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CASE52807: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Christian Napier [Young Lady Ersfeild] (PERSON33479)

Question asked by the patient and Sir Thomas Ersfeild [Mr Ersfeild] (PERSON48585) on 7 July 1621 at 20:40

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Richard Napier Mr Earesfield Mres Christian for an Impostume wch brake by the way wth mes Sara Will Hopton & mr Earisfil|e|lds mā came to my house Iuly 7 h {sic} |h. 8 40 p m| hor 8. 40 p m 162i

remayned wth me vntill sonday & in the after noone deted to Luton. Iuly 8. \h. 1 30 p m/ 1621.

<f. 37r>

Mr Eresfild mes Christian mrs Sara will Hopton & mr Eresfields man came to me|y| house Iuly 6 ♀ h. 8. 40 p m 162i

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 231, f. 40r, f. 37r (f. 40r bottom left, f. 37r bottom left, and f. 37r bottom right)

Sir Thomas Ersfeild [Mr Ersfeild] (PERSON48585)Mrs Christian Napier [Young Lady Ersfeild] (PERSON33479)

Medical>Symptoms (specified)>Lesions and abscesses (Impostume)

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] (PERSON5218) Treatment Outcome(s)Astrological Chart

Cite this as: Lauren Kassell, Michael Hawkins, Robert Ralley, John Young, Joanne Edge, Janet Yvonne Martin-Portugues, and Natalie Kaoukji (eds.), ‘CASE52807’, The casebooks of Simon Forman and Richard Napier, 1596–1634: a digital edition, https://casebooks.lib.cam.ac.uk/cases/CASE52807, accessed 19 May 2025.

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