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CASE11763: Horary consultation concerning Amy Shelton [Ashby] (PERSON15745)

Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON8889) on 27 October 1598 at 10:30

RN Amy Asby well amended sinc yesterdaye. 27 of Octob. die rursus quærit s {sic} quid sit capiti conveniens. h. 10. 30. 1598. maritus eius. nunc asportavit aquā1

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘hed & backe’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 44v (bottom right part of page)

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CASE11834: Horary consultation concerning Richard Kirby (PERSON13331)

Question asked by Mr Yarrow (PERSON17449) on 1 December 1598 at 10:15

RN Rich Kerby Miller of Newport 60 \56/ yeres old. long & grevously sick {filiu}s patre \{servus} Domino/ cū eu {sic} consensu it hath held this 4 yeres by fits but this quarter of this yere held him sorely & keepeth home some days his bed in his fit & then abroad. a payne in his hart wth a sighing black coloured very fat of his face but wth this sicknes shrunk in his bodye & legs. Mr yarrow for him novemb. {sic} 1 Decēb. die h. 10. 15. 15981

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘hed hart. bellye’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 59r (upper right, and bottom left parts of page)

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CASE11844: Horary consultation concerning Edward Fellows (PERSON11688)

Question asked by the patient on 4 December 1598 at 13:10

RN Edward fellow 24 yeres old of boy|w|ebrickle sick this moneth. walketh vp & Downe cōplayneth of his stomack hed & back. Decemb. 4. die . h. 1. 10.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 61r (upper right part of page)

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CASE11624: Horary consultation concerning Old Widow Frances Fisher (PERSON11782)

Question asked by the patient on 14 August 1598 at 08:00

RN Goody Fisher sent her water to me to know what was good for her Aug. 14. die h. 7. 45 shee is troubled wth the mother & was wont to swound wth it very often. at 7. 30. 20.1

[Astrological Chart]

Goody fisher head back.

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘set this at 8.’ in the left margin

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 14v (upper right part of page)

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CASE11682: Horary consultation concerning Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] [Richard Napier [Senior]] (PERSON5218)

Question asked by the patient on 11 September 1598 at 15:53

RN R N. valde ægrotabat corde capite et stomacho. quæritur causā. Sept. 11. die . h. 3. 53 m. post m. 1598 apoplexia et verti

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 27v (bottom left part of page)

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CASE13517: Decumbiture for Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] [Richard Napier [Senior]] (PERSON5218)

Question asked by the patient between 19 May 1598 and 16 July 1598

RN R. N. quærit morbu et morbi causa. 1598. maij 19. die h. 4 intr 4 et 5. 3 et 4ta ant merid. cap et lubis.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 182, f. 190v (upper part of page)

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CASE11660: Horary consultation concerning William Pipkin (PERSON14968)

Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON17603) on 30 August 1598 at 17:07

RN Will: Pipkin 6 yeres old at Miklemas payned in the back & neck & head & belly & legs quærit causā eius remediū refuseth his meate Aug 30. die h. p m. 5. 7. m.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 23r (upper right part of page)

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CASE11806: Horary consultation concerning Elizabeth Sandon (PERSON15605)

Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON8891) on 17 November 1598 at 10:15

RN Elisabeth Sandons the daughtr of Iohn Sandon ded & deted & mothr. her vnkle came for her at Woulverton 9 yeres old amisse this fortnight they suppose it to have bene an ague. very sleepy & Drowsy. cōplayneth of her hed & belly. Novemb. 17. die h. 10. 15. mi. 1598.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 53v (upper left part of page)

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CASE11871: Horary consultation concerning Goody Elizabeth Miller (PERSON14184)

Question asked by Miller (PERSON24490) on 12 December 1598 at 10:18

RN Elisabeth Miller of Newport Millers wom|th|er {sic} very sick keepeth her bed her daughtr came 68|6| yeres. Decēb. 12 die h. 10. 18. ant m 1598. hed & hart Costive went not to ground this sēnet

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 66r (upper left part of page)

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CASE13523: Horary consultation concerning Goodman Ashburnor (PERSON9235)

Question asked by the patient on 26 May 1598 at 11:15

RN Ashbur. 1598. maij 26. die h. 11. 15. he hath a burning about the hart & a hot burng {sic} in his heade & a peane in his backe.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 182, f. 194r (upper part of page)

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CASE11625: Horary consultation concerning Dorothy Matthews (PERSON14082)

Question asked by the patient on 14 August 1598 at 08:39

RN Dorothy Mathewe of Buckinghā vnmaried 23. yeres Aug. 14 die h. 8 \3/ craveth a remedy for her back & hart wth wc shee hath bene troubled this 3 yeres & head ache. 1598.1

[Astrological Chart]

for Dorithy Mathewe 1598.

at 8. 39. mi. ant m Aug. 14. die h. 8. 39 m ant m/

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘look after 8 30 set this fig.’ in the left margin

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 15r (upper left, and upper right parts of page)

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CASE11777: Horary consultation concerning William Thomson (PERSON16396) and Thomson (PERSON63053)

Question asked by Thomson (PERSON63053) on 6 November 1598 at 10:30

RN William Tomson of 12 yeres on a friday a moneth afore Miklemas quærit valde ægrotat ventre. 6 of novemb. it tooke him on 2 of novemb. die in the morning. he it cometh & taketh him by fits & & {sic} ariseth vp in his stomack he could not take his meate. but would vomit vp but yt is stayd & troubleth his hed but most his belly burneth wonderfully cannot eate. Novemb. 6. die h. 1{2}|0|. ant m. 1598. cū filij consensu. h. 10. 30.1

[Astrological Chart]

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘Will Tomson’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 47v (upper left, and bottom right parts of page)

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CASE11795: Horary consultation concerning Matthew Windmill (PERSON17224)

Question asked by the patient on 12 November 1598 at 07:50

RN Mathewe Windmill 30 yeres of age sick this two yeres in liver & milt & hart well by day working but ill always every night lieth hevy hevy {sic} in his chest yt he cannot sleepe nor tak his rest agaynst weathr and when he eateth flesh & porrage it heaveth vp his chest. vp from his chest to his harte. it lieth in his the pit of his stomack as if his hart & milte were broken as he him selfe thincketh it payneth him intolerable very cold never better thē when he is working cōplyneth most of chest & harte Novemb. 12 die at h. 7. 50. mi. 1598. at the first cōming he had a flushing in his hed wt a gydines but never since

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 51r (upper right part of page)

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CASE11675: Horary consultation concerning John Persival (PERSON14876)

Question asked by the patient on 7 September 1598 at 07:40

RN Iohn Persivall of 56 yeres \of Buckingham./ of 56. complayneth of his head & hart & stomack & would fayne have some ease. Sept. 7. 40. {sic} & hath bene sick in this disease for this 6 weekes. & this 3 yeares & maketh his stomack swell 1598. die h. 7. 40. ant m.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 26r (upper right part of page)

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CASE11687: Horary consultation concerning William Smith (PERSON15922)

Question asked by the patient on 13 September 1598 at 08:45

RN Will Smith \of haversham/ cōplayneth of his head & hart & chest & cannot sleepe & pineth and consumeth in his flesh. Sept 13. die h. 8. 45. m. verius.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 28r (upper right part of page)

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CASE11823: Horary consultation concerning Agnes [Anne] Smith [Holliday] (PERSON15934)

Question asked by the patient and Goody Joan Smith (PERSON15958) on 27 November 1598 at 08:49

RN Agnes Smithe of 13 yeres old at last mikelmas it tooke her {9} of novemb. wth a gydines in her hed & hart & so ceme Downe to her h {sic} belly hard came for my counsell this 27 of November 1598 die h. 8. 49. mi. ant m. mater cū filia quærit

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 57r (bottom left, and bottom right parts of page)

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CASE11846: Horary consultation concerning Elizabeth Smith (PERSON15945)

Question asked by the patient on 4 December 1598 at 14:00

RN Elisabeth Smith 30 yeres old 9 yeres maried. never had Child it cometh by fits twice a weeke of a good colour red faced & fill {sic} of blood lieth in her hed & so ariseth from her hart & stomack vnto her hed. her face & syde swelleth. her vrine is red & full of rags. came in her owne son & then was very well of Decemb. 4 die h. 2. 1598. dwelleth at Emerten right side of her hed.1

[Astrological Chart]

Notes:

1 ‘hed & hart’ in chart

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 61v (upper left part of page)

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CASE13496: Horary consultation concerning Agnes [Anne] Malins (PERSON13900)

Question asked by the patient on 28 April 1598 at 09:00

RN An Malins 17 yeares old quærit causa morbi et remediu. 1598 Apr. 28. die h. 9a. ant merd {sic} nata fuit 1581. novemb. 11. die h {sic} at break of day every moone a breaking out in ye face. a peane in her head & hart every where /

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 182, f. 173r (upper part of page)

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CASE13552: Interrogation (Question) concerning Goodman Thomas Reeve (PERSON15234)

Question asked by Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] [Richard Napier [Senior]] (PERSON5218) on 11 July 1598 at 12:09

RN Thom. Rive sent to me to come vp to him 1598. Iuly 11 die . h. 12. 45.

[Partial Astrological Chart]

|Thomas Rive| 1598 |Iulij 11. die h 12 {sic}| h. 12. 9. mi. p merid. in ipsa merid Tho. Rive. he is payned all over head harte chest he is very drye.

[Astrological Chart]

Th. Rive vtru vivet vl no.

[Preliminary Geomantic Chart]

[Geomantic Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 182, ff. 219v-221r (f. 219v upper, f. 220r upper, f. 220v upper, and f. 221r upper)

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CASE11673: Horary consultation concerning William Roughead (PERSON15478)

Question asked by the patient on 6 September 1598 at 06:50

RN Will Roughead sent his water vnto me cōplayning of his chest princip & of the lightnes of his head Sept. 6 die h. 6. 50 m. ant m. 1598.

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 228, f. 26r (upper left part of page)

Cite this as: Lauren Kassell, Michael Hawkins, Robert Ralley, John Young, Joanne Edge, Janet Yvonne Martin-Portugues, and Natalie Kaoukji (eds.), The casebooks of Simon Forman and Richard Napier, 1596–1634: a digital edition, https://casebooks.lib.cam.ac.uk/search?f1-date=1590-1599%3A%3A1598;f3-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AParts%20of%20the%20body%3A%3AHead%20and%20neck%3A%3AHead;f4-question-asked=Medical%3A%3AParts%20of%20the%20body%3A%3ATorso, accessed 1 January 2025.