CASE21182: Horary consultation concerning Mr Robert Rainsford (PERSON15143)
Question asked by the patient on 2 May 1604 at 10:50
RN Mr Raynsford 80 y maij 2 ☿ hor. 10. 50 ant m 1604. shaketh & burneth. of Hardmead
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 415, f. 97r (upper left part of page)
CASE58675: Horary consultation concerning Jane Brown (PERSON45054)
Question asked by the patient on 30 June 1624 at 09:20
RN {Ia}ne Browne of Adington {2}9. y christ Iuly \Iune Iuly/ 20. 1595. sent to me Iuly Iune 30 ☿ h. 9. 20 ant m 1624 /neaver had child.\1
[Astrological Chart]
Iane Browne of Adin{gton} 29. y. Iune 30 ☿ h 19. 20 a{nt} m. 1624. paraliticall tormented wth heate & a burning payne in her belly & shooting into her legs & belly hath no vse of her lims cā not stand nor goe /sweateth mutch.\
Notes:
1 ‘lame miserablely tormēted wth raging payns & convuls in her legs day & night’ in chart
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 402, f. 3r (upper left, and upper right parts of page)
Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Lame, numb or paralysed (LamenessPalsyCannot standCannot walk)
Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Pain and pricking (Pain)
Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Fits and convulsions (Convulsions)
Medical >Parts of the body>Limbs and joints (LegsLimbs)
Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Burning and inflamed (HotBurning)
Medical >Parts of the body>Torso (Belly)
Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Fevers, chills and sweating (Sweating)
CASE12567: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Mary Pen (PERSON14848)
Question asked by Mr Edward Pen (PERSON14841) on 22 August 1599 at 22:15
RN Mary pen of Stony stratford 29 yeres taken speachles & shaking & throtte{illeg}|ll| & rore & burne. thus taken the 22th day of August. about 10 a clock at night die ☿ ♄ {sic}. 10. at night 1599. maritꝯ vxore
[Astrological Chart]
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 183r (upper left part of page)
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)
CASE77507: Horary consultation concerning Anne Silvester (PERSON58757) and Silvester (PERSON58755)
Question asked by Anne Silvester (PERSON58757) on 8 June 1633 at 06:00 or at 07:30
RN An Silvester of Hunsdon in Hartford sheere 42 y Iune 8 h {sic} hor 6 ant m 1633
strangly handled in her feete wth pulling & gnawing her feete wth extremity of payns & her hands pill all over & the tops wore away wth the payne & did extremely vomyte at the first for 4 days 16 weekes. & had 2 child wch vomyted sorely & on child dyed & she cānot sit vp nor goe but as she she {sic} is caryed nor cānot abyde any to touch her hands & feete & are extreme hot
vryne very good Iune 8. h {sic}. hor 6 ant m 1633. /h. 7. 30 ant m 1633\
[Astrological Chart]
Iune 8 h {sic} hor 6. ant m 1633.
[Astrological Chart]
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 211, p. 206 (upper left, upper right, and middle centre parts of page)
Anne Silvester (PERSON58757)Silvester (PERSON58755)
Medical >Witchcraft and devil (Strange affliction)
Medical >Parts of the body>Limbs and joints (FeetHands)
Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Gripings, gnawings and stitches (Gnawing)
Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Pain and pricking (Pain)
Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Nausea and vomiting (Nausea)
Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Lame, numb or paralysed (Cannot walk)
CASE57951: Horary consultation concerning Mary Wells (PERSON61403)
Question asked by the patient on 20 March 1624 at 11:00
RN Mary Wels of fænystratford 50 y march. 20 h {sic} hor 11 ant m. 1624. |her crowne back gnawen a gnawing about a great trembling| |a burning at her hart|
[Astrological Chart]
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 413, f. 115r (bottom left part of page)
CASE11767: Horary consultation concerning Harry Gooding (PERSON12227)
Question asked by Gooding (PERSON12226) on 29 October 1598 at 13:00
RN Harry Goodin taken lame in his left leg not swollen he cannot styrre his right side. in his leg & huck bone he layd in the fild Downe & being hote tooke a colde. this day or monday was sennet 17 d 16 last Christmas eve. 1598. pater filio et filius oravit patrē. vt me consulet morbo. Octob. 29 die ☉ h. 1. 1598. it took him in the fild as if it were prickt with nales. he cryeth out whē it is touched.
[Astrological Chart]
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 45v (upper left part of page)
CASE12278: Horary consultation concerning Amy Fuller (PERSON11987)
Question asked by the patient on 23 April 1599 at 14:50
RN Amy fuller 30. her \right/ shoulder right leg. & her hand hath as it were a crampe & of late broken out. swelled & blistered & very hot & a thin face but well coloored her toes will not styrre Apr. 23. die ☾ h. 2. 50. m p m. 1599. whitsontide wilbe a twelmoneth. of Cranfild.
[Astrological Chart]
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 134r (upper left part of page)
CASE12464: Horary consultation concerning William Colles (PERSON10740)
Question asked by the patient on 15 May 1599 at 16:45
RN Mr Will: Co{l|e|}lles Colles of Parke berrye of 58 troubled sick this i6 yeres & hath had the Counsell of the most exte phisitions troubled wth a windy cause as he sayth cōming from his backe by a great heate & obstruction from my liver. also wth a bad stomacke elevating winde into my hed. wch causeth gydines or streming in my head wch cometh as he thinketh by the ascending vp of bad & melancholy humours & wth a shaking in my left hand mightely as it were the palsye but always very hotte. nowe of late wth the brevity of wind in my stomacke & chest & lately wth a mūmnes {sic} & tinckling in my hands. lips & sydes & face. this 15 of may. die ♂ h. 4. 45. p m. 1599.
[Astrological Chart]
Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 164r (upper right part of page)
Medical >Illness (general) (Sickness)
Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Wind (Wind)
Medical >Parts of the body>Torso (BackLiverStomachChest)
Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Burning and inflamed (Hot)
Medical >Parts of the body>Head and neck (HeadThroat and mouthFace)
Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Dizzy and/or faint (Dizziness)
Medical >Symptoms (specified) >Lame, numb or paralysed (TremblingNumbness)