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CASE61709: Horary consultation concerning Mrs Sara Gregory [Grigs] (PERSON50404)

Question asked by the patient on 4 March 1626 at 14:15

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Richard Napier Mres Sara Grigge of Eversoyle. 30. y march 4 h {sic}. hor. 2. 15 p m 1626

[Astrological Chart]

on fryday

hath a buch {sic} vnder her right syde /of her neck & another vnder her chin\ came to me to know wheathr it weare the Kings evill.1

Notes:

1 ‘quick sinc candlemas & looketh about candlemas feareth the kings evill’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 224, f. 109v (upper left part of page)

Mrs Sara Gregory [Grigs] (PERSON50404)

Medical>Symptoms (specified) (Lumps)

Medical>Parts of the body>Head and neck (Throat and mouth)

Medical>Illnesses (named) (Scrofula)

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] (PERSON5218) Judgment Astrological Chart

Cite this as: Lauren Kassell, Michael Hawkins, Robert Ralley, John Young, Joanne Edge, Janet Yvonne Martin-Portugues, and Natalie Kaoukji (eds.), ‘CASE61709’, The casebooks of Simon Forman and Richard Napier, 1596–1634: a digital edition, https://casebooks.lib.cam.ac.uk/cases/CASE61709, accessed 19 May 2025.

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