CASE36528: Horary consultation concerning Alice Nichols (PERSON27021)
Question asked by the patient on 14 September 1609 at 17:00
GJ Alice Nichols of Ecton 17 y Septemb. 14 ♃ ho.
RN backe & arme. boath armes
[Astrological Chart]
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 203, f. 157v (upper right 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)
CASE12053: Horary consultation concerning Jane Bacchus (PERSON9332)
Question asked by Richard Bacchus (PERSON17662) on 12 March 1599 at 08:56
RN Iane Bachouse of Hansloppe 7 yeres old. sick this twelfmoneth. cōplayneth in her bodye aches in her lims. pined away. speaketh very hartely & eateth her meate well. hath a great laske for this 2 moneths Marche 12 die ☾ h. 8. 56. ant m. cōplayneth of her hart & brest 1599. her lims will hardly beare her.
[Astrological Chart]
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 98v (upper right part of page)
Richard Bacchus (PERSON17662)Jane Bacchus (PERSON9332)
Medical >Illness (general) (Sickness)
Medical >Parts of the body >Limbs and joints (Limbs)
Medical >Parts of the body >Torso (TorsoHeartChest)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Wasting (Pining)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Diarrhoea and bloody flux (Lask)
Medical >Witchcraft and devil (Witchcraft suffered (medical))
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))
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)
CASE16372: Horary consultation concerning Richard Buckmaster (PERSON10141)
Question asked by the patient on 24 September 1604 at 14:15
RN Rich Buckmaster of Eaton 49 y septemb 24 ☾ hor. 2. 15 p m 1604. had lost a horse. h eyes red. backe loynes. hyps.
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 207, f. 216v (upper left 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))
CASE70218: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Anne Tod (PERSON60235)
Question asked by the patient on 12 March 1630 at 17:50
RN Mres Tod of Cūberton. 24 y. Ma\r/ch 12 ♀ h. 6 {sic} \5. 5{0}/ p m 1630 |stomack weake lame frō her huckle{bone}/bone\ {sic} to h{er} heele & arme of the right sy{de}|
[Astrological Chart]
Mres Tod of Cūberton by Cābridg 3 ryiles {sic} sent March 12 ♀ h. 5. 50 p {sic} 1630
a bad stomack
witchery suspected by Goody Wode to whō she gave a peticoate. her mother & neighbous {sic} suspect it vehemently
sent me a wrought Cap
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 194, pp. 156-157 (p. 156 upper right, and p. 157 upper left)
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))