CASE76012: Decumbiture for Thomas Nichols (PERSON55464)
Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON41717) on 27 November 1632 at 09:00
RN Thomas Nichols \of litle Linford/ taken very strangly in his belly novēb 25. ☉ h. 3. p m 1632 |13 y|
[Astrological Chart]
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 214, p. 173 (upper right part of page)
CASE18726: Horary consultation concerning Catherine Jakeman (PERSON13168)
Question asked by Mr Robert Jakeman (PERSON13166) on 14 February 1603 at 10:50
RN The Mr Iackmans child |of billington| Katheron of 4 y. febr. 13 {sic} ☾ hor. 10. 50. ant m 1603. payned very strangly in her fundament as if it had some emrods or swelling wthin it
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 221, f. 314r, f. 313v (f. 314r bottom left, and f. 313v bottom right)
CASE51309: Horary consultation concerning Goody Gaynes (PERSON49708)
Question asked by the patient on 28 July 1620 at 16:00
RN Goody Robynson.
Goody Gaynes of Lowick 30 y Iuly 28 ♀ h. 4. p m 1620
quærit an sit gravida
strangly handled in her legs wch seeme to buckle vnder her
[Astrological Chart]
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 414, f. 128r (upper right, and bottom left parts of page)
CASE76529: Decumbiture for Elizabeth Baldwin (PERSON43290)
Question asked by the patient on 25 February 1633 at 18:20
RN Elis Baldyn first taken wth strang fits feb 22 ♀ h. 3 p m 1633 |ready to stangle {sic} \strangle/ her hart ill|
[Astrological Chart]
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 214, p. 329 (bottom left part of page)
CASE33140: Horary consultation concerning an Anonymous (PERSON26589)
Question asked by the patient on 28 March 1608 at 10:30
RN A womā of fanystratford strangly handled gyped {sic} belly casteth alwys eateth litle kind to Iohn Rutland Mach {sic} 28 ☾ h. 10 30 ant m 1608
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 229, f. 80v (upper right part of page)
CASE38113: Horary consultation concerning Richard Dudley (PERSON29934)
Question asked by the patient on 13 May 1611 at 05:25
RN Rich Dudley of Shenly. 48 y may 13. ☾ h. 5. 25 ant m 1611. /strangly taken by fits at hart lik as on pinched & gryped. fery stroken\
[Astrological Chart]
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 200, f. 96r (upper right part of page)
CASE50078: Horary consultation concerning Lydia Prior (PERSON34494)
Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON38766) on 22 December 1619 at 13:30
RN Will: P
Lyddy Pryour of Dunstable. 9. y Decēb 22. ☿ h. 1. 30 p m 1619
this child is strangly handled ever sinc it took her it rūneth into every te & when it cōmeth into her lips & throat then cānot speake but after it is gone sk\r/yketh. at others tymes lyfteth vp her bodye
[Astrological Chart]
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 213, f. 83v (upper right part of page)
CASE50256: Decumbiture for an Anonymous (PERSON38783)
Question asked by the patient on 7 February 1620 at 12:30
RN on fryday night about 12 of the clock was taken very strangly backe belly & every where as it were wth huc\coc/kes fryday & satterday night lay as on yt should dete
feb. 4. ♀ h. 12. at night
[Astrological Chart]
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 213, f. 127r (bottom right part of page)
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)
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)
CASE75286: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Grisel Barrat (PERSON43632)
Question asked by the patient on 14 August 1632 at 07:00
RN Mres D|G|rysell \Barret. of. {sic}/ of Benson in Oxf sheere 30. y Aug. 14 ♂ h. 7. ant m 1632. |a mayden| /vtū {sic} patitr veneficiū taken strangly in all her lims 11 weekes\
[Astrological Chart]
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 416, p. 374 (middle right part of page)
CASE53144: Horary consultation concerning Susan Neythercot (PERSON55423)
Question asked by Neythercot (PERSON55421) on 17 September 1621 at 13:00
RN Susan Neythercot for a litle child \of Moulton/ a yere & a halfe old sept. 17 ☾ h. 1. p m. 162i hath smale vse of her Lims. & hath strange fits of crying & it will clutch her hands thought to be pospessed {sic}./ pater sine cōsensu./
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 231, f. 99r (bottom right part of page)
CASE13804: Horary consultation concerning Richard Carter (PERSON10352)
Question asked by the patient on 3 June 1603 at 13:30
RN Rich Carter of Althrop \Sr/ |Iohns Spence\r/s man.| 32 y. Iune 3. ♀ hor. 1. 30 p m. 1603.12
[Astrological Chart]
Notes:
1 ‘piles. hed bottom of his belly’ in chart
2 ‘Rich Carter swounded stranglye.’ in the right margin
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 197, f. 42v (bottom left part of page)
CASE12643: Horary consultation concerning Joan Long (PERSON13758)
Question asked by the patient on 5 September 1599 at 06:45
RN Ione Longe of Astwood 20. y. taken yesterday in her bodye after a strange maner. yt shee cannot make water greeepeth {sic} her bellye & cryeth wth it & cannot sleepe. Septemb. 5. die ☿ h. 6. 45. ant m. 1599. /her fathers servant gote her wth Child but her fathr would not let him marry her./\
[Astrological Chart]
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 194v (upper left part of page)
CASE51685: Interrogation (Medical episode) concerning Sir Thomas Myddelton [the son] (PERSON33214)
Question asked by Lady Myddelton [Mary Sandy [Napier]] (PERSON25254) on 16 October 1620 at 07:00
RN my lady Mydleton her husb. water sine consensu octob. 16: ☾ h. 7. ant m 1620.
Sr Thomas taken wth a strang fit & passion of the splene & stone octob. 15. ☉ h. 10. \9. 30/ p m. 1620.1
[Astrological Chart]
Notes:
1 ‘stone fit & splene’ in chart
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 414, f. 205r (upper left part of page)
CASE28547: Horary consultation concerning Henry Fisher (PERSON11750)
Question asked by the patient on 8 April 1605 at 07:30
RN Henry Fishr 40 y my man will. vnckle Apr 8. {h}|☾| hor. 7. 30 ant m. 1605. brought again his water. being not well. |metuit veneficiū|1
[Astrological Chart]
Notes:
1 ‘strāgly handled hed harte backe. a cold temples gydy headed’ in chart
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 216, f. 28r (upper right part of page)
CASE12234: Horary consultation concerning John Windmill (PERSON17222)
Question asked by Windmill (PERSON17233) on 10 April 1599 at 07:00
RN Iohn Windmill of Yardly Gubbin a twelmoneth old & as mutch as candelmas the sunday after candlemas. came & brought her Child yt was payned in the body & had divers fi strange fits. but before it tooke it had a fit of an ague before it. not v this beating & panting began on friday night wth a quivering & shakings of the belly & armes Apr. 10. die ♂ h. 7. ant m. 1599 goeth had|r|d to grounde cryeth
[Astrological Chart]
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 125r (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 affliction Witchcraft 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))
CASE33721: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Anne Carpenter (PERSON10335)
Question asked by the patient on 12 July 1608 at 12:15
RN Mres Carpentr of Parsnā 40 y Iuly. 12 ♂ h. 12. 15 p m 1608: strangly taken & vexed wth a tertian ague had onc an Impostume cut out of her syde by Dr Ashworthe
[Astrological Chart]
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 229, f. 153v (bottom left, and bottom right parts of page)
CASE62873: Decumbiture for Agnes [Anne] West (PERSON61455)
Question asked by the patient on 5 October 1626 at 10:30
RN An West \of Olny/ suddenly taken sept 24: ☉ h. 6. 30 p m. 1626. /francis Gaudorne & his sister susp. Katherin Chardge now Sterling would fome at her mouth wth strang f{its} of {weake} {illeg}\
[Astrological Chart]
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 224, f. 304r (middle left part of page)