CASE19512: Decumbiture for Robert Kinsweeke (PERSON13411)
Question asked by the patient on 4 July 1601 at 08:00
RN Robart Kinsweeke of Elstoe 54 y. taken in London taken on the right syde fyngers head & feete wth a swelling. Apr. 25. vppon St Markes Day being satterday betwixt 6 & 7 in the morning. was first taken. Apr. 25. die ♄ hor 6. 30. ant m. 160i. betwixt 3 & 4 aftr noone could not styrre & the sunday morning could not speake
[Partial Astrological Chart]
he was blasted in a garden.1
[Astrological Chart]
Notes:
1 ‘blasted in a garden’ in chart
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 404, f. 134r (upper left part of page)
Robert Kinsweeke (PERSON13411)
Medical >Parts of the body>Torso (Side(s))
Medical >Parts of the body>Limbs and joints (FingersFeet)
Medical >Parts of the body>Head and neck (Head)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Bloating and swelling (Swelling)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Lame, numb or paralysed (Cannot use part)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Speech problems (Cannot speak)
CASE54679: Decumbiture for Goody Elizabeth Cockayne (PERSON46446)
Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON39510) on 25 July 1622 at 11:11
RN She was taken strangly & sodenly but more yesterday then before Iuly 24. ☿ h 4|5| \5/ p m 1622. at sermō tȳe wth strāg convulsions taking away her speach. & vse of her armes & her belly Did burne & trēble & was & is ever mightely tormōted wth sore tēptatiōs when she is most willing to serve god1
[Astrological Chart]
Notes:
1 ‘tēptation’ in chart
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 222, f. 8r (upper right part of page)
Anonymous (PERSON39510)Goody Elizabeth Cockayne (PERSON46446)
Medical >Witchcraft and devil (Strange affliction)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Fits and convulsions (Fits)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Speech problems (Cannot speak)
Medical >Parts of the body>Limbs and joints (Arms)
Medical >Parts of the body>Torso (Belly)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Burning and inflamed (Burning)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Lame, numb or paralysed (Trembling)
CASE65442: Decumbiture for Richard Shephard (PERSON58578)
Question asked by the patient on 29 February 1628 at 10:30
RN Suddenly taken in his \right/ arme the vse taken away payned in the throate swelled wth a cough & taken wth strong & strang fits & is very hot in his fits wch continue above halfe a day feb. 17 ☉ h. 12. p m. 1628
[Astrological Chart]
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 410, f. 115v (upper right part of page)
Richard Shephard (PERSON58578)
Medical >Parts of the body>Limbs and joints (Arms)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Pain and pricking (Pain)
Medical >Parts of the body>Head and neck (Throat and mouth)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Bloating and swelling (Swelling)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Respiratory problems (Cough)
Medical >Witchcraft and devil (Strange affliction)
CASE11938: Decumbiture for William Knight (PERSON13461)
Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON18731) on 5 January 1599 at 18:40
RN Will Knight tooke his sicknes die {illeg} Ian 4 die Ian. {sic} 5. die ♀ h. 3. in aur. very evill handled wth sicknes vomiteth hath a rising in his stomack leeke an apostume ready to stoppe his breath. burneth very mutch thirsty & drye. 1599.
[Astrological Chart]
Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 228, f. 78r (upper left part of page)
Anonymous (PERSON18731)William Knight (PERSON13461)
Medical >Illness (general) (Sickness)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Nausea and vomiting (NauseaRising)
Medical >Parts of the body>Torso (Stomach)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Respiratory problems (Ready to stop her/his wind)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Burning and inflamed (Burning)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Dry and/or thirsty (ThirstyDry)
CASE11801: Decumbiture for Mrs Frances Lea [Vines] (PERSON16711)
Question asked by the patient between 14 November 1598 and 15 November 1598
RN Mres Vines took her sicknes at Piddington 30 of maye die ♂ h. betwixt 9. & 10 walking at night in her orcharde. & it tooke away her speache & brought a palsy in her side & armes. shee had no vse of her lims. 1598. die ♂ h. 9. 30 mi. p m maij 30. 1598.1
[Astrological Chart]
Notes:
1 ‘a palsye.’ in chart
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 52v (upper left part of page)
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))
CASE47254: Decumbiture for Mary [Marge] Burgess (PERSON28571)
Question asked by the patient on 7 August 1618 at 11:30
RN mary Burges of Raunce 38 y taken chest back & belly & made her vomyt lame yt she cā scarce goe but must be led is very sore cā not abyde to be touched. it tooke her vppon August 2. ☉ h. 10. 30 ant m 1618
[Astrological Chart]
Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 201, f. 215v (bottom left part of page)
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)
CASE53391: Decumbiture for James Langwrite (PERSON53371)
Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON39360) on 28 November 1621 at 08:39
RN It tooke him first on sonday last wth a trēbling all over. & tooke away the vse of his lyms & now his sences & all 25 ☉ h. 9. 30 ant m sodaynly taken 162i /will take nothing nor speak cānot keepe his water\
[Astrological Chart]
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 231, f. 146r (upper right part of page)
Anonymous (PERSON39360)James Langwrite (PERSON53371)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Lame, numb or paralysed (TremblingCannot use part)
Medical >Parts of the body>Whole body (Everywhere)
Medical >Parts of the body>Limbs and joints (Limbs)
Medical >Diseases of the mind (Lost senses)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Speech problems (Cannot speak)
Medical >Symptoms (specified)>Urinary problems (Inability to hold water)
CASE12649: Decumbiture for Isabel Franknill (PERSON11939)
Question asked by Franknill (PERSON11935) on 6 September 1599 at 11:20
RN Isbell franknill of drayton sloe. 61. taken speechles last friday as at candle light. as shee was dressing of a sore leg. sodenly taken nowe question is wheathr p. taken or besp Sept. August. 31. die ♀ h. 7. p m. 1599. cannot styrre her syd nor hand. a ded palsye.
[Astrological Chart]
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 195v (upper right part of page)
CASE21852: Decumbiture for Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] [Richard Napier [Senior]] (PERSON5218)
Question asked by the patient between 29 December 1604 at 10:40 and 31 December 1604 at 09:38
RN Rich Na. Decēb 3|2| 29. ♄ hor 4 30 p m. 1604.
[Astrological Chart]
I tooke a cold sitting at Mr leas playing wthout a gowne.
was sick in my stomack at my cōming home & did cast & was cold in my stomacke
Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 415, f. 203v (upper right part of page)
CASE24790: Decumbiture for Margery Barnes (PERSON27785)
Question asked by the patient on 18 May 1610 at 10:00
RN Margery Barnes of Newp. \Olnye.// 40 y may 18 ♀ h. 10 ant m 16i0. watched a dead corse maij {illeg} 11. ♀ h. 9. p m 16i0 stroken wth some ill thinge |shoulder \left/ arme sore red swelled./|
[Astrological Chart]
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 239, f. 38v (bottom left part of page)
CASE29229: Decumbiture for Margery Maynard (PERSON20296)
Question asked by the patient on 15 June 1605 at 08:30
RN tooke at shrovetyde in her armes wth a pricking & shooting wth a swelling in her bed the 11 of febr in the night. about 9 or 10
[Astrological Chart]
Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 216, f. 120r (bottom right part of page)
CASE37917: Decumbiture for Anne Robbins (PERSON34807)
Question asked by Robbins (PERSON34799) on 24 April 1611 at 15:30
RN on weddensday 3 weekes before miklemas betwixt 8 & 9 in the forenoone sodenly taken in her mouth & face & in her lymms & so cōtinued a weeke & did neyther eate nor drinke
It will say I or no & call her brothr Tom. Sept. 5 ☿ h. 8. 30 ant m. 1610.1
[Astrological Chart]
Notes:
1 ‘at this tyme stroken lame.’ in chart
Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 200, f. 68v (upper right part of page)
CASE40075: Decumbiture for Robert Will (PERSON36849)
Question asked by the patient on 25 June 1612 at 05:30
RN cōpl on monday morning about 8 & was very sick. & did cast & is full of payne & ach all over & cā not stand nor lye nor rest is in sutch payne & casteth all yt he taketh
he sickened
[Astrological Chart]
Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 409, f. 119r (bottom right part of page)
CASE47404: Decumbiture for Mrs Chambers (PERSON28822)
Question asked by Mr Chambers (PERSON28818) on 29 August 1618 at 14:00
RN Mres Chābers of Watton 57 |57| y Aug. 26. ☿ h. 2 p m 1618. she then begā to cōplayne of a great payne in her left leg. frō the foote vp to the thighes & so hath cōtinued ever since waxing worse & worse in great extremity of payne rising higher & higher towards her body boath legs mutch swelled but the left most. hath a good stomack.
[Astrological Chart]
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 230, f. 15r (upper left part of page)
CASE50256: Decumbiture for an Anonymous (PERSON38783)
Question asked by the patient on 7 February 1620 at 12:30
RN on fryday night about 12 of the clock was taken very strangly backe belly & every where as it were wth huc\coc/kes fryday & satterday night lay as on yt should dete
feb. 4. ♀ h. 12. at night
[Astrological Chart]
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 213, f. 127r (bottom right part of page)
CASE50428: Decumbiture for Thomas Holman (PERSON31787)
Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON38803) between 23 March 1620 at 19:30 and 25 March 1620 at 07:20
RN Thomas Homemā \of Stonystratford \Newport// 10 weekes old next Monday betwixt 5 & 6 in ye morning borne & fell sick on monday last at mydnight or before g{naw}ed & hath strong fits of convulsion & sweateth mutch, face hands & full of sweat orderly to stoole
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 213, f. 149v (bottom left part of page)
CASE54678: Decumbiture for Goody Elizabeth Cockayne (PERSON46446)
Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON39510) on 25 July 1622 at 11:11
RN Elis Cocken of Newp. first strangly & sodenly taken on holy thursday 26 y Iuli may 30 ♃ h. 5 p m 1622 Iane Goodmā craved Drink & she gave it to this Iane & it prsently tooke her & sinc neaver well but mutch tēpted & troubled wth wynd1
[Astrological Chart]
Notes:
1 ‘mutch temptat. wynd melancholye’ in chart
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 222, f. 8r (bottom left, and bottom centre parts of page)
CASE60479: Decumbiture for Mr Wingate (PERSON62023)
Question asked by the patient on 20 May 1625 at 11:00
RN Mr Wyndgate taken wth \his/ old fits wth an Idle brayne & full of talke may 13. ♀ h. 12. 16251
[Astrological Chart]
Notes:
1 ‘fell sick’ in chart
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 217, f. 96v (bottom left part of page)