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))
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))
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))
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)
CASE27980: Horary consultation concerning Horace Nichols (PERSON20403)
Question asked by the patient on 16 August 1606 at 12:00
RN horas nichols of Halsone 56 y Aug 16 ♄ hor. 12 1606
an ach in right shoulder & arme all along as benūmed
[Astrological Chart]
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 215, f. 250r (bottom left, and bottom right parts of page)
CASE53497: Horary consultation concerning Mary Bonner (PERSON44426)
Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON39370) on 23 January 1622 at 12:00
RW Mary Bonner of Flitton y. 9. d. ☿ h: 0. Ianuar: 23. 1622. much swelled in her head & face: & her belly sometimes. scoureth much
[Astrological Chart]
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 231, f. 170r (bottom left part of page)
CASE30418: Horary consultation concerning Joan Woodward (PERSON26162)
Question asked by the patient on 3 January 1607 at 12:00
RN Ione Woodwarde of Hardmead 50 y Ian 3. {illeg}|♄| hor 12. in m. 1607.
lame in her backe loynes. feetes. cānot sty{rre}1
[Astrological Chart]
Notes:
1 ‘lame in her ioyntes’ in chart
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 193, f. 44v (upper right part of page)
CASE21258: Horary consultation concerning Marian Web (PERSON16903)
Question asked by the patient on 12 July 1604 at 09:30
RN maryon web 20 y Iuly 12. ♃. hor. 9. 30 ant m 1604.
faynt & feeble. stomacke. can not eate any thing
[Astrological Chart]
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 415, f. 107r (upper left part of page)
CASE63759: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Millicent [Villicent] Sanders [Temple] (PERSON58245)
Question asked by the patient on 25 April 1627 at 14:30
RN Mres Millecent Sainders sister to Sr Thomas Temple at Brisworth. 5 myles beyond North Hāpton 58 y Ap. 25. ☿ h. 2. 30 p m 1627
had a fall frō a horse 6 weekes a goe frō a horse by wch her hucklebone was set out of ioynt
Then it was set by Mr Hayles & cōtinued so a fortnight & then Allen of Leycestersheere in Norton put it better in being not well set & she found ease by it a fortnight & mended and about a ten days sinc she cōplayned of it yt she could not styrr Knee nor foote. /& her Knees & toes stand ever sinc outward\1
[Astrological Chart]
Notes:
1 ‘hucklebone out of ioynt was set cānot styr her knee’ in chart
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 227, f. 78v (upper left, and bottom right parts of page)
CASE75830: Decumbiture for John Flacke (PERSON49065)
Question asked by the patient on 2 November 1632 at 08:00
RN Iohn Flack of Winbish taken & tormented in his right thigh rūning vp to his tongue & head b. {sic} Sept 22 h 12. 30 p m 1632. 60 y
[Astrological Chart]
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 214, p. 117 (upper left part 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)
CASE64425: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Margaret Smith (PERSON35539)
Question asked by the patient on 10 August 1627 at 09:00
RN Margaret Smyth. of Broughton 43 y Aug. 10. ♀. h. 9 ant m. 1627 |hath an ague every day sinc christmas|
strangly taken wth a rising at her hart likely to swound sa a knife & feareth to see a knife & trēbleth at it.
[Astrological Chart]
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 227, f. 185r (upper left part of page)
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))
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)
CASE28358: Horary consultation concerning Anthony Chandler (PERSON19243)
Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON21458) and Anonymous (PERSON21459) on 11 March 1605 at 08:00
RN Anthony Chaundler of drayton sloe 14 y martij 11. ☾ h 8 \7. 30/ ant m. 1605. taken lame in his armes & legs. yt he can not goe hath no feeling of his armes. on of his legs begyn to swell1
[Astrological Chart]
Notes:
1 ‘metuit veneficiū’ in chart
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 216, f. 1v (upper right part of page)
Anonymous (PERSON21458)Anonymous (PERSON21459)Anthony Chandler (PERSON19243)
CASE69055: Horary consultation concerning William Tomkins (PERSON60265) and Francis Tomkins (PERSON60257) and Marge Tomkins (PERSON60281)
Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON40971) on 25 July 1629 at 12:40
RN William Tomkins \9 y cānot feed him selfe toucheth his hands & legs evr sinc Easter./ Francis Tomkins 17 y {sic} |7 y| a boye Marg. Tomkins 14. y.
Williā Tomkins was stroken suddenly. lame in all his lims & cā speake but a litle yt on cā scarce vnderstand & when he goeth he rūneth as on yt should light on his head all halloutyde the weddensday after Alhalloutyde was 4 y. hath bene thick of hearing a weeke & curst wth all.
his right arme as stiffe as a stake came all to me at onc Iuly 25 h {sic} hor. 12. 40 p m 1629 All of thē prsent
[Astrological Chart]
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 406, f. 111r (upper left part of page)
Anonymous (PERSON40971)William Tomkins (PERSON60265)Francis Tomkins (PERSON60257)Marge Tomkins (PERSON60281)
Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Lame, numb or paralysed (Lameness)
Medical >Parts of the body >Limbs and joints (LimbsArms)
Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Speech problems (Speech problems)
Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Hearing problems (Hearing)
Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Stooped, bent or stiff (Stiffness)
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))
CASE18754: Horary consultation concerning Mr Piggot (PERSON14917) and Mr George Piggot (PERSON14922)
Question asked by Mr Piggot (PERSON14917) on 5 January 1601 at 08:54 or at 09:00 or at 09:30
RN Mr Pigget of lathbury for him selfe & his brothr.
Mr George of Bechapton
prior habet hemeroydes. altr vniursalē debilitate corp. me{illeg}|{tu}|s venef. Ian. 5 die ☾ h. 8. 4|5|4. ant m. 1600 {sic} hor. 9. {illeg}|h|or. 9. 30. ant m.
[Astrological Chart]
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 404, f. 2v (upper left part of page)
CASE70277: Horary consultation concerning Anne Bignell (PERSON44149)
Question asked by the patient on 19 March 1630 at 11:00
Anne Bignell of Eaton 19. y. mart. 19. ♀. h. 11. ant m. 1630
A riseinge vp vnto her throate, is in Labour, her rekoninge out a monthe Since, is strangly handled in her heade, vomiteth Bloude, swoundeth
[Astrological Chart]
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 194, p. 183 (bottom right part of page)