her wind & can hardly swallowe her spittle. Octob 5. die ♃. h. 3. {illeg}|5|0. p m. 1598. arising leeke the mother.
[Astrological Chart]
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 40r (upper right part of page)
Medical >Parts of the body>Torso (HeartWomb, matrix, mother)
Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Gripings, gnawings and stitches (Griping)
Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Lesions and abscesses (Impostume)
Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Respiratory problems (Ready to stop her/his wind)
Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Eating and drinking problems (Cannot swallow)
CASE12125: Horary consultation concerning Anne Hammond (PERSON12509)
Question asked by the patient on 22 March 1599 at 13:10
RN An Haman 56 of litle brickhill: sick ever sinc Christmas not hart sick but swollen in her body & in her legs & very stiffe sent to me by her husband. Martij 22. die ♃ ♄ {sic}. 1. 10. 1599. very costive & as if shee were st{oun}ge & cannot rise except shee be lifted. very cold & stiffe & short winded & leekely to die 1599.
[Astrological Chart]
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 109r (upper right part of page)
Medical >Illness (general) (Sickness)
Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Bloating and swelling (Swelling)
Medical >Parts of the body>Limbs and joints (Legs)
Medical >Parts of the body>Torso (Torso)
Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Stooped, bent or stiff (Stiffness)
Medical >Symptoms (specified) (Constipation)
Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Fevers, chills and sweating (Cold)
Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Respiratory problems (Short winded)
CASE13028: Horary consultation concerning Alice Ford (PERSON11815)
Question asked by the patient on 30 January 1600 at 12:00
RN Alce forde of betchampton 60 y. payned in her body went not to stoole twice this 2 monets taketh no thing. but drinke Ian 30 die ☿ h. 12.
she is swelled in her bodye. & very hot. wamblie in her bodye.
[Astrological Chart]
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 261v (upper right part of page)
CASE13099: Horary consultation concerning Goodwife Alice Goodman (PERSON12253)
Question asked by the patient on 19 February 1600 at 14:00
RN Alce Ashby Goodman of Woufton of {the} Greene about a 30 y. maried this 12 yeres. her iongest almost 3 y old. sca{illeg} feb. 19 die ♂ ♄ {sic}. 2. p m. 1600. a trembling & quaking & all about her body cōsumeth & pineth faynt & feeble
[Astrological Chart]
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, ff. 272v-273r (f. 272v bottom right, f. 272v bottom left, and f. 273r upper left)
CASE18107: Horary consultation concerning Goodwife Susan Langton (PERSON13591)
Question asked by the patient on 17 October 1602 at 10:50
GJ Susan Langton of Molsho 34 y Octob 17. ☉ ho. 10. 50 a m. A lightnes and ringing in her head. a payne in her necke cannot sleepe./
[Partial Astrological Chart]
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 221, f. 225v (bottom right part of page)
CASE19834: Horary consultation concerning an Anonymous (PERSON18488)
Question asked by the patient on 24 August 1601 at 13:00
RN on \a woman/ of Newport for a swelled & pimpled face & a great rheume August 24. ☾ hor 1. p m 160i1
[Astrological Chart]
Notes:
1 ‘a face swelled red hot pimpled’ in chart
Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 404, f. 188r (bottom left part of page)
CASE19839: Horary consultation concerning Elizabeth Risely (PERSON15356)
Question asked by the patient on 25 August 1601 at 08:00
RN Elisabeth Risely of Rawnson mill 25 y Aug 24 {sic}. ♂ hor 8. ant m 160i
twelfe days since delivered of a daughter. but very ill ever sinc full of payne & swounded onc or twice on sunday last was ill. head chest bound & costive this 6 days. heavy of sleepe & slepeth not /burneth.\
[Astrological Chart]
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 404, f. 188v (upper right part of page)
Elizabeth Risely (PERSON15356)
Medical >Illness (general) (Illness)
Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Pain and pricking (Pain)
Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Dizzy and/or faint (Swooning)
Medical >Parts of the body>Head and neck (Head)
Medical >Parts of the body>Torso (Chest)
Medical >Symptoms (specified) (Constipation)
Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Sleep problems (Sleeplessness)
Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Burning and inflamed (Burning)
CASE22212: Horary consultation concerning Margaret Pegler (PERSON56484)
Question asked by the patient on 21 June 1630 at 11:45
RN Margaret Pegler of Bledington 30 y: Iune 21. ☾ h. 11. 25 \45/ ant m 1630.
had a vomyte wch wrought well. hath a great cough spitteth very thick grene stuffe almost a pint in 24 houres. is mutch wasted & cōsumed in her flesh.
[Astrological Chart]
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 238, f. 29r (bottom left part of page)