CASE48572: Decumbiture for William Woollet (PERSON37059)
Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON38584) on 29 April 1619 at 06:30
RN his brothr Will: fell sick last Monday h. 2. 30 p m 1619 6 y. hed ill. /face cheekes ey brused swelled chest\
[Astrological Chart]
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 230, f. 342r (upper right part of page)
CASE53728: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Jane [Shonet] Wardley (PERSON21079)
Question asked by the patient on 19 March 1622 at 14:00
RN Shonet Wardley of Odyll. 50 y march. 19 ♂ h 2 p m 1622. feeleth a prickling in sundry tꝭ of her body suddenly & by fits every day. & is mutch payned in her brow mouth & a noyce in her eares/. they sper not in there body. catle.
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 223, f. 27v (upper left part of page)
CASE38318: Horary consultation concerning Thomas Barnes (PERSON9483) and Barnes (PERSON27777)
Question asked by Thomas Barnes (PERSON9483) and Barnes (PERSON27777) on 19 June 1611 at 10:00
RN Thomas Barnes of Olny 50 y Iune 19 ☿. h. 10. ant m. 1611. lame in his legs & hath 3 hols
ready to have his belly & his backe torne in peeces if he put not his fingers into his throate to cast it vp. feareth least on goody Margery Travell hath bewitched him. |& his wife is pulled to.|
[Astrological Chart]
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 200, f. 118r (upper right part of page)
CASE15327: Horary consultation concerning an Anonymous (PERSON18063)
Question asked by the patient on 16 July 1603 at 08:15
RN An old mā for a heate in stomacke yt maketh his toungue & lips to blister Iuly. of Simpsen parish yt was robbed 3 or 4 tymes of sheetes Iuly 16. ♄ hor. 8. 15. ant m. 1603.
Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 207, f. 105r (upper left part 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))
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))
CASE54176: Horary consultation concerning Thomas Quary (PERSON57216)
Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON39442) on 16 May 1622 at 07:00
RN Thomas Quare of Sawford 10. y. may. 16. ♃ h. 7. ant m 1622 |a lame child whose hart panteth.|
[Astrological Chart]
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 223, f. 103v (upper right part of page)
CASE43260: Horary consultation concerning Mr Henry Sacheverell [Justice of the Peace] [Old Mr Sacheverell] (PERSON35022)
Question asked by the patient on 25 April 1616 at 10:00
RN Mr Sacheverell Apr 25. ♃ h. 10 ant m. 16i6 |70 y.| |legs broken out. Issues.|
[Astrological Chart]
desyrous to know what mysfortunes or diseases are likely to fall vppō him.
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 408, f. 70r (upper left part 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)
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))
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)
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)
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)
CASE47159: Decumbiture for Joan Hall (PERSON31290)
Question asked by the patient on 24 July 1618 at 15:20
RN Ione Hall of waresly 66 y Iuly 24 ♀ {sic} \13. ☾/ h. 3. 25|0| p m 1618. {sic} /Iuly 13 ☾ h. 7 p m 1618\
subito correpta pedibꝯ tergo et stomacko. cā not swallow any thing by reason yt the flegme coming vp troubleth her excedingly1
[Astrological Chart]
Notes:
1‘
Ellen Hollan a widowe.
Alce
’ in the left margin
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 201, f. 197r (upper right part of page)
Medical >Parts of the body >Limbs and joints (Feet)
Medical >Parts of the body >Torso (BackStomach)
Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Eating and drinking problems (Cannot swallow)
Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Nausea and vomiting (Nausea phlegm)
Personal affairs >Personal relations (Witchcraft suspect)
Medical >Witchcraft and devil (Witchcraft suffered (medical))
CASE54340: Horary consultation concerning Thomas Atterbury (PERSON43055)
Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON39459) on 31 May 1622 at 10:30
RN Thomas Atterbery \of havrshā/ borne the weddens night about seav. before Candlemas was brought heather to me 16 weekes old last weddensday was brought vnto me may 31. ♀. h. 10. 30 ant m. 1622 /the vse of the lims taken away\1
[Partial Astrological Chart]
[Astrological Chart]
Notes:
1 ‘lame in his lyms’ in chart
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 223, f. 136r (upper left, and bottom right parts 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)
CASE75775: Horary consultation concerning Rebecca Whitmell [Filpot] (PERSON61733)
Question asked by the patient on 25 October 1632 at 10:40
RN Rebecca Whitemeale of Meadesmorton 42 y octob 25. ♃ h. 10 40 ant m 1632 Vtrū venef sit passa lame in her thigh |vide octob 22|
[Astrological Chart]
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 214, p. 97 (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)
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))