CASE38981: Diary entry
Written by Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] [Richard Napier [Senior]] (PERSON5218) between 18 December 1611 at 14:30 and 19 December 1611 at 09:30
RN Robart Grashop of hanslop 42 y decēb. 18 ☿. h. 2. 30 p. m 1611 came to bag mony against chismas {sic}. I gave him 4d his mā hath bene troubled wth the white flix 3 or 4 yers & could never be hopen {sic} & yet is very harthole & hath a good stomack & doth well.
Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 200, f. 205v (bottom left part of page)
CASE40813: Horary consultation concerning Elizabeth Reeve (PERSON34662)
Question asked by the patient on 19 January 1613 at 14:20
RN Vtrū Goody feary her mres stole away her mony & apparle out of her cofer having a key vnto it. ♂. h. 2. 20 p m 1613. |Elis Rives of havrshā a sore leg broken 26 y.|
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 199, f. 27r (upper left part of page)
CASE74715: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Bridget Carter (PERSON45693)
Question asked by the patient on 29 May 1632 at 11:00
RN Mres Bridget Carter my lord St Ionhs Iohns Bailyes wife |28 y| may 29 ♂ h. 11 ant m 1632 head ach
vryne good a litle fat skyn on it
vtrū she may goe to her fathr & mother 40 {illeg} myles henc
Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 416, p. 192 (upper right part of page)
CASE11790: Horary consultation concerning Joan Nelson (PERSON14355)
Question asked by the patient on 10 November 1598 at 08:35
RN Ihone Nelson of Mowlsoe 52 yeres having taken a smay because her husband on a time beating her mead for denying of yt wc her husband knew to the contrary, shee bearing of the blowes when her husband strook her it fortuned wthin a while after the servant Died & the mother of yt ser child sayd shee would never live vntill shee had hanged him for killing of his {sic} Daughter sinc wc time shee ever vomiteth blacke soote every day for this twelfmoneths. 14 yeres agoe. or therabout her servant beaten died. shee loseth of her beastꝭ & co kines fat & good on a sudden sinc yesterday shee yea & sometimes shee can make make {sic} no butter no phisicke will goe Downeward but vpward all & yt as mutch wthout phisick as wth it. Novemb. 10 die ♀ h. h {sic} 8. 30|5|. mi. ant m. 1598
[Astrological Chart]
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 50r (upper right part of page)
CASE63615: Horary consultation concerning Countess Home [Lady Home] (PERSON51783) and Mrs Craste (PERSON47249)
Question asked by Mary Fane [Countess of Westmorland] [Old Countess of Westmorland ] [Old Lady Westmorland] (PERSON48709) and Grace Fane [Countess of Westmorland] [Lady le Dispenser] [Lady de la Spencer] (PERSON48708) on 13 April 1627 between 07:45 and 08:25
RN The Lady West & the Lady de Lespencer sent for Mres Crosts to goe to her grandmotter Dup & not to come Home to thē for feare of relapse
& sent me 5l for mrs Crosts & the lady West a peece for her child.
quærit vtrū sit gravida
renēb {sic} to write to her & to the Bayly for his Child \the falling sicknes/ & to the lady Westmorland & to the lady delespencer et vtrū Her daughter lady Humes be gravida & in ye behalfe of Mres Crosts. \is Costive always// her dyet \purging Drink/ wroght 3 or 4 tys {sic} a day
fearth astringent playsters will bynd it
I had 5l of the lady Delespencer & a peece frō the old lady Westmorland for my Counsell for her child |Ap 13.|
Mres Crost was willed for feare of relapse to goe to her Grandmother Dup for a while I wished her to stay vntill the 8 of May 8.
Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 227, f. 58r-v (f. 58r bottom right, and f. 58v middle left)
CASE53848: Horary consultation concerning Elizabeth Bray (PERSON44731)
Question asked by the patient on 9 April 1622 at 17:45
RN Elis Edward of
Elis Bray of newnā 42 y Ap 9. ♂ h. 5. 45 p m. 1622. |4 child 11 y. youngest almost 2 yeres.|
[Astrological Chart]
Elis Bray \{Braye}/ of newnā 42. y. Ap. 9. ♂ h. 5. 45 p. m. 1622. |is very weake|
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 223, f. 46v (upper left, and upper right parts of page)
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))
CASE49486: Horary consultation concerning John Scarcroffe (PERSON35129) and Scarcroffe (PERSON35130)
Question asked by John Scarcroffe (PERSON35129) and Scarcroffe (PERSON35130) on 10 August 1619 at 16:40
RN Iohn Scoc\r/{ou}ft {sic} \Scocraft./ of of {sic} Ravensdon in bedfordsheere 50 y Iuly Aug 10 ♂ h. 4. 40. p m. 1619. /was prsent\ /his wife lame & her hucklebone {out.}\
[Astrological Chart]
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 235, f. 148v (upper right, and bottom left parts of page)
CASE62481: Horary consultation concerning Thomas Peacock [the younger] (PERSON56372)
Question asked by Peacock (PERSON56364) on 29 May 1626 at 13:00
RN Thomas Peacock 11. y of Brampton. may 29. ☾ h: 1. p m. 1626 /pater filio wheathr {i}{ll} {sic} ill words have done him hare {sic}\
[Astrological Chart]
wheathr ill words have done him harme
a poor mā Rich Hūbersone & his wife more suspected it |he| was demāded to pay his rent to the Hoggard & he sayd he had it not /then Thomas Peacock the boys father syd {sic} yt he must pay it & sinc his son fell ill\ & his boy prsently fell lame.
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 224, f. 227v (upper left part of page)
CASE75523: Interrogation (Question) concerning Mrs Baughy (PERSON43797)
Question asked by Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] [Richard Napier [Senior]] (PERSON5218) between 17 September 1632 at 16:15 and 18 September 1632 at 04:30
RN Mres Baphy Im {sic} kee at Stony stratford 36 y Sept 10. ☾ h. 10 30 ant m 1632.
dyed in Childbed h|e|xtremely weakned wth the abudanc {sic} of her floures
[Astrological Chart]
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 214, p. 23 (upper right part of page)
CASE74924: Horary consultation concerning The right worshipful gentlewoman Mrs Mary Peyton (PERSON56646)
Question asked by the patient on 21 June 1632 at 19:50
RN Mres Mary Pay Pea|y|ton of {sic} now at London Iune 2i ♃. h. 7: 50 p m 1632 /paralytica cū convuls. paroxismus\
[Astrological Chart]
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 416, p. 255 (upper left, and upper right parts of page)
CASE75916: Horary consultation concerning Elizabeth Church (PERSON46110)
Question asked by Mr Alexander Strange (PERSON59723) on 14 November 1632 at 12:15
RN Elis Church of Weste|m|yll 42 y novēb. 14. ☿ h. 12. 15 ant m 1632. |Mr Alexander Strange vicar of the place. a learned mā sent a letter in her behalfe| /hot in her frentick fits\
[Astrological Chart]
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 214, p. 143 (upper right part of page)
CASE61683: Interrogation (Receiving message) concerning Sir Thomas Myddelton [the son] (PERSON33214) and Mrs Christian Napier [Young Lady Ersfeild] (PERSON33479) and Lady Myddelton [Mary Sandy [Napier]] (PERSON25254) and Mr Richard Napier [the nephew] [Sir Richard Napier] (PERSON18784)
Question asked by Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] [Richard Napier [Senior]] (PERSON5218) between 27 February 1626 at 14:00 and 28 February 1626 at 11:40
RN I receaved a letter frō Sr Th. Mydleton & the lady Earsfild & old Sr Rob Napeir feb {illeg} 27. ☾ h 7. 3|4|0. p m. 1625|6| frō Sr Rob touching Rich busynes yt he would goe to London & see what he can doe wth the Archebishop.
2. frō Sr Th nydleton & the lady Earfild touching the lady Midletons conv{ul}sive c{illeg}|rā|ping cholick |feb: 27. ☾ h. 7. 20 p m 1626|1
[Astrological Chart]
cōmendeth her pils best.
Notes:
1 ‘a wynd cholick c{illeg}|rā|ping & convulsiv’ in chart
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 224, f. 105v (upper right part of page)
CASE60393: Interrogation (Treatment) concerning Frances Worrall (PERSON62260)
Question asked by Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] [Richard Napier [Senior]] (PERSON5218) on 4 May 1625 between 12:39 and 14:30
RN francis Warrell of Shenly. 26 y cane {sic} for a stitch vnder her right syde was let blood Ap 26. ☾ 8. 45 \30/ ant m 1624
[Astrological Chart]
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 217, f. 83v (upper left part of page)
CASE48926: Horary consultation concerning Thomas Winter (PERSON36974)
Question asked by the patient on 9 June 1619 at 10:15
RN Thomas wynter of Pyddington 67 y Iune 9 ☿ h. 9. 15 \10. 15/ ant m 1619 /right eye blood shotten stroke decēb 12. 1618. ♄ hor 11. & on.\
[Astrological Chart]
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 235, f. 34r (bottom left part of page)
CASE75057: Horary consultation concerning John Johnson (PERSON52585)
Question asked by the patient on 11 July 1632 at 09:50
RN Iohn Ihounson 58 y Iuly 11. ☿ h. 9. 50 ant m 1632 /of Dodington by wellingborough\
shephead
a fortnight sinc was taken in his knee swelled & rūneth vp to his thighs & backe & cānot rise |a bad stomacke|1
[Astrological Chart]
Notes:
1 ‘back thighs hucklebone & knee cānot styrre nor rise nor helpe him’ in chart
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 416, p. 302 (upper right part of page)