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)
CASE11901: Horary consultation concerning Goody Elizabeth Buckingham [Honour] (PERSON10131)
Question asked by Goodman Honour (PERSON12882) on 27 December 1598 at 08:45
RN Goodman Honour of Newport for his wife who hath bene longe sick & is nowe very exceeding ill h {sic} as her husband telleth me. hanc male suspicantr de veneficio
Elisabeth Buckingham. Otherwise Honour about 50. a great pulling in her left syde wc maketh her to Crye/
shee is not able to styrre no meate will tary wth her. shee goeth not onc in a sennet to ground very costive & mutch bounde. 27 of Decēb. die ☿ h. 8. 45. ant m. 1598. /complayneth of her hart chest left arme.\
[Astrological Chart]
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 72r (upper right part of page)
Goodman Honour (PERSON12882)Goody Elizabeth Buckingham [Honour] (PERSON10131)
Medical >Illness (general) (SicknessIllness)
Medical >Witchcraft and devil (Witchcraft suffered (medical) )
Medical >Parts of the body >Torso (Side(s)HeartChest)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Pain and pricking (Pulling)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Eating and drinking problems (Cannot eat)
CASE12251: Horary consultation concerning Mr Edward Pen (PERSON14841)
Question asked by the patient on 19 April 1599 at 14:50
RN Edward Pen of Stony stratford 35 a ma{a{r}|l|efisenc} cōplayneth of his lims. at 2. 50 mi. p m. 1599.
[Astrological Chart]
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 128r (upper right part of page)
CASE12887: Horary consultation concerning Thomas Leedes (PERSON13682)
Question asked by the patient on 10 December 1599 at 11:00
RN Thomas Leades an old man that dwelleth in Stonystratf. & vseth to sell aquavitæ. lyeth at his hart pit ever sinc satterday night & is as a thing that heaveth & sucketh on him & maketh him that he cannot rest day nor night. & {sic} wilbe rept if he dre & would be rept a live if I would counsell him thervnto. looketh very pale & cōsumed Decēbr. 10. hor die ☾ h 11. ant m. 1599. ter nuptus.
[Astrological Chart]
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 236r (upper right, and bottom left parts of page)
CASE12053: Horary consultation concerning Jane Bacchus (PERSON9332)
Question asked by Richard Bacchus (PERSON17662) on 12 March 1599 at 08:56
RN Iane Bachouse of Hansloppe 7 yeres old. sick this twelfmoneth. cōplayneth in her bodye aches in her lims. pined away. speaketh very hartely & eateth her meate well. hath a great laske for this 2 moneths Marche 12 die ☾ h. 8. 56. ant m. cōplayneth of her hart & brest 1599. her lims will hardly beare her.
[Astrological Chart]
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 98v (upper right part of page)
Richard Bacchus (PERSON17662)Jane Bacchus (PERSON9332)
Medical >Illness (general) (Sickness)
Medical >Parts of the body >Limbs and joints (Limbs)
Medical >Parts of the body >Torso (TorsoHeartChest)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Wasting (Pining)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Diarrhoea and bloody flux (Lask)
Medical >Witchcraft and devil (Witchcraft suffered (medical) )
CASE12546: Horary consultation concerning Jays [Joyce] Johnson (PERSON13249)
Question asked by the patient on 19 August 1599 at 16:45
RN Aug. 18 die ♄ Iays Iansone of Cosgrave 50 y. Aug. 19. die ☉ h. 4. 45. an p m. 1599 a payne in her harte & body & troubled wth winde / lyeth in her syde.
[Astrological Chart]
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 179r (upper right part of page)
CASE12696: Horary consultation concerning William Seer (PERSON15703)
Question asked by the patient on 14 September 1599 at 11:12
RN Will. Seer of Havershā 60 y. 53. y. for his Lamenes & leg wc rūneth & payneth him on hys syd. Septemb. 14 die ♀ h. 11. 12. 1599
[Astrological Chart]
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 202v (upper right part of page)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Lame, numb or paralysed (Lameness)
Medical >Parts of the body >Limbs and joints (Legs)
Medical >Parts of the body >Whole body (Skin)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Pain and pricking (Pain)
Medical >Parts of the body >Torso (Side(s))
Medical >Witchcraft and devil (Witchcraft suffered (medical) )
CASE12068: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Godstowe (PERSON12208)
Question asked by the patient on 13 March 1599 at 12:00
RN Mres Godstowe morbo. March. 13. a very good water. troubled wth exceeding heate. about he {sic} stomack & hart & cannot take any rest. Martij 13. die ♂ h. 12. 1599. veretr \metuit/ venef. sore pluckt & pulled. Russ{e}
[Astrological Chart]
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 101r (bottom left part of page)
CASE12083: Horary consultation concerning William Loveles (PERSON13804)
Question asked by the patient on 15 March 1599 at 09:00
RN Williā Lovely of Newport 60. greeped & tormented at the harte ready to make him selfe away & of his brest: the 15 of Martij die ♃. h. 9 metuit venefic: 1599 hed & face swelleth.
[Astrological Chart]
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 103r (bottom left part of page)
Medical >Parts of the body >Torso (HeartChest)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Gripings, gnawings and stitches (Griping)
Medical >Diseases of the mind (Tempted and suicidal)
Medical >Parts of the body >Head and neck (HeadFace)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Bloating and swelling (Swelling)
Medical >Witchcraft and devil (Witchcraft suffered (medical) )
CASE11811: Decumbiture for Margaret Fowler (PERSON11895)
Question asked by the patient on 18 November 1598 at 11:20
RN Margaret fowler of Newport of 30 yeres old. sick a longe time about his|er| hart & every ioynt & a great payne in her hed of long time. {t}|c|omplayned on thursdaye last
Margaret fowler of Newport vnmaried of 40 30 yeres old sick a long time in hed hed {sic} & hart & hath a great reume come over her eyes for this longe time complayneth sinc thursday last about 12 at midnight. die ♃ novemb 16. die ♃. h. 12. at midnight 1598. they feare lest shee be bewitched of H.
[Partial Astrological Chart]
[Astrological Chart]
Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 228, f. 54r-v (f. 54r bottom right, and f. 54v upper left)
Medical >Parts of the body >Torso (Heart)
Medical >Parts of the body >Limbs and joints (Joints)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Pain and pricking (Pain)
Medical >Parts of the body >Head and neck (HeadEyes)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Rheumy (Rheum)
Medical >Witchcraft and devil (Witchcraft suffered (medical) )
CASE11782: Horary consultation concerning Agnes [Anne] Miller (PERSON14177)
Question asked by the patient on 7 November 1598 at 15:00
RN Agnes Miller of Newport sick ever sinc Miklemas. 30 yeres old troubled wth fleume wth a quivering & trembling in her body as it were wth a palsye. wth a gret rising in her stomacke hed novemb. 7. die ♂ h p. m. 3. a whitish water before it was turned full of heres spotꝭ & dregs thin & yellowish
[Astrological Chart]
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 48v (upper left part of page)
Agnes [Anne] Miller (PERSON14177)
Medical >Illness (general) (Sickness)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Respiratory problems (Respiratory phlegm)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Fevers, chills and sweating (Shivering)
Medical >Parts of the body >Torso (Stomach)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Nausea and vomiting (Rising)
Medical >Parts of the body >Head and neck (Head)
Medical >Witchcraft and devil (Witchcraft suffered (medical) )
CASE11755: Horary consultation concerning Thomas Travell (PERSON16536)
Question asked by the patient on 18 October 1598 at 14:09
RN Thomas Travell of Hanslop. 60 yeres old enquireth wheathr he be worded. the for his sore hand. wc stinketh & wasteth. the 5 of August: being ♄. morning: /: he cane {sic} & enquired. this i8 of octob. die ☿ h. 2. 9. post m. 1598 /die ☿\
[Astrological Chart]
Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 228, f. 43v (upper right part of page)
CASE12123: Horary consultation concerning Jasper Gadstone (PERSON12018)
Question asked by the patient on 22 March 1599 at 10:15
RN Gespr Gadstone of Sawcy forrest 55. wheathr bespoken or no of Ione Dustin. \vnmaried & her Aunt/ Dodslyes wife. for his finger prickt wth a naile a nale thorough the finger sore ranckled. Martij 22 die ♃ h. 10. 15. 1599.
[Astrological Chart]
Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 228, f. 109r (upper left part of page)
CASE11891: Horary consultation concerning William Seer (PERSON15703)
Question asked by the patient on 21 December 1598 at 12:45
RN Will: Seere of haversham. 53 yeres old sitteth vp by the fier, very stiffe & hardly to {ground} onc in 24 houres complayneth of his body & lims & legs most in on of his sides all over his left syde ever sinc March last: first amisse not able to goe over the Dore threshall. sinc Alhalloutide. sent his wife to me Decēb. 21. die ♃. h. 12. 45. 1598. on of his legs the left wonderfully swelled. a very diseased body & hath had a greate cough.1
[Astrological Chart]
Notes:
1 ‘feare lest he be beworded’ in chart
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 70v (upper left part of page)
Medical >Illness (general) (AmissDisease)
Medical >Parts of the body >Limbs and joints (LimbsLegs)
Medical >Parts of the body >Torso (TorsoSide(s))
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Bloating and swelling (Swelling)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Respiratory problems (Cough)
Medical >Witchcraft and devil (Witchcraft suffered (medical) )
CASE11889: Horary consultation concerning Ursula Thorpe (PERSON16425)
Question asked by Mr Michael Hipwell (PERSON12796) on 21 December 1598 at 09:15
RN vrsula Thorpe of Stony stratford keepeth the bull. hipwell vnkle vnto Thorpe 32 yeres old sick ever sinc mikelmas goeth abroade. Dece {sic} sent by Mr Olivr Barker. for his wife sister is her mothr in frendship & kindred Doubteth wheathr shee be bewitched & hath a canker in her tongue & tented shee hath an ill stomacke & spitteth putrifyed bloode. Decēbr. 2i. die ♃. h. 9. 15. ant m. 1598.
[Astrological Chart]
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 70r (upper left part of page)
Mr Michael Hipwell (PERSON12796)Ursula Thorpe (PERSON16425)
Medical >Symptoms (specified) (Spitting blood)
Medical >Parts of the body >Head and neck (Throat and mouth)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Lesions and abscesses (Canker)
Medical >Parts of the body >Torso (Stomach)
Medical >Illness (general) (Illness)
Medical >Witchcraft and devil (Witchcraft suffered (medical) )
CASE12847: Horary consultation concerning Elizabeth Carter (PERSON10361)
Question asked by the patient on 26 November 1599 at 10:15
RN Elisab Carter of Cranfild 43 y. 14 y sinc had a childe novemb. 26. die ☾ h. 10. 15 ant m. 1599 never well sinc shee bred two twins & on dyed. /payned in her brest.\
[Astrological Chart]
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 229r (middle, bottom left, and bottom right parts of page)
CASE11853: Horary consultation concerning John [Joan] Malins (PERSON13880)
Question asked by Goody Joan Malins (PERSON13903) on 7 December 1598 at 15:30
RN Iohn Malins a yere & a quarter lacking a fortnight as it were pined in all her lims & bodye hed a poer bare creature. cannot sleepe not at any time in a moneth or fortnight but crye and Drinke mater adduxit se{cū} filiolā veretr ne sit maleficio vl veneficio afflictus. Decēb. 7. die ♃ hor. 3. 30. mi. 1598 very short winded.
[Astrological Chart]
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 62v (upper right part of page)
Goody Joan Malins (PERSON13903)John [Joan] Malins (PERSON13880)
Medical >Parts of the body >Head and neck (Head)
Medical >Parts of the body >Limbs and joints (Limbs)
Medical >Parts of the body >Torso (Torso)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Wasting (Pining)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Sleep problems (Sleeplessness)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Respiratory problems (Short winded)
Medical >Witchcraft and devil (Witchcraft suffered (medical) )
CASE12231: Horary consultation concerning Robert Kent (PERSON13316)
Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON17677) on 9 April 1599 at 10:30
RN Robart Kent of Walton 2 yeres old. on friday afore Christmas. about 11. 30. mi. consumed to nothing had a bunch vppon his thiges {sic} broken out & pined any face the best t of him. Ap. 9. die ☾. h. 10. 25|30|. mi 1599. cannot stande. nor goe very well. it doth cough. Katherine Parkins gave thē hard wordes.
[Astrological Chart]
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 124v (bottom, bottom left, and bottom right parts of page)
Anonymous (PERSON17677)Robert Kent (PERSON13316)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Wasting (Consumed)
Medical >Parts of the body >Limbs and joints (Thighs)
Medical >Symptoms (specified) (Lumps)
Medical >Parts of the body >Whole body (Skin)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Lame, numb or paralysed (Cannot walkCannot stand)
Medical >Witchcraft and devil (Witchcraft suffered (medical) )
CASE12475: Horary consultation concerning John Robinson [Riddy] (PERSON15387)
Question asked by Robinson (PERSON15398) on 17 May 1599 at 10:30
RN Iohn Robinson of Astwood very sick this monethe of 6 yeres cōplayneth of his harte very white & pale & leane growen wth it. Asc: may the 17 die ♃ h. 10. 30. ant m. 1599. mater filio. sine consensu |Elisabeth Burgo a maide to bespeake it. 6 {sic} of 60. kept of almes.|
[Astrological Chart]
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 166r (upper left 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))