CASE59322: Horary consultation concerning Agnes Ward (PERSON61102)
Question asked by Goodman Ferdinando Ward (PERSON61081) on 18 October 1624 at 09:25
RN Ward for his wife of Ravensdon Octob 18 ☾ h. 9. 25 ant m 1624
head & neck & heavye
feareth witchery
venef metuit
[Astrological Chart]
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 402, f. 94r (upper right part of page)
CASE13356: Horary consultation concerning Goody Cowly (PERSON10993)
Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON17834) on 13 September 1597 at 07:19
RN Me{illeg} Marg. Cowlys Daughtr 1597 Sept 13. die ♂ h. 7. 19. mi. ant merid. complayneth of her head neck & stomack & harte & when shee is troubled therwith wth watrish pangs & casteth vp what shee taketh on a month
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 182, f. 69r (upper part of page)
CASE15209: Horary consultation concerning Mary Sturgeon (PERSON16242)
Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON18047) on 24 June 1603 at 12:40
RN Mary Sturgeon of haversham. 9 y Iune 24 ♀ hor. 12. 40 p m 1603 the pimpels all over her bodye hed tounge & all
Mary Sturgeon of Havershā 9 y. Iune 24. ♀ hor. 12. 40 p m. 1603.
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 207, f. 94r (bottom left, and upper right parts of page)
CASE12959: Horary consultation concerning Mr Thomas Potter (PERSON15010)
Question asked by Mrs Potter (PERSON15014) on 8 January 1600 at 10:10
RN Mres Potter of willing sent for her husb. wth out his consent at 10. 10. ant m 1599 1600 cannot sleepe his water betwixt yellow & red thick leeke puddle. his stomack hot & his tounge scab & broken out & his head cannot move but as he is turned.
[Astrological Chart]
Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 228, f. 250r (upper left part of page)
CASE13120: Horary consultation concerning an Anonymous (PERSON17772) and Goody Alice Barnes (PERSON9486)
Question asked by Mr Robert Brough (PERSON10080) on 26 February 1600 at 10:30
RN Mr Brough for a gentlemā a frind of his an {sic} a guest who is troubled wth the heate of the liver ascendeth vp to his head & throote every night & into his legs as it were a dropsye & voydeth more vpward then downward taken mutch wth a cold Crampe that he cannot styrre febr. 26 die ♂ ♄ {sic} 10. 30. ant m. 1600 & for Goody Barnes a baker of stony stratford
[Astrological Chart]
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 276v (upper right part of page)
CASE11741: Horary consultation concerning Smith (PERSON15932)
Question asked by Anthony Smith (PERSON15872) on 10 October 1598 at 11:20
RN Anthony Smith for his sons Daughter 4 yeres old very exceeding sleepy can eat nothing keepeth her bed looketh pale. cōplayneth of her hed & her mouth sore & cannot swallowe. Octob. 10|1| die ♂ ♄ {sic}. 11. 25|0|. 1598.
[Astrological Chart]
Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 228, f. 41v (upper left part of page)
CASE26039: Horary consultation concerning Susan Blundell (PERSON9824)
Question asked by Mrs Catherine Blundell [Budoxhed] [Butshed] [Mrs Blundell [the elder]] (PERSON9819) on 20 January 1598 at 13:45
RN Mres Blundell sent to me to come to Her daughter Susan about 12 yeres old who layd speechles for a weeke & after wardꝭ spak a worde or two. who h is troubled day & night wth diverse fittꝭ & hath falleth often & nowe hath no vse of hed necke legs handꝭ or {sic} an but only of her eyes & yet eateth & hath a good colour. 1598 Ian die 20. die ♀ h: post merid. 1. 45.
[Partial Astrological Chart]
[Astrological Chart]
mater filia Susan Blund: Ian. 20 die ♀ h post merid 1. 45. 1598.
[Astrological Chart]
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 181, f. 7r, f. 8v, f. 6r (f. 7r upper, f. 8v upper, and f. 6r upper left)
CASE37610: Horary consultation concerning Walter Cheese (PERSON28872)
Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON37483) on 25 February 1611 at 16:15
RN Water Cheese of Stony stratford borne the last night being ☉ about betwixt 5 & six 20 weekes sinc. her disease & first fit tooke it feb 21 ♃ h 4. p m 1611. it did shake wth the hands & wryteth {sic} ye mouth & hed & clutcheth the hands & grypeth. & falleth. the first daye 2 fits. yesterday & this day may {sic} fits.
water good.
{sen}|{wro}|te to me febr. 25 ☾ h. 4. 15. p m 1611.
Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 200, f. 23v (bottom left part of page)
Anonymous (PERSON37483)Walter Cheese (PERSON28872)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Fits and convulsions (Fits)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Lame, numb or paralysed (Trembling)
Medical >Parts of the body >Limbs and joints (Hands)
Medical >Parts of the body >Head and neck (Throat and mouth Head )
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Gripings, gnawings and stitches (Griping)
CASE11660: Horary consultation concerning William Pipkin (PERSON14968)
Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON17603) on 30 August 1598 at 17:07
RN Will: Pipkin 6 yeres old at Miklemas payned in the back & neck & head & belly & legs quærit causā eius remediū refuseth his meate Aug 30. die ☿ h. p m. 5. 7. m.
[Astrological Chart]
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 23r (upper right part of page)
Anonymous (PERSON17603)William Pipkin (PERSON14968)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Pain and pricking (Pain)
Medical >Parts of the body >Torso (BackBelly)
Medical >Parts of the body >Head and neck (Throat and mouth Head )
Medical >Parts of the body >Limbs and joints (Legs)
Medical (Cause of the affliction)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Eating and drinking problems (Problems with appetite)
CASE16002: Horary consultation concerning Thomas Parrot (PERSON14715)
Question asked by Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] [Richard Napier [Senior]] (PERSON5218) on 29 December 1603 at 10:00
RN Thomas Parret Mr leas mā \of Stanton/ 27. y Decēb 29 ☉ {sic} ♃ hor 10. ant m 1603. hed mūphes. cānot sleepe
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 207, f. 174r (upper right part of page)
CASE13950: Horary consultation concerning Mary Travell (PERSON16548)
Question asked by Lady Digby (PERSON11310) on 25 August 1603 at 11:00
RN \my Lady/ Mres {sic} Digbye for her |chāber| meaden |Mary Travell| 24 y August 25 ♃ hor 11. ant m. 1603.
sore & lame afore shee hath her sicknes in her bones & hed the mumpes also.
[Astrological Chart]
Lady very fearfull & caused her mayd to send her watr
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 197, f. 67v (upper left part of page)
CASE54121: Horary consultation concerning Edward Gale (PERSON30739) and Mr Thomas Gostwick [Goddard] (PERSON50162)
Question asked by Goody Anne [Agnes] Gale [Anne Morgan] (PERSON14264) on 7 May 1622 at 17:40
RN Goody Gale for her child 7 {sic} \10/ or 10|2| y old sick in|&| lame in the neck & should & arnes {sic} for Edward|Tho.| Gostick sick in the head may 7 ♂ h 5. 40 p m 1622.
Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 223, f. 93r (upper left 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 mouth Head Nose)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Fevers, chills and sweating (Cold)
Medical >Parts of the body >Torso (Stomach)