CASE66645: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Elizabeth Brudenell (PERSON45085)
Question asked by Mrs Mary Throckmorton [Old Mrs Throckmorton] (PERSON60154) and Young Mrs Mary Throckmorton (PERSON60153) on 21 July 1628 at 15:00
RN An {Ancient} gentlewomā frō Weston broght to me mightely troubled in her head & eys red hot & cholerick terms also stopt Iuly 21. ☾ h. 3 p m. 1628 |Mres Elis Brudnell 40 y. Iuly 21.| |old Mres Throck & the young brought her to me|
[Astrological Chart]
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 405, f. 118r (upper left, and upper right parts of page)
CASE53472: Horary consultation concerning Elizabeth Abbot (PERSON42415) and Anonymous (PERSON39367)
Question asked by Elizabeth Abbot (PERSON42415) and Anonymous (PERSON39367) on 10 January 1622 at 12:45
RN Two of women of Bedford on for a great Hoarsnes Ian {illeg}|1|0 ♃ h. 12. 30 p m. 1622.
Elis Abbat of Bedford for her long hoarsnes. Ian. 10 ♃ h. 12. 45 p m 1622.
Thother for a great cough & bad longues now also for legs & arms yt have no feeling.
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 231, f. 165v (upper right part of page)
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)
CASE50666: Horary consultation concerning Mr Dr James [Justice of the Peace] (PERSON52432)
Question asked by Mrs James (PERSON52439) on 20 April 1620 at 15:20
RN D Iames of Oxford st|ran|gly {sic} \straungly/ taken wth a palsye on the left syde of the face hand & leg taken at church & great red blatches in t|H|is fac & bodye & his ey swelling & f|H|is face a yere before & sinc he contenting certen sup witches & on being acquitted he felt his strange stitch on his s {sic} left syde by fits he supposeth yt the womā susp for a witch but quitted by the Iudges did hurte him the 24 of feb. ☾ sep a □ ♄ ap ☌ ♂ yt night at sup first taken. had his first fit after he talked wth mr Rob. Conye. feb 18. in ye after noone his first fit but his worst fit the 24 of feb when the sup witch was acquitted/
Mres Iames mentioned Mr Doctor Iames |of oxford| Ap. 20 ♃ h. 3. 20 p m. 1620 /she related all at this tyme/\
[Astrological Chart]
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 414, f. 5r (upper left, and upper right parts of page)
Mrs James (PERSON52439)Mr Dr James [Justice of the Peace] (PERSON52432)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Lame, numb or paralysed (Palsy)
Medical >Parts of the body>Head and neck (FaceEyes)
Medical >Parts of the body>Limbs and joints (HandsLegs)
Medical >Parts of the body>Whole body (Skin)
Medical >Parts of the body>Torso (TorsoSide(s))
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Bloating and swelling (Swelling)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Gripings, gnawings and stitches (Stitch)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Fits and convulsions (Fits)
Medical >Witchcraft and devil (Witchcraft suffered (medical))
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)
CASE60502: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Margaret Beale (PERSON43837)
Question asked by the patient, Mrs Beale (PERSON43831), Mrs Bridgetta Pix (PERSON14971) and Mrs Pix (PERSON56838) on 23 May 1625 at 12:15
RN Mres Marg Beale tuesd 2 of mach {sic}. 2. May 23 ☾ h. 12. 15 p m. 1625. /was prsent wth her mother & mres Pix & mes pix her daughter\
[Astrological Chart]
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 217, f. 99v (upper right part of page)
CASE57509: Horary consultation concerning Lady Elizabeth Neville [Old Lady Neville] (PERSON55286) and Mrs Anne Key [Neville] (PERSON52859)
Question asked by Lady Elizabeth Neville [Old Lady Neville] (PERSON55286) and Mrs Anne Key [Neville] (PERSON52859) on 17 December 1623 at 18:00
RN The Lady Neavell of Leycester 63|4| y Decēb 17. ☿ h. 6 p m 1623.
[Astrological Chart]
Wheathr good to vse scurvy grasse/ her Daughtr Mres Kays not somutch troubled wth melanch as before but yet still troubled wth wynd & payne in her stomacke/
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 413, f. 43v (upper left part 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)
CASE69872: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Joan Leavens (PERSON53578)
Question asked by the patient on 23 December 1629 at 16:40
RN Ioane Leavins of Imly 22 y a wench Decēb 23. ☿ h. 5 \4. 40/. p. m 16291
[Astrological Chart]
her secreat places burne exceedingly & swell wth sutch payne yt she cā hardly make water & yet maketh very litle
hath a Droutch yt nothing well quench her thirst
hath a hot & a dry liver & a cold stomack
craveth a cooling playster for her liver hath 2 dig
wheathr she shall vse her cels of pouder every day or othr day cānot make water/
Notes:
1 ‘2 fig’ in the left margin
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 194, p. 24 (upper left, and upper right parts of page)
CASE68382: Horary consultation concerning Joan Davis (PERSON47620)
Question asked by the patient on 5 May 1629 at 15:30
RN Ioane Davis of Olny 43|7| 47 y may 5 ♂ h. 3. 30 p m. 1629 /nose blystering & sore\ /head ill legs broken out & Issuing\1
[Astrological Chart]
Notes:
1 ‘rūing Issue’ in chart
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 407, f. 180v (upper left, and middle right parts of page)
CASE64418: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Elizabeth Marsh (PERSON14007) and Margaret Abbot [Marsh] (PERSON54311) and Catherine (PERSON42330)
Question asked by Mrs Elizabeth Marsh (PERSON14007), Margaret Abbot [Marsh] (PERSON54311) and Catherine (PERSON42330) on 9 August 1627 at 14:00
RN my Cosen marsh the older 52 y Aug 9 ♃ h. 2. p m 1627
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 227, f. 183r (upper left part of page)
CASE64289: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Elizabeth Marsh (PERSON14007)
Question asked by the patient on 17 July 1627 at 17:00
RN my deere Cosen she Marsh sent vnto me Iuly 17. ♂ h. 5. p m. 1627. /deus benedicat Cognatæ meæ\
[Astrological Chart]
\no good of ye oyntnent {sic}/ her head ill & mutch payned, the vayns in her tēples swelled & arme so weake yt she cānot vse it & the vaynes be sore to her foote
extremely payned
desyrous to have williā Rufhead to let her blood
would have something to incease {sic} good blood
desyrous to know when to send her coach.
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 227, f. 164r (upper right part of page)
Mrs Elizabeth Marsh (PERSON14007)
Medical >Parts of the body>Head and neck (Head)
Medical >Illness (general) (Illness)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Pain and pricking (Pain)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Bloating and swelling (Swelling)
Medical >Parts of the body>Limbs and joints (ArmsFeet)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Lame, numb or paralysed (Cannot use part)
CASE65305: Horary consultation concerning Goody Mary Brewer (PERSON44769)
Question asked by the patient on 4 February 1628 at 09:00
RN Mary Bruer of this towne 36 y feb. 4. ☾ h. 9 ant m 1628
Is lame in all her body & her |left| kne swelled & foot & is lame in it cōplayneth of her backe & syde & is desyrous to be let blood great wth child quickened at St Thomas
[Astrological Chart]
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 410, f. 90v (upper right part of page)
CASE50293: Horary consultation concerning Mr Pedder (PERSON34163)
Question asked by Mrs Susan Pedder (PERSON24871) on 12 February 1620 at 18:00
RN Mres Pedder for her husb. plexed wth greefe for certen writings cōmitted to Mr Nichols sonne & cānot sleepe to crave my counsell feb 12 h {sic} hor 6 p m 16201
[Astrological Chart]
Notes:
1 ‘mightely troubled in mynde cānot sleepe’ in chart
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 213, f. 134r (upper right part of page)
CASE52066: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Dorothy Brograve (PERSON44916)
Question asked by the patient on 22 February 1621 at 14:00
RN Mres Brograve of Braffyn in Hartfordsheere hard by Putchkinge 40|5| y feb. 22 ♃ h. 2. p m 162i
[Astrological Chart]
hed gydie full of melancholy would know what tyme best for physick & wheathr she should come over. & craveth my prayers
would have to be cast & made the 24 of feb some S of ♄. a f{ur} & more here after
wth a note of there vertues & what certenty of there effects & ve oatus would know the best tyes {sic} for S of ♃ & & the worst tyes {sic} a fit tyme to come vnto me
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 233, f. 64v (upper left, middle centre, bottom left, and bottom right parts of page)
CASE53661: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Thomasin Gray [Old Mrs Gray] (PERSON50270) and Ellen [Eleanor] Lattyn (PERSON53402) and Lady Kniveton (PERSON53180)
Question asked by Mrs Thomasin Gray [Old Mrs Gray] (PERSON50270) on 7 March 1622 at 09:30
RN Mres Gray of Hincksworth. 56 y march 7 ♃ h. 9. 30 ant m. 1622.
is was mended of her leg & the swelling but then her head & eys were ill but sinc of late it brake agayne is prty well amended her leg i {sic} Issueth blod & hath always so done. |x y sinc had a bloody water./|
would know wheathr the humour be hot.
And wheathr an Issue will doe her serv. \nell/ good & when. craveth no physick but m|b|y ridgmont.
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 223, f. 16r (upper left part of page)
CASE50339: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Goodwine (PERSON31049)
Question asked by the patient on 29 February 1620 at 09:40
RW Mris Godwine of Cardington. y. 39. d. ♂ h: 9. 40 ant: m: Feb: 29. 1620. hath had a cold 3 weekꝭ: & a great cough: wch settled to her right |left| side: but is removed frō thence: Cryeth out of her heart: & sayth it swimmeth in water: is much plexed & troubled. cannot sleepe nor take rest for 4 nights now togither. her stomacke is so ill that she can not take anie thinge but posset ale & broths.
[Astrological Chart]
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 213, f. 138v (upper right part of page)
CASE52069: Horary consultation concerning Constance Marks (PERSON54287)
Question asked by the patient on 24 February 1621 at 09:30
RN Constanc Markes of North Crowly. 22 y febr. 24. h {sic} hor. 9. 30 ant m 162i
hath thē not well normally heretofore but not sinc Whitsondtyde had thē. pyneth cōsumeth cougheth a gydynes a long sore scouring |back ill|
[Astrological Chart]
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 233, f. 65v (upper left part of page)
CASE52244: Decumbiture for Catherine Green (PERSON50322)
Question asked by the patient on 3 April 1621 at 15:00
RN Katherine Grene /25\ first taken wth \it tooke/ an arising frō her stomack ready to stop her wynd Martij 7. ☿ h. 11. p m 162i |is so sick yt she cā take no rest.|
It tooke her in her hart & left sy right & short ribs pricking like needles. |suckleth a child halfe a yere old|
[Astrological Chart]
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 233, f. 102v (bottom left part of page)
CASE53723: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Susan Kirkland [Foster] (PERSON20095)
Question asked by the patient on 18 March 1622 at 16:00
RN Mres foster {illeg}|o|f newp 23 y march. 18 ☾ h. 4 p m. 1622 /a huzzing in head like rayne wth a gydynes a bad back flushing heat on the left syde of her head\
[Astrological Chart]
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 223, f. 26v (bottom left part of page)