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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
CASE21915: Horary consultation concerning an Anonymous (PERSON18701)
Question asked by Mr Tyrringham (PERSON18812) on 13 January 1605 at 09:00
RN Mr Tyrringhās mead of Tyrringhā 24 y Ian. 13 ☉ h. 9. ant m 1605. suffocat matricis strange fits eithr of mothr or apop. litharg.1
[Astrological Chart]
Notes:
1‘
sleepy. Lethargye
speachles skreameth only
’ in chart
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 415, f. 214r (upper right part of page)
Mr Tyrringham (PERSON18812)Anonymous (PERSON18701)
Medical >Parts of the body >Torso (Womb, matrix, mother)
Medical >Witchcraft and devil (Strange affliction)
Medical >Illnesses (named) (Apoplexy)
Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Fits and convulsions (Fits)
Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Sleep problems (Sleepiness)
Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Speech problems (Cannot speak)
CASE71180: Horary consultation concerning Frances Erpe (PERSON48583) and Thomas Smith (PERSON59066)
Question asked by Frances Erpe (PERSON48583) between 1 January 1631 at 11:20 and 3 January 1631 at 09:45
RN Thomas Smyth a boy tongue tyed twice or thrice cut: cānot speake
francis Erpe his mother an ach in her back going into her belly & casteth cleere water onc or twice a day & at other tyms
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 232, p. 43 (upper right part of page)
CASE66410: Horary consultation concerning Mr John Evans (PERSON48613) and Anonymous (PERSON40698)
Question asked by Mr John Evans (PERSON48613) on 19 June 1628 at 18:00
RN {I}ohn Evans of the Mynrys in London Iue {sic} 19 ♃ h. 6 p m. 1628
writeth for a gent mā
first vnfoldeth his owne greefe how he is wrōged & cosened of all yt he hath & therby he his wife & childrē broght to great want & misery craveth my Counsell & instruction
Also writeth in the behalfe of a gentlemā yt having taken an extreme cold & prsently an exceeding greefe for the Death of his wife & {th}erby cast Downe into sicknes & mutch melancholy of a sanguyne cōplexion his sicknes & melancholy is mutch abated & now his voice is almost Lost yt he s cānot {sic} \on cānot/ spea heare on \him/ that speaketh {sic} \to speake/ a yard of
cōplayneth of something about the pit of his throate his voice is only low & weake but not troubled wth any fault in noncing but cleere inough every where no physick but cōplayneth of the coldnes of his stomack & head & sone {sic} stoppage about the begying of his nose cold flegme & cold head & defect in hearing hath 2 great manyscripts of physick yt he is Desyrous I should vse craveth vnder god my consayle for the frind his gentleman
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 405, f. 80r (upper left part of page)
Mr John Evans (PERSON48613)Anonymous (PERSON40698)
Personal affairs>Business affairs (Finance and property)
Personal affairs (Personal counsel and advice)
Medical >Illnesses (named) (Took a cold)
Medical >Diseases of the mind (Grief (passions)Melancholy)
Medical >Illness (general) (Sickness)
Medical >Symptoms (specified) (Speech problems )
Medical >Parts of the body >Head and neck (Throat and mouthHeadNose)
Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Fevers, chills and sweating (Cold)
Medical >Parts of the body >Torso (Stomach)
CASE15761: Horary consultation concerning Elizabeth Hayes (PERSON12687) and Hayes (PERSON12686)
Question asked by Elizabeth Hayes (PERSON12687) on 18 October 1603 at 09:50
GJ Elsabeth Hayes of Turvy 43 y Octob. 18 ♂ ho. 9. 50 a m. 1603. |wind in the stomacke.| A dry Cough An Itche and as it were a dry scurfe. Hath a Childe of 2 yeere old sucking on her, the childe very poore & will take nothing but the brest can neither go nor speake: borne the saturday fortnight after midsomer 1601 betwene 8 & 9 at night quiet in the day but very vnquiett all night. very cold, swelled in the body of late. the mother nunquā habuit menstrua since she had this child.
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 207, f. 150r (bottom left part of page)
Elizabeth Hayes (PERSON12687)Hayes (PERSON12686)
Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Wind (Wind)
Medical >Parts of the body >Torso (Stomach)
Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Respiratory problems (Cough)
Medical >Symptoms (specified) (Itch)
Medical >Parts of the body >Whole body (Skin)
Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Lame, numb or paralysed (Cannot walk)
Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Speech problems (Cannot speak)
Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Fevers, chills and sweating (Cold)
Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Bloating and swelling (Swelling)